El Rojo

Anyway, all these £100+ bids from our rivals for not even world class talent makes me so glad that the sickening avarice and greed of the European Super League was rejected for the more wholesome status quo.

Last time I'm telling 'Kaila anything.

Why do they speak in a Dutch accent?

Horrible, season-changing day that. Virgil crocked, Thiago crocked and two points robbed by VAR.

That’s true enough, but I think that realistically the only thing he has to play for is the size of the transfer fee, which doesn’t actually matter to City that much anyway.

Has he ever actually stopped a player moving on though? Modric and Bale went in the end. All this charade will do is increase whatever price City will have to pay for him at the end of August, probably up to £130m or something equally ridiculous. They surely can’t do a cash plus player/s deal either, as what City player in their right mind would sign for Spurs?

Haha!

Great minds - just posted similar.

For all its flaws, that European Super League appeared to acknowledge the problem of FFP not being enforced. There’ll be absolutely nothing done on it now. While they’re far from flawless, a fair bit of the criticism FSG receive seems to stem from other clubs openly flouting spending rules.

Ward-Prowse would be a great signing for us. He’s Milner-seque in that he should have been at a bigger club earlier in his career. Good on free kicks too.

I think the opposite was suggested in a few FSG back-and-forths on here.

I'll be disappointed if we don't add a top quality player or two by the end of the window. The mood music was similar last summer before Thiago was announced late and Jota came of out absolutely nowhere. Arguments for both positions of course, but I'd take a midfielder over an attacker if it's only one.

The Grealish bid puts a slightly different slant on Villa's spending.

Will be interesting to see how Varane fares for them. Potentially an excellent signing but he's won everything at club level and internationally so this is a bit of a step down for him. All being well this season, it's not an area of the pitch we'll be jealous of any other sides over. £50m for Ben White is bizarre stuff for Arsenal. Surely there was a better option for less money on the continent. It's still a relatively cheap position to fill properly, compared to attacking players.

Can Amortisation and Depreciation do it on a wet and windy night in Stoke?