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Surprising move to me, but fair play to him for doing it, and good luck.

What I'm not understanding is why the French Player's Union are suddenly threatening to sue PSG because they are sending him to train with the U21s. As long as they are letting him train, paying his wages and not fining him, I don't see they are doing anything that requires union involvement. Also, if it's such a concern, why didn't the Union step in before this with the other players that PSG have done this to, including Draxler and Wijnaldum?

My main point was that we needed DaSilva and Kalas to cover injuries... we didn't need HNM to cover injuries. Not saying it's not double standards, just what was best for the club at the time.

The fact that everything has gone quiet makes me think that Wolves don't have enough to meet our demands. Also the fact that Bournemouth and Wolves fans were begging him to join shows that Premier League fans know how good he is.

I think there were a lot of differences with the two cases - I believe Massengo would've been offered at least equal terms to stay, otherwise we wouldn't get compensation (at least that's how it used to be), and made it clear pretty early on that he wasn't going to re-sign. Kalas had those injury issues, so I don't know when he would have been offered a new contract, but it's clearly on lesser terms... plus we had minimal injury cover at CB, so we needed him. Also there's attitude. We don't know how Massengo was acting behind the scenes, nor Kalas. NP has hinted that it may be a situation like with Baker.

I wonder if the French team would pick him if they played him with the u21s for the season.

Good double-header from the lads. I'm optimistic about our chances for the upcoming season

Is this game going to finish 7-1, to continue our streak of having 8 goals scored in each of our preseason games?

He changed his shirt according to Post commentary

I wonder if he's picked up a knock?

I agree with most of this, but football is weird. Just because a team is better than us, doesn't mean they will finish above us. We could finish any position, from 1st to 24th with the team we have. We could sell Scott and finish 1st to 24th. It's all a gamble. Personally, as much as I would love him to stay, I do think it would be better for Alex if he made the step up - better coaching, better standard of opposition, better standard of team-mates to learn from.... but he has to make the right choice - I'm not sure if Wolves or Bournemouth are the right choice. If he went, I'm sure NP would strengthen the squad with players who would maximize our chances at a high finish. If he stays, maybe he'll help us up, maybe he won't. Edit: For what it's worth, I think we can at least make the playoffs with or without Alex in the side.

I didn't know that. Now it makes sense. Thank you for enlightening me.

I guess it's more for the fact that his contract has ended, he's decided not to renew, yet we still have to pay him severance. I could understand it if we had fired him or let him go, but I can't think of many jobs that would pay you another month after you decided to leave.

I would say that they should be at least training (or working) at the club to get that money.... but I suspect most managers wouldn't want players who are leaving to be hanging around in pre-season. Do we think this is the same reason we've heard nothing about Massengo signing?

Done and good luck

I think we need at least one CB, assuming Kalas doesn't re-sign, possibly a second if Vyner isn't going to sign the new contract they offered him and they cash in before he goes on a free. I think a midfielder to replace the departing Scott, although I don't know who that would be. Maybe a Goalie - I have no idea how good Bajic is. I personally would like a striker - I like Wells, but he's not scored enough for me.

I know their interest has waned, but I'd have loved to have seen Alex go to Brighton - I think he would've thrived there under De Zerbi and they are happy to move players on at a high price to reinvest in younger players, which we could've benefitted from in the future.

Ugh. West Ham. Not a great club to deal with. I know when they went to sign Benrahma from Brentford, they kept trying to change the deal, then when everything was agreed, at the last minute once everything was agreed with the player, they changed it again to a season long loan with an obligation to buy.

Awesome news on Andy signing a new contract.

Given the amount of interest in Scott, the fact the club don't need to sell, also that he's happy to stay and NP wants to keep him, I do think that 25m is the minimum the club will accept. As soon as one club's bid is accepted, the others will swoop.

Billy Sharp?

NP?

It would've been nice to have him back, but I'm not sure how he would've fitted without blocking a younger player's progress.

Great performance by Alex. We're gonna miss him when he moves on.

I just think the guys need time to gel with the new signings