They tried the Man City approach of chatting the player up and promising him fat wages, and then making a low ball offer, hoping the player kicks up a fuss, which he did,and forces the move, which he didn't, biut he did get a pay rise.
Psr changes next season. Allowable spend will be a percentage of revenue, I don't know what happens with profits carried forward from past years in this calculation.
The question is whether the players bought are an asset, or a liability, in the long run.
I can see Rutter leaving us for less than we paid, but it doesn't seem likely to with any of the others, unless they run down their contracts, or suffer a bad injury.
So, whilst the window saw a lot of...
I believe all loans are season long and can only be cancelled by mutual agreement between the two clubs, you can't stick it a loan deal to have the option.
My guess is Napoli have not bid enough for us to say yes, and Gilmour doesn't want the move enough to be a pain in the arse about it.
Yesterday's performance was committed, it might encourage a bigger bid from Napoli, but it certainly wasn't a player not wanting to risk an injury that would...
There is a limit to the number of season tickets sold so that some are available for general sale. If the new season ticket holders chose to sit elsewhere, what used to be a seat for a season ticket holder may no longer be, or, it has been allocated to a new season ticket holder, and they...
That would be 25 in effect for the first half of the season, with Solly not fully match fit and a starting option till Dec/Jan and Gomez not coming till Jan if the deal is done.
Barco should stay, and if we have two fit left backs, rotate them a bit. Ferdi to play right back, usually. I would rather see Hinshelwood go on loan to someone that needs a midfielder, than see Barco go.