Summer transfer window 2023

[maccavennie]

Be a good move for him that.

 

[GoldenToffee]

Big yes. Loan with obligation to buy for £8m please.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Gray and Onana out for £50m combined.

Come September, from that £120m received for those two, Gordon and Kean, we'll likely have spent £30m of it and be dead certs for relegation.

Heeeeeere we go

Three years in a row

 

[Nymzee]

Heeeeeere we go

Three years in a row

Why is that an unrealistic thing to say? We survived on the last day of the season and have since signed no new players.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Disagree with loaning players to a possible rival down the bottom next season. If they want him make them pay.

 

[John BCN]

He's closer to Kenwright's role

Sort of seems to be a mix of DBB and Kenwright's responsibilities

He isn't a DOF, he had Edu and someone else before him as DOFs at Arsenal I think

Exactly this. At Real Zaragoza, Sanllehi is "General Director" with a Sporting Director under him. It would be an attempt to replicate the Spanish structure used by City. President/Chairman (Khaldoon); General Director/CEO (Soriano) and Sporting Director/Director of Football (Begiristain). The Chairman is a symbolic leader and nowhere near any transfer business. I think It's a good model but I am not convinced Sanllehi is the right man for the job. In the meantime, it looks like we have Kenwright running things for the most important transfer window in our history.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Why is that an unrealistic thing to say? We survived on the last day of the season and have since signed no new players.

I am starting the relegation thread the night before game 1 if we haven't signed any forwards lol

 

[HalfTimeSayers]

Disagree with loaning players to a possible rival down the bottom next season. If they want him make them pay.

He wouldn’t even be allowed to play against us and give away needless free kicks around their box for Garner to smash in.

 

[Nymzee]

I am starting the relegation thread the night before game 1 if we haven't signed any forwards lol

Don't blame you.

 

[Terrarian]

 

[HalfTimeSayers]

I am really enjoying the embarrassing media dramatics about the mass exodus from Everton, with Tom leaving being highlighted as a massive event. They conveniently forget that most of these players have over the last 2 (or more) seasons made us go on extended runs that, for periods of time had us as the worst team in the PL. We managed to scramble to safety with about 4 worldies, 2 from defenders. Do they think we are bothered by the exodus? It’s been needed for years.

 

[MACCA75]

Disagree with loaning players to a possible rival down the bottom next season. If they want him make them pay.

Totally agree. If they want him, they can pay. Tired of being a soft touch. If he was much worse than Godfrey or Keane then fine, but he isn’t.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Disagree with loaning him out, doesn’t help us a huge amount financially and there definitely won’t be any obligation to buy unless it’s an “if we stay up clause”, which could potentially be at our expense.

They’ll have money after being promoted, make them pay.

 

[aglee]

Totally agree. If they want him, they can pay. Tired of being a soft touch. If he was much worse than Godfrey or Keane then fine, but he isn’t.

Some serious limbo skills required to get under that bar

 

[sandybrownsbighead]

I am starting the relegation thread the night before game 1 if we haven't signed any forwards lol

Or defenders. Or if the forwards and defenders we do sign seem unconvincing. It's hard to imagine a world where that thread isn't up and running by mid-August