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Well it's all gone very quiet

That was on the 11th mate. But yeah Romano has been a total dick though this whole thing

And they will be getting a fine and most likely a points deduction to follow said signings

I'd chuckle my little nuts off if we did

Think we all would mate. I've got him in my fantasy football team and he is not scoring me points by not playing

I think 1 or 3

I've been talking to a mate who is a Brighton fan and he says this stinks of his agent playing everybody against each other like he did in January not the player

To be honest I still expect Caicedo to sign for us. I find it strange no improved bid has been forthcoming from Chelsea for a player they allegedly want so bad. But as the same time I'm pretty sure we have plans if it doesn't pan out we would be stupid not to have.

It maybe the case that we do have a plan B. Did you see us bidding 111 million for a player a week ago? It's pretty safe all of us were blindsided by it. Time will tell how this all pans out but this Caicedo thing is not over yet I expect a few more twists and turns before we get to an outcome.

Agreed. 2 things have stuck me the fact no further offer from Chelsea has been made and the fact we have not withdrawn our bid

Nope they.can afford a 50M plus fine and just brush is off. Now if you started deducting 2 points for every million they go over the FFP threshold that would stop these rich teams dead in there tracks.

That's my theory on why we have not see them improve there offer

If I was on the FSG board I'd red faced and screaming buy them both any cost .....perhaps its better I'm not haha

They have to be close I remember reading they had to sell this summer to stay inside FFP. Perhaps that's why a bid matching ours hasn't been forthcoming perhaps we knew they wouldn't be able to match it

I can't even name a player they have now can only think of Sterling if he is still there

Agreed makes you wonder why anyone wants to sign for them

I still hold out that he will sign for us you would have thought if he has stated he wants Chelsea we would have pulled the plug on the deal or Chelsea would have matched our bid.

I just said the same to the Mrs. Great minds think alike

A longtime mate of mine whos old man works at Brighton says as far as he has heard is they have no interest as it stands of accepting another bid from Chelsea. From what he can work out they are pissed at Chelsea for going back on something to do with Colwill and its caused relations between the 2 clubs to deteriorate

How dare FSG stop us from being miserable arseholes ! I mean we are Liverpool fans that enjoy our yearly summer rant and rave about lack of spending and sharing screenshots of the net spending charts showing our lack of investment! How dare they make a British transfer record bid that shafts Chelsea and puts a smile on our faces in the process. Might aswell close the thread and start moaning about the lack of spending in January

Oh I know plenty about that subject! Having been in the trade 16 years I can confirm it is the most boring thing to talk about and also 75% of so called detailers don't have a bloody clue and just spew shit.......sounds familiar

I'm surprised it's not happened this window to be honest with the Saudis chucking money around as if its going out of fashion

We can sit here and argue the morality till the cows come home but the fact of the matter is anyone was in a job earning 500 pound week and another company came along and offered 5000 pound 95% of people would jump at it. There are many questionable cultures in the world and every country is different its the way its been for hundreds of years and its not going to change in our lifetime. As fans and human beings we are a fickle bunch 6 months ago many wanted him sold now he is on the verge of leaving some people are up in arms. Let's pat him on the back say thanks for the 12 years at the club and if he falls on his own sword then that's for him to decide.

It's not you they do look similar. Perhaps we have a secret breeding programme to save FSG millions

I can see us enquiring just to poke the Real Madrid bear to be honest having seen us loosely linked with Valverde and Tchouameni knowing Madrid might have to sell 1 or the other to help finance the deal. Far fetched? Maybe but knowing how much Perez wants Mbappe I wouldn't rule it out.