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There will be a considerable clear out in the summer of 'deadwood' and loan returns we would hope.

Olsen, Chambers, Hause, Lenglet, Dendoncker, Zaniolo, Coutinho and Sanson all likely to be shifted (fingers crossed).

Wouldn't be at all surprised if Digne and Cash were sold too, given that we've signed a coupe of young full-backs.

That would free up the guts of £750k p/w in wages.

On 14/02/2024 at 18:18, villan95 said:

In hindsight it's a shame we loaned out Kerr Smith and Josh Feeney, could have been a big opportunity for one of them.

Both u21 so wouldn't have to be registered if we could somehow get them back. 

4 minutes ago, maqroll said:

Two scans and they didn't turn up an ACL injury apparently.

3rd times the charm

£15m IF Hull get promoted. Do we think that sounds accurate?

ACL I presume?

9 hours ago, thabucks said:

The goal post roof supports for the Holte & North stands are to be turned into giant coke bottles ! 

£20 a head to climb to the top of it. We'd be top of the revenue table in no time. No brainer for me

6 minutes ago, Kuwabatake Sanjuro said:

Another option at right back with Konsa out? We need someone with the ability to pass a football to play there.

Think he is more of a defensive midfielder these days

38 minutes ago, VillaChris said:

Martinez potentially being out for more months is bad news though

Bad news for who? 

Same XI as Saturday please - depending on Konsa injury news. 

Think we are in good shape for this, my only concern is our defending from corners has been a bit iffy recently

Can anyone confirm if Pau Torres will be fit or should I start an online order for 'drowning the sorrows' beer?

37 minutes ago, Herman22 said:

Looks likely that Chambers will get a loan move to the championship. Haven’t seen anything on Bert! 

Bert is injured or will be once he returns from AFCON.. that's usually the way. Still love the guy though!

13 hours ago, John said:

I think we might. Who knows, his goals may make the difference in the run-in?

Maybe.. I just think that he was brought in as a replacement for Buendia. I guess it depends on if Emi has a full pre-season and is fully fit for the start of net season.

1 hour ago, Zatman said:

2 are out of contract, bizarre the contract we gave Chambers.

Dendoncker, Coutinho and maybe Digne will try to move on. Lenglet would also bring the wages down

And Zaniolo. I don't think we'll sign him permanently 

1 hour ago, duke313 said:

A good sign that some Arsenal fans are pissed off at this?

Who's Omari Hutchinson?

Feel like pure shite, just want our Pau back

Using the Morgan Rogers deal as an example, lets says its - £8m up front, £7m in add-ons on a 5.5 year deal.

How does the amortisation work on the add ons? Do they just come out in one hit whenever they are reached?

£1.5m per year on the £8m up front - i think i know that much.. and if an add-on is £2m when he plays 30 games for us, does that £2m just get taken out of the budget during the year he plays the 30th game?

Broja has also had two big injuries to both his knees

It's £15m inclusive of add-ons so it could be that Boro don't like the structure of the add-ons or don't think they are realistic. 

It's probably in their interest to have a load of add-ons in order to reduce the sell on percentage they have to give to City

Anyone know why VAR won't be used? Assumed it was too be used at all Premier League grounds?

6 hours ago, gilbertoAVFC said:

Anyone got their tickets in the post yet?

Got mine on Saturday 

13 hours ago, Made In Aston said:

I think he has a similar skillset to Zaniolo and plays the same role. Maybe we aren't going to make Zaniolo permanent and are getting Rogers in as a replacement? Zaniolo has been linked with a move to Fiorentina as well so could be something in it. 

I don't think Zaniolo will be joining permanently unless we have some sort of mandatory clause based on appearances etc. Think he was signed purely as cover for Buendia 

1 hour ago, duke313 said:

Buendia ----- AM - Inj
Ramsey ------ AM - Inj
Zaniolo ----- LW
Bailey ------ RW
Diaby ------- RW
Traore ------ RW - Inj
Watkins ----- CF
Duran ------- CF

Are we looking a bit light in attack, especially that LW position? Compare that to Spurs, once they have players back from injury their attack looks stronger than ours:

Maddison ---- AM - Inj
Lo Celso ---- AM - Inj
Son --------- LW
Solomon ----- LW - Inj
Gil --------- LW
Kulusevski -- RW
Johnson ----- RW
Richarlison - CF
Werner ------ CF
Veliz ------- CF - Inj

We don't really play with traditional wingers though. They are more like #10s. McGinn, Tielemans, Ramsey, Buendia, Zaniolo, Bailey, Traore all play in the the role

29 minutes ago, sidcow said:

I guess if they cover the women's team Alisha Lehmann has an enormous social media following. 

Would have to come with a warning at the start!

Anyone noticed any improvements? Think I remember Heck etc. talking about wanting to fix a few things quickly

44 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

so £6.5m?

was there any add-ons?

Think I read there was a 12% future sell on clause - very specific number if true