paul514

But Friday isn’t Wednesday

I don't think there is anything to suggest it could possibly be more than last seasons budget, I would have thought slightly less (Covid and higher wage bill)

I would hope we now don't sign my number one target for a striker this year at 40 million pounds and spend it on a centre back, left back, central midfielder and in that order.

No way would I be more worried about him getting injured than say Mings, I'd much rather spend 20 million on a centre back than a centre forward considering Wesley is coming back, we have a new first choice striker, then you have Davis and the supposed wide forwards coming in. Mings gets injured you are playing Hause or Engels, the same situation with Targett or Luiz

I would rather he was sold than loaned, I'm not sure he will be replaced either if we have Traore and Rashica coming in. It almost certainly means Davis won't be going on loan.

I think Ryan is more attacking that cash, he may end up being a wide forward. He is worth a go IF you have the money spare IMO but not for us this summer.

I don’t think he is a left back I think at best he is a wing back if not a left midfielder

It’s Sheffield United who had a bid accepted, I don’t think he is coming here, I don’t think we have even bid for him or that we are looking for another striker. It wouldn’t be the best use of whatever cash we have left after the wide forwards it’s centre back, left back and a player who can play defensive midfield or regular midfield that we need.

Obviously but at the same time I have also seen those teams that have superior first 11's, its a good idea to go down that route too. If you have Konsa, McGinn and Targett on the bench you would know we have signed a good quality player to take their spots.

This would be the obvious if we do t sign two wide forwards

He played 1200 minutes last season that’s like 14 full games

I don't think he is finished at all but he also isn't worth 30 million a year in wages....

I can't even imagine the price they would ask for him, brought for 58 million and played him for 16 games when you total his minutes and divide by 90....

We better hurry up with Rashica then

Did he sign for Palace then?

I wouldn’t sign Barkley, not because he isn’t a good player just because the upgrade wouldn’t be as big as elsewhere in the team

So it’s Wednesday Who is signing today?

Yes but will that midfield two be good enough defensively? What happens with an injury to one of the centre backs, Luiz or Targett... it’s suddenly much weaker especially central defence

Yea I agree that’s around 100 million. i personally don’t think we can expect as in an entitlement that our owners will keep putting in huge amounts of money year on year for transfers. Having said that to buy the club, sort the debt, sell the stadium to themselves, spend 140 million on transfers last year and probably at least 100 million this year I don’t think there is any current indication that they won’t continue which is fantastic for us as a club as we will continue to rise and solidify our position for a the time when they decide to sell or stop funding it the way they have thus far. If we assume the goalkeeper and two wide forwards are being signed soon, we are missing a defensive midfielder, centre back and left back. Whether we sort that this summer or next who knows but those are the next priorities to as you say have a full squad of premier league quality players to reassess from that point where we are and what needs to be done to move forward. I would like to see the dead wood being moved as well.

That would be funny

No ones got a clue

This signing is annoying me to be honest, it’s clear he isn’t that interested in joining or he would have done ages ago. I’ll be pissed off if Benrahma is sold before we sign Rashica as we should turn to him if this doesn’t look pretty sure he is signing.

If money were no object I would have Sarr as our get table wide forward for the right side. At the end of the day we don’t get to pick the players we try and sign, at least he is the right type of wide forward we need unlike the rumours for Josh King!

Indeed, I wouldn’t have picked him to be our right wide forward but his stats are good, he has a lot going for him and he might do very well. We have to support any signing our club makes.

He should go out on loan this season to a championship club. If he does the business then we can reassess where he fits in our squad but if he doesn’t manage say 15 goals then put him up for sale as he will never make it with us.