They need to relax. They've already got Kudus, Tel, Johnson, Kulosevski and Odebert amongst others.
We're one injury away from giving Patterson a go on the wing.
Pretty standard stuff really. Both clubs will have a good idea of where this ends up after a bit of to and fro. Leak a crappy initial bid so the selling club looks like they’ve held out for every last penny then get to work hammering out the real...
Whether you consider it a good thing or not, I suspect we've got a club atmosphere closer to Southampton than Chelsea at the moment. Geography not withstanding.
I'm predominantly talking about size of playing staff, access to head coaches etc.
I figure his answer would be he'll wait an see.
If not, he'll sign for a desperate team who have been in or around the relegation positions for the last five years, not far off the bottom.
Italics the managers words.
Nothing wrong with being...
Not sure saying you are desperate helps as a negotiating tactic. Hopefully he's done it to try and bring a resolution one way or another to ongoing talks.