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My knowledge is limited, but from what I've seen of Vanzeir, he's more of a winger or number 10 than an out-and-out goalscorer. If we weren't able to extend Trossard's contract and sold him in the summer, then he would certainly be a feasible replacement.

Same rules for everyone at the beginning of the season, so can hardly call it unfair. Same as our play offs for 3rd promotion spot in the Championship.

Decent content for my money. It doesn't sound like Naylor's had any inside info, but he makes the logical point that the the reward for USG reaching the Champions League means that it's unlikely that Vanzeir will move mid season. Interesting that he again states that Bloom is not a fan of...

I think have seen the same article. He’s not going to explicitly say that he bought a club to act as a feeder for the club he supports in the Premier League, is he?

Belgium’s less stringent work permit requirements is one of the advantages, for sure. I also think that it serves the purpose as somewhere to develop talent in the same way that Major-League baseball teams have so-called farm teams in the minor leagues. Will believe that if I ever see him in...

I’d be interested in what your theory is for Bloom’s motivation for buying a Belgium 2nd division club that he previously had zero affiliation with.

I agree that his purchase of USG is all part of Bloom’s long-term player sourcing plan for BHA and not just for the shits and giggles of owning another club. However, CL qualification would be worth something like £15m without even accounting for extra prize money when they get there. BHA would...

I think you’re right about it being the summer of it’s going to happen. However, I think that TB is firmly in credit with USG fans having taken them from being a team that has been 2nd tier or lower for 50 years to one that is top of the league and scoring goals for fun. Also, the chances are...

The humongous pay rise from going from one of the Belgian league’s smaller clubs to the Premier League may be a factor! The story is bollocks though and based on nothing more than unsubstantiated speculation from another website where they’ve plucked 2 other clubs out of the air. If it was...

Probably right, but perhaps it’s tricky to implement across different federations unless teams are competing in the same continental competition. I know that is not allowed by UEFA.

Tau was loaned to Anderlecht because USG weren't in the Belgium top flight until this year and it wouldn't have helped much with his work permit. Not so sure about Caicedo; maybe USG didn't think they'd be able to give him the game time that BHA wanted. Muzio had no affiliation with USG before...

He still has a majority shareholding though, so if he wants a transfer to go ahead, it will go ahead. It’s never been explicitly stated, but I’m fairly sure that the whole purpose of the two of them buying USG was for it to act as a feeder club for Brighton and a conduit for non-British players...

Same as Brighton, in that PB runs the club on a day-to-day basis and reports to TB. TB will however be the person that ultimately sanctions transfers in/out from both clubs. I can’t see that there’d even need to be any fee paid unless it would suit the FFP requirements of one of the clubs, would...

Are you joking?