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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

9 hours ago, MWARLEY2 said:

Just watching the sky sports news interview with him. Legend. He speaks about Konsa and how he believes in him more than Konsa believes in himself ! And how he can be better going forward. 

Do you have a link to the full interview? Can only find snippets of it

Those Scottish kits are absolute beauties

23 minutes ago, NurembergVillan said:

Concrete slab?!

That looks like a TPU badge, the likes of which appear on most elite level kits nowadays. Get up close to some of the shirts from the last World Cup. They were sensational.

An image filed for trademark is typically just a cover all sketch that serves as protection for various options and executions.

Reading this thread over the last couple of weeks, I've wanted to hand out paper bags for people to breathe into.

If this was the first leaked image everyone would be excited. But they saw the other one first so it's all doom and gloom.

They're exactly the same badge, but perspective is everything.

*insert applause GIF*

Wonder if the badge will be monocrome depending on the away and 3rd kit colours

Personally, i'd like it to be Puma. They make nice shirts and I think we'd immediately be one of their top teams alongside Citeh and BVB

Been a bit unlucky with injuries but he's clearly not going to get a look in here anymore and the quicker we get him off the books the better.

Been here two years now I think so about £8.5m left in the amortisation figures. Can't really see us getting any kind of transfer fee for him.

Yeah thought he did OK on Saturday. Couple of decent efforts on goal. On another day, he strikes the fluffed chance cleanly and its a screamer. Give him time and he'll learn the pressing element better

51 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said:

Odd that was subbed off at 59 mins. Barlaser DM partner had waaay better stats. 56 passes to 26 with higher successful % and 5 of 8 acc long ball vs 2 of 2 and 1 through ball vs 0

Commentator said something about returning from injury? Or did I mishear that?

What's Éver Banega up to these days? Did well for Emery at Sevilla, would know the system etc.

15 hours ago, Villa_Vids said:

It seems like they are favouring the footballing side over the new north stand. Possibly backing Emery in the short term? Does it help us with FFP? If it is for those reasons I could understand pausing the rebuild but I don't fully trust Heck and Hatton yet. The communication is terrible.

Perhaps they are thinking if we qualify for the Champs League this season, the revenue will go up and we can use the additional money to fund the North Stand further down the line.

Either that or they are waiting until the end of next season when Emery wins the Champs League so that they can rebuild and rename the North Stand after King Unai

It sounds like we are getting the Lerner badge with a lion facing the other way and a slightly modified crest shape