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https://twitter.com/ArsenalFC_fl/status/1411788153518575617 Chelsea now looking at Ben

That's not the policy though, is it. Best isn't the game here - valuable is the game. The policy is sell players where you can make a huge profit (having spotted them young and developed them) and where you already have equivalent players pushing through to replace them and potentially repeat...

But, we do need to shift players on or our promise to the young talent won't be true. I suspect that (an over simplified version of) our appeal to younger talent is that they'll get the opportunity for game time, maybe initially through laons, but in the first team as soon as we can, they'll...

el punal the Albion have already said that the model will be to cultivate talent and then sell it. That's how they see us competing with the oil state backed clubs. Selling those players gives us the funds to buy game changing players in critical positions that our "system" may not yet be able...

Is it a case of the Emporer's new clothes or is he as good as he looks like he might be?

I very much doubt we have set a price, despite what is being mentioned on Twatter. So all this chat about "meeting our price" is nonsense.

None of the people you list are brands however (maybe DP was, I don't know). They are intermediaries. They buy brands, store them, display them and sell them for a margin. That model is dead, not the highstreet. The disintermediaries have reenginnered that model to remove the need for having...

PS I don't think the High Street is dead. It's evolving. My guess is that we'll see brands fill the space and shops will become more experiential. Brands don't really care where you buy their products, as long as you buy theirs and not their rival. So they have a reason to get close and personal...

Might the death of the high street sbe more to do with shopping online rather than something the government can control? In the US (don't have UK figures) Amazon accounts for 1 in 10 of ALL retail sales by value. And grew from 9% last year. In March, GAP announced that 45% of their sales were...

They weren't wearing masks - it's not a standard celeb selfie and it was far more intrusive than is acceptable

Obviously I'm not wishing that one of the key defenders in a team that has not conceded yet in the tournament should be injured. But as a Brighton fan, I'd love to see what Ben White can do on this stage. Esp in a 3 CB defence given his experience under Potter. If Stones is injured - and I may...

Was Stones limping towards the end? Looked like he was struggling for much of the second half. Or is that wishful thinking on my part?

I'm having horrible flashbacks to the two years of squabbling on here about Hughton's tactics and latterly the perhaps only just ending Hughton v Potter debates. I think Southgate is like Hughton in that he's defensively minded and stay in the game. He's like Potter in that he will change his...

From the Sky article: Palace's initial preference was to appoint a manager with Premier League experience but with time ticking and a number of players contemplating their contractual situations, the club has relaxed its requirements to help speed up the appointment.

SOunds amusing. Is this true? They've banged on about it a fair bit on here.

Or Ben's penoid of a manager.

It was £15m for Knocky wasn't it? £5m and then a further £10m. As for Ben, I'd rather hoped someone might come in a heat up the negotiations. But seems like that won't happen. In a potty market and with an English CB, I wouldn't have been surprised to see even higher than £50m if it got into an...