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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #3210 on: January 27, 2020, 11:08:33 PM »
I didn't realise that François Pinault was married to Salma Hayek.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #3211 on: January 28, 2020, 12:08:12 AM »
The owner of Stade Rennais is among the 30 richest man in the world.
 I am not saying Villa cant compete with them, just Rennes can afford him as much we can.
Hairy muff.

You'd think with that kind of dough he'd get it trimmed.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #3212 on: January 28, 2020, 08:00:43 AM »
NZonzi linked with Stade Rennais . So better forget about this. But it is no surprise.

We can't compete with the Stade Rennais of this world.
With our FFP position it's quite possible we can't right now.
What FFP position?
My understanding is we're walking a very tight line on complying with FFP, which is limiting what we can spend.  Is that not correct?

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #3213 on: January 28, 2020, 10:04:10 AM »
NZonzi linked with Stade Rennais . So better forget about this. But it is no surprise.

We can't compete with the Stade Rennais of this world.
With our FFP position it's quite possible we can't right now.
What FFP position?
My understanding is we're walking a very tight line on complying with FFP, which is limiting what we can spend.  Is that not correct?
It has also been stated on here that there is no problem, we are not troubling European places and if we go down we sell players at a massive profit.
I did know oursituation in Division 2 now I have no idea.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #3214 on: January 28, 2020, 10:13:14 AM »
I don't understand FFP, so hopefully the experts on here who are aware of the clubs finances are correct, that we have nothing to worry about.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #3215 on: January 28, 2020, 10:16:07 AM »
Anything at this stage would be guesswork really, as it would be possible to have a stab at the rough income for the year based on available info for Premier League merit money etc, but we don't really have an idea about the wage bill, as that really would be pure speculation.  I think it almost undoubtedly is tight, but I also think it would be a lot, lot worse and more difficult to manage if we get relegated.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #3216 on: January 28, 2020, 10:58:59 AM »
The impression I get it that we're ok, but only just.  I'm sure the owners would like to spend more but can't.  Given what's at stake, if we were allowed to spend 40-50m now I think they would.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #3217 on: January 28, 2020, 11:03:20 AM »
DS "as confident as I can be" of signing another striker.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #3218 on: January 28, 2020, 11:04:24 AM »
Which FFP is it? The EFL's or the Premier League's?

If it's the EFL's, we should just tell them to sod off, and if by chance we finish in the bottom three and they'd like us to grace their poxy league with our presence next season, they should fix their attitude.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #3219 on: January 28, 2020, 11:41:16 AM »
Which FFP is it? The EFL's or the Premier League's?

If it's the EFL's, we should just tell them to sod off, and if by chance we finish in the bottom three and they'd like us to grace their poxy league with our presence next season, they should fix their attitude.

Sign both Liverpool full backs and Sterling, and I reckon we could ride the 10 point deduction piece of piss.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #3220 on: January 28, 2020, 12:25:34 PM »
DS "as confident as I can be" of signing another striker.

Which is not a lot given everyone wants to acquire one and only we want rid of one, and at that only Blues want him!

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #3221 on: January 28, 2020, 03:45:29 PM »
All I hear all day on the TV and Radio is how hard it is to get.buy players in the January transfer window.  No idea why we actually have it then.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #3222 on: January 28, 2020, 03:48:20 PM »
Which FFP is it? The EFL's or the Premier League's?

If it's the EFL's, we should just tell them to sod off, and if by chance we finish in the bottom three and they'd like us to grace their poxy league with our presence next season, they should fix their attitude.
I like the cut of your jib

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #3223 on: January 28, 2020, 04:07:29 PM »
All I hear all day on the TV and Radio is how hard it is to get.buy players in the January transfer window.  No idea why we actually have it then.


Maybe the January window should last just one day, the last day of January. Seeing as that is the day 90% of the transfers for the month take place. It could be like the January sales. Dean Smith, Nigel Pearson Et al sleeping outside other clubs training grounds in sleeping bags with flasks of coffee overnight.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #3224 on: January 28, 2020, 04:24:32 PM »
All I hear all day on the TV and Radio is how hard it is to get.buy players in the January transfer window.  No idea why we actually have it then.


Maybe the January window should last just one day, the last day of January. Seeing as that is the day 90% of the transfers for the month take place. It could be like the January sales. Dean Smith, Nigel Pearson Et al sleeping outside other clubs training grounds in sleeping bags with flasks of coffee overnight.

I read this and now I keep thinking about a Jim White version of supermarket sweep. "Martin is loading his trolley with fullbacks, Arsene has got another midfielder off the shelf, oh! what's this!? It's Jose he wants another centre back to go with his other six"

 


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