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We wouldn't, we don't know the make up of the deals on offer as fans. I was guessing at what @Kid in the Riot may have been told with it being less than £25m guaranteed.

20 guaranteed + 5.5 in add-ons? Suppose its how much of the addons are easily hit I.e. 20 games equals 2.5m etc? The big factor is the sell on clause for me, if we've compromised on the fee but get 20% of future fee then it would work out better in the long run

Makes you think why would a promising player like Scott want to go there?

Arguably the price we quote to Spurs would be higher as the sell on chances would diminish

What i cant fathom is If Lavia is worth £50m how is Scott not worth half of that?

Could be a cover story?

A name mentioned on here from Wolves was the goalie Sarkic, his move to Stoke has been called off despite a fee being agreed last week. Wonder whether he is now being used to bridge the gap in valuation between us and them?

Yep agree Wolves are a proper club and will always be PL / strong Championship club. Got to be honest though was expecting a better choice than Wolves or Bournemouth for Alex

Agree on GK, given Bajic didn't play either half today would suggest he isn't part of the plans so this would be a priority. If we have money to spend following his departure then i would like to see us bring in a couple of attacking players to cover the CAM/Winger/ST positions one being a "marquee" signing and maybe a Prem loan. Whilst we have plenty of options in thise areas i dont think we have a player that any of the bigger clubs in this division would be interested in, the likes of Weimann, Wells etc are decent enough, work hard and over the course of a season will ensure we are competitive but don't have the magic to push us on from there IMO. Not fussed on another CB unless Vyner leaves as we have plenty if options already and Aroaye, Wood would be better value to cover the minimal number of minutes a 5th choice would need to.

Knight equaliser....announce promotion

Surely Sam Bell can play left back if he needed to, if not I blame his parents

A good comparison is James McAtee who had a good season loan at Sheff U last year (didn't win EFL YPOTS though.....) and there have apparently been £30m offers in for him

It's not a blind auction though, through agents and representatives any buying club will know what "our number" comprising add-ons, payment structure etc. If they decide they are happy to meet it then Scott will be allowed to leave

A Spurs twitter account (20k followers) saying Hojbjerg is off to Atletico and Spurs looking at Alex Scott and Conor Gallagher as replacements.

The club may even allow his to use the facilities after this Friday even if he hasn't signed

Newcastle can probably use this loophole for years to come if it isn't closed off by FIFA, a Saudi club can sign any player in the world and instantly loan them to Newcastle who at worst have to just pick up the wages if that, overcomes all FFP issues for them as the expenditure associated with signing the player is outside of FFP confines and not on their accounts Could potentially sign Mbappe, Vinicius etc for free, its frightening the way football is going.

Agreed, actually think he impacts the game far more from deeper but he isn't a traditional destructive DM although he can put a tackle in when needed. In truth for his ability he should be getting more goals and assists regardless of where he plays in the midfield either as an 8 or a 10, but that will undoubtedly come as he develops further as it has for someone like Bellingham in his 3rd season as a senior at Dortmund.

Mortarfying isn't it

He is and always has been but the dedication and hard work CR7 has shown to maximise every last ounce of talent he has over 20 years is still to be admired. Professionally he is unparalleled but his personality and apparent desire to be centre stage does detract from that.

See Bales have shipped 4 goals at home to Armenia

Even though he was a double winner we really need to ask Mark Little to stop turning up to do this

Couldn't agree more, would have been close to 20 goals last season if it wasnt for injuries. His progress is understeer radar really because of Scott but he's also a massive talent from the academy Easily

Yep coupled with the thrashing at Villa a few days later

Mahrez, Gundogun and Bernardo could all be on the move this summer, it would be a surprise if they were interested but wouldn't be out if this world

It wouldn't harm us on the pitch but would in terms of fee we can expect next summer. Another way of looking at it would we be happy to spend £10m to have him here for one season?