I suspect that they've probably already decided the various loyalty point bands/windows based on the possible teams that we can draw. My guess is that those details will be announced over the weekend and tickets will go on sale on Monday 26th.
Are the options essentially Man United pay £20m now, come to an agreement with Newcastle for a lower figure or they wait until Ashworth's contract expires? All the while, he's being paid full salary by Newcastle.
The fact ‘it always seems to be us’ shows that a) our talent for spotting talent in recent times has been consistently excellent and b) our model is sufficiently robust that it can both allow people to succeed at a high level but also absorb their departure and allow the cycle to repeat itself.
Anyone writing Baleba off at this stage is in possession of a knowledge of the game that should be scrunched up and booted into the nearest bin.
As others have said, the comparisons with Bissouma in particular are striking (both in terms of origins, fee paid, progress etc).
What has happened in this situation before, and I forget which city it involved, is that one of the clubs did indeed play on a Wednesday. Swapping the legs is a total non-starter.
I’m afraid to say that this is where I am too.
Most of the updates seem to be either meetings about meetings or else progress on recruiting new members.
I expected things like that in the infancy of the FAB, but we’re now a good deal further on from that in terms of time and I can’t really see...
I think the key element is that the wheel is always turning in that sometimes a) your strategy needs to be pivoted in a different direction (as clubs are finding with FFP rules being more stringently applied and b) the job of constantly monitoring potential candidates for all important roles in...
I think there's an enormous difference between what Benham seemingly did (the details are obviously sketchy) and what Potter did. In the latter's case, everything happened as per GP's contract. You don't insert a release clause without a) being prepared for someone to come along and pay it and...
In all seriousness, I suspect that there's probably a perfectly cordial relationship between GP and TB/PB. I just see it as highly, highly unlikely that our paths will cross again in that regard.