It's difficult isn't it. I didn't mind so much when we sold Ben White to Arsenal, as I still, at that time, didn't seriously think we were actually their rivals. But last season changed that for me. I want to be competing against that bunch now - so it grates to be selling to them.
I've been out most of the day. This is a bit like not wanting to know the score of a game because you want to watch the match on TV in full later. I was determined not to find out the end result, but to plough through all today's NSC posts to live through the developing story! Taken me a...
"The stance both City and Brighton have taken on this will have repercussions for both.
I do think the way Brighton are playing this will have damaging implications for the reputation they’re trying to cultivate as a Club exciting young players can show their talent at, before moving on to...
Has no-one on here ever applied for a job somewhere else, without necessarily 'wanting away'. And when not successful - carried on perfectly happily where you were?
That's effectively the same as him putting in a transfer request. Doesn't automatically mean he's unhappy here.
I don't know - I would see him more as having a minimum price in his head, but not telling those he is negotiating with. And let them move up to it, without ever really knowing what it is. That sounds far cannier, and will leave the others never really knowing what value he places on any...