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Good news. He brings a lot to the squad and helps nurture our younger players who seem to love him. Important now that Lallana is off.

I was ambivalent to Milner staying another year until Lallana’s decision. Now I think it’s a good move for him to stay.

I expect the new deal offer was a player/ coach role and probably on significantly less than he had been earning.

Good interview and fair play to him that he thinks he probably can’t add too much more value to us. Glad it was his decision, and the right one I think.

Good point. I think you are right about Sarmiento. I expect that Ipswich would prefer Rushworth out of the two but it may well be that they don’t have an option and Sarmiento is contracted to stay.

I’m not overly disappointed. I expect our contract offer may have been on a significantly reduced wage due to his likely appearances. I wonder whether this may signal the end of Milner’s stay as I think Lallana was instrumental in persuading him to come.

Yes, agree with that. He could replace Verbruggen when we sell him for £90m to Chelsea in a season or two. A loan to Ipswich would be ideal in that McKenna plays a similar style to RDZ and so Carl gets used to that. He’ll get plenty of practice for a team that will probably be in the lower...

We have been linked to Yukinari Sugawara who is a right back for AZ Alkmaar. Contract finishes in 2025 and valued at c £8m. Japanese international. Everton Inter Milan, Wolfsburg, also keen. Looks like we are really after a new right back. Assume Lamptey would be off.

Would be my preferred choice. Would get a big signing on fee too.

I think Juanlu Sanchez from Sevilla is on our radar for right back. Sevilla are in financial sticky stuff and need to sell. He’s only 20 and not the finished article but with Veltman and Hinshelwood also able to play right back we can blood him in over time. We were rumoured to be after him last...

Being serious now, I think Palace do need to sell Guehi as if they don’t his value will fall significantly as he’s clearly stated that he won’t sign a new contract. These rumours about Olise’s release clause or not will only be found out this summer, once the window opens. He is turning in some...

The answer IMHO is Chelsea as they will probably fail the Europa FFP regs which are stricter than the Premier Leagues meaning that they would qualify and then be thrown out. Now that would be funny.

From the embargoed presser yesterday RDZ stated that we will need another defender/full back and midfielder, but not a striker if Deniz Undav returns which he hopes he will. Interesting. No mention of a right winger.

Re Solly, De Zerbi said that he’s not running yet and so it’s probable he won’t be ready to start pre season training at the same time as the main squad. Sounds a timing issue to me rather than anything more serious, albeit I’m sure that they are being very cautious with him due to the previous...

I loved my Bukta hoodie. Had one late 70s.

Meaning that they can’t afford to pay him what they have been rather than his career ambitions I believe. Not for me,Clive.

I guess so, and hope that’s the case. I think the ‘complicated clauses’ are simply Palace’s way of trying to create a smoke and mirrors situation which evaporates away to him going somewhere else for £30m.

I think I’d prefer him to be playing our last two home games.

Hearing unsubstantiated rumours that the release clause is a fair bit less than £60m for Olise although quite complicated, in which case Palace will want a bidding war to raise the price.

Maybe due to his injury? Perhaps not the worst news for Brighton fans.