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I think Garnacho playing over Gittens had more to do with the latter missing a lot of time due to injuries. Not that I have big expectations on Gittens but he deserves a season to show what he's capable of. With Garnacho, we'd already known he was crap before he arrived.

Sorry, if it was posted already. Daniel Finkelstein's arguing with the fanbase.

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😁 Reminds me of a stadium announcement during a friendly when we toured the US few years ago "This corner kick is brought to you by Universal Studios".

Selling Cucurella does not seem like a good move given that his replacement is 20-year old Hato, which represents a huge gamble. Selling Santos when Enzo is unsettled and wants out and Essugo/Lavia can't stay fit is madness. Under the circumstances we need to add two top level midfielders. Dop you genuinely trust them to do that? That's all well and good except for every Santos deal there is a sh*tload of players that they bought over the years who are flops and no-one wants them. They can't get rid of these bums, forget about making profit on those. That's the reason they have to sell good players like Santos/Cucurella/Chalobah etc because no-one wants most of the trash they've accumulated in the last four years.

And what in our club management's recent track record convinced you this is what's going to happen? Everything they've done so far suggests the opposite. I doubt people are upset about selling Santos because they rate him so highly. If we were getting a top class midfielder to take his place most wouldn't give a solitary f**k about him leaving. In fact that's how you're supposed to act as a top club, constantly looking to uprgade your first eleven and your squad. The problem is, we know how our current hierarchy operates and there's next to zero chance of us signing a top level replacement.

Told you. They'll sell their own mother if you pay them enough.

Of course, they're going to sell him. As long as the price is right they'll sell anybody.

These imbeciles bought him last summer for £40m fixed fee. What club in their right mind would offer anything close to it for Garnacho now?

It's not as simple as that, though. In isolation you are right, paying 8m for a soon to be 34-year old player seems a decent fee, but context is everything in this case. Xhaka is a key player for Sunderland, he provides invaluable leadership and experience and is in a top shape for his age. How are they supposed to replace what he brings with measly 8m? I agree with @Scott Harris, our directors are just doing what they always do in those situations, they feign interest and self-sabotage those type of deals by making the kind of offers they know will be rejected. Then they pat themselves on the back, make the usual "well, we've tried" comment, release a brief on how they're happy with the players they already have and announce a signing of another 17-year old. Business as usual at Blue Co.

That's been their modus operandi since the sporting directors took over. They have an age limit and a wage limit. Probably a lot to do with resale value, hence very long contracts on relatively low base wages. They look at each potential transfer target as an asset. In that sense spending big money on the likes of Xhaka, Maignan etc does not fit their model. They're not building to win. They're just London based version of Brighton, only with idiots in charge.

Him being gone before the end of the season is a good bet to take, I think.

I'd call it embarrassing if I haven't been watching that farce for the last four years, so now it's just business as usual at Clown FC.

I realize it's still early in the transfer window but the haggling over pennies in the deals over a 100 year old Xhaka and a 28 year old Spanish fullback no one heard prior to being linked to CFC makes me think it's more of the same bullsh*t with this lot. The only reason they signed Palestra relatively quick is because due to his age and their evaluation he's your typical Blue Co signing, a young player with big potential upside, hence a "valuable asset" they can sell for profit at some point down the road. Nothing's changed. They'll sell Enzo if the offer is big enough and whoever replaces him will be a downgrade because they can't offer neither the competitive wages nor European football to a potential new signing. Can't believe I'm looking at f**king Spurs showing real ambition and upgrading their team by spending on quality while we continue to embarrass ourselves.

You couldn't come up with a more fitting final game of the season from this pathetic bunch. No pride, no spirit, no effort. Pathetic.