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Scouting for Graham 6'2 22yo Nigerian striker Terem Moffi, currently playing for Lorient in French Ligue 1. Signed last summer from Kortjrik in Belgium for ~€8m. 14 goals this season from an XG of 12.1, more or less single handedly saving Lorient from relegation (they finished 16th and stayed...

I think Leeds bid something with add ons worth an eventual £15M or so for him, but Basel apparently wanted €20M (£18M) upfront. Decent record in a middling league, the kind of signing we tend to go for, but that's not exactly a cheap punt, close to our record fee. Can't see it myself, the way...

I agree, and I'd be amazed after the season they've had if Webster and Bissouma in particular don't have new contract offers on the table in the summer. If one of our main players is likely to be sold to help offset the deficit then it makes sense that we maximise the £££ we'd get for them by...

Saw a Spanish article saying Montoya was €6M, dont know how reliable it is. And Andy Natlor did an article in the Atlantic saying Mooys release clause was £4M to Chinese clubs. The salaries are educated guesses based on our wage bill in the annual accounts, average 1st team wage last year was...

Schelotto free 30k Montoya 5m 40k Balogun free 30k Kayal free 30k Mooy 4m 40k Knockaert 10m 45k Locadia 4m 45k 27m / 260k Button 1m 15k Duffy ? 40k Ali J ? 50k I'm guessing with the above wages obviously but they won't be far off. We could be talking 40m+ in incoming fees and 350k+ a week...

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I can't see Zaha going anywhere. The money in football is so mad now, that it's created a weird middle-market tier of 'unbuyable' players who are worth way more to their current club than any prospective buyer will pay. £100m for Maguire. £80m for Zaha. £60m for Hudson-Odoi. Wan-Bissaka going...

Nail on the head. I'm optimistic for Potter, but cautiously so. Our fans have somehow got into their heads that we have a right to progress every season - and that we'll do it playing passing football, taking points off the big 6 away from home, with a 20 goal striker up front. Anything less...

Depends what you mean by "it". Are they going to win us the league like Sane, Sterling & Mahrez? Of course not. But would you say that any of them COULDN'T chip in half a dozen assists and 3 or 4 goals? Playing well and free of injury, they're all capable. As per the rest of my comment, half of...

As I see it, in the position we are generally expecting to be (13th-17th), we need to be realistic about massive overhauls, both from a cost perspective and from the POV of ensuring the squad is gelled together. Look at Fulham this year or Everton last year - huge turnover of players and they...

Agreed - the Neymar transfer doubled world prices overnight. 30m is the new 15m.

From the U23s, Gyokeres, Molumby & Sanders all up in 18 months...I would have thought there would be wheels in motion behind the scenes to rectify that, as they're all highly thought of. Also interesting to see that there's only three first team players with a contract expiring within 18...

Rumours at the Russian end are approx £1.5m for him. I thought I read that we'd paid ~£1m when we brought him in, so possibly a slight "profit"? Sent from my VTR-L09 using Tapatalk

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I hope Florin starts today. Van Dijk is too quick, too powerful and as dominant in the air as Duffy - Glenn may score his goals at home but I can't see Van Dijk being be too worried by him when he's taller, stronger and quicker. Whereas the mobility and pace of Andone, Locadia and...

It's clear that both things are true - they're not mutually exclusive. He does get fouled, a lot - and sometimes cynically. One earlier this season, against Watford (I think??) was a nasty, dangerous tackle. But, he's also playing for "contact" every time he goes into the box, dangling or...

He's a clown. Last year with about 4 games left he predicted Liverpool, City & Man Utd would all not have lost a single game. He also had Hudds on something like 7 points with only 1 win. Big team v small team: 2-0. Big team v big team: 1-1. Small team v small team: 1-0 to whoever's at home...

Agreed - I can't remember where I read it, but I saw an analysis that our conversion rate is amongst the best in the division. We create relatively few chances, but have scored (as a %) more of those chances than, say, Hudds or Newcastle, who have been far more profligate. I think the main...

They do have this, it's called Expected Goals, or XG. You see it on the stats after a game on MOTD. It analyses the position and relative quality of the chance and weights them accordingly, so a 30 yard pot shot that goes in is not 'expected', whereas a 3 yard tap in that's blazed over. Sent...

It's a difficult one... I want him to come good, and I'm still (just about) giving him the benefit of the doubt, on merit of the recruitment team's recent record. I've seen flashes of promise, good runs that haven't been found, instinctive movement that suggests he could do alright given good...