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Very much so. There's still a chance Fofana signs for us - he's not said no, and according to Bobble he is open to a PL club, but ideally he wants a CL club. But he is obviously fairly desperate for it to not be us 😆. Chelsea and Liverpool would be his hope I reckon. Both interested before...

He is a quality player. I'm sure I mentioned him on here as one we should be looking at when Diao was at Betis and went for a miniscule sum. Como's owners are some of the richest people around, so he won't be leaving for south of €50m. The same kind of fee that means we can't sign Kubo. The more...

Looks a talent that lad.

Their negotiating position for wages is likely strengthened towards the end of the window when clubs become desperate. As they get paid by us anyway, why jump at less money? Both DCL and Doucoure feel they are worth £100k plus per week.

Anyone else concerned that we will be one of the two PL clubs to have bid for Trossard? Good player like, but he isn't amazing and is 30.

I'll just leave this here . . . 😆😅

I think Doucoure is utter 💩💩 mate, so you'd get no argument from me there. But there will always be someone mad enough to do it! I'd also agree with you, but that's why I wouldn't be a good negotiator on football contracts, because my response to everything would be: 'what do you need that a...

I genuinely thought this was quite a well known fact about crazy football contracts?

Clubs want to do whatever they can to get players to sign. When it is literally just one extra month's salary that most other clubs will offer anyway, it would make them seem stingy or unserious to player and agent. All just a scam really. Don't disagree with you about it on a personal level...

Greed.

It's a form of loyalty bonus that most agents insert into contracts these days as standard. Although, not every player will have them, just the majority. Effectively, the player waives it if they instantly sign elsewhere. Like I said, just another mad quirk of football and agents.

Not necessarily. Depends on what's on offer. Some clubs will walk away because they need you now. Some players will get dream moves etc. Some would rather have their futures sorted than cream off another half a million. Depends on the player and the agents involved. But I'm telling you, that...

Or they are dubious of the Kia factor.

He's right. Footballers get an extra month's payment past the expiration of their contract, unless they sign with a new team in the meantime. It's why a lot of players on frees sit it out for a month in no panic to pick a club. Particularly if they know that there is no way that they will secure...

Saw that 🤔

Still have this horrible, horrible feeling he'll be back in a panic signing a la Pistone, if we don't get a move on.

The whole situation at the moment is a bit strange. You have to imagine that there is work going on behind the scenes for targets that haven't been named. Grealish won't move until the end of the window, Fofana will only come if there are no clubs with European football in for him. Douglas Luiz...

Think both will go to Forest tbh. Will be interested to see who our midfield targets are.

Yep. We all know he wouldn't jump at the chance to join Everton. Doesn't mean he's got no interest at all, as the article makes out. I guess we're just not his first choice. He's with Roc Nation Sports. And the agent in that article isn't listed as one of theirs.

That's not his agent. That's an agent.