Andrew

Romano saying that the deal is agreed in principle between Fonseca and the club. Annoying catchphrase aside he is typically quite reliable as he only tends to report things he hears from players/agents/clubs directly.

tbf the first paragraph has me reeled in

Caulkin in the Athletic. I find the bit in bold quite funny, and completely as expected, Jones actually gives the players instructions in football speak

I always really wanted us to have Xabi Alonso as a player at least.

Literally the opposite of the actual reason but ok

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Mourinhos Roma got battered 6-1 by Bodo/Glimt so he might be available sooner rather than later.

so…he knows nothing.

Oh of course, dont get me wrong its not a pop at you! But being a writer for the times means hes got a record behind him and its largely shit. Everyone will be chucking out opinions on us at the moment, being a pro doesnt mean theyve an inside track and castles rep is as ive said above.

Just finished The Artful Escape (available free on gamepass) which I've absolutely loved.

Its worth noting that Castles is, generally, completely unreliable as a source of information on anything other than Jorge Mendes related news.

Honestly, given the struggles most of our team have with getting/staying fit it could be any of them. I reckon its Ryan Fraser.

Bruce will be managing Man U by the time we play them at this rate,

Craig Hopes article is absolutely stunning, what a fucking waste this bloke really was.

Yes yes we can

all true though.

Fonsecas Roma https://youtu.be/3FbBFAz696k

Thats true, I still can't imagine this sticking. I was referring mostly to you saying the most immediate problem is getting money in to save ourselves. We can do that. After that it remains to be seen.

Thats not strictly true because we don't need to pump the books to spend a SHIT load in january, because we've been so cheap in the last few years. Infrastructure doesn't play into FFP and we can spend upwards of 200mil before we get near the limits of our available spend.

Listening to Chris Waugh on the Athletic podcast talking about why Bruce hasn't been given the sack and it makes a lot of sense tbh. They reckon all of the coaching staff he brought in (considering all of Rafas were dumped when he left) would be leaving too, meaning when Bruce went we'd literally only have Graeme Jones as a coach and no one else. Which is why Jones as caretaker isn't really seen as a viable option. If it then took a couple more weeks or however long to get a manager you're looking at trying to get a club to survive in the PL with one coach, maybe bringing harper back from the academy to help out. Which is considered too great a risk. Paying out 8 million for Bruce and more for his coaching staff and not having an actual successor manager and coaches in line is likely seen by PIF as too risky, so Bruce will be here until we have his replacement signed.

The problem with those kind of schemes is assuming that just making the team good is the only angle for the money here. PIF want Saudi Airlines or Aramco or whatever on the shirts and on the hoardings. You need the parts of your stuff you want to be seen to be visible if you want to get your sportswashing done. If they can't been seen through NUFC, they won't bother.

Its four posts above yours man! You're absolutely right though, they're panicking and seeing if they can get away with shit.

Presume that amounts to Levy not offering him enough post tax, Italys rates as very low compared to the UK iirc.

If it helps https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/oct/19/premier-league-clubs-v-newcastle-inside-the-stunning-emergency-vote