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Napoli were in for him but would ,it seems, only offer €15m. RB almost certainly will need to be offering £20m. DD Fofana also off. A fee of circa £2m

TNT are reporting a deal of €140m has been agreed. It’s is said to be a 5 year deal with another .year option.

From what I can gather there is another significant sleeve sponsorship deal in the offing. FPT were set to be the sponsors for 26/7 but that ended a day or so ago. The FOS deal said to be £50m for the year 26/27 isn’t necessary just for the one year but the rumour yesterday was that that this deal had been on the blocks for a while and could only finally be signed off following settlement of the outstanding regulatory matters which didn’t end when the award was finalised at appeal but there had it seems to be confirmation that the FA didn’t intend to take the matter to arbitration for a final line to be drawn under it all.

Who said it was a typo ? Cough!

The saga around Tosin seems to have gone a little under the radar. However after Delap it seems that a permant deal is on the cards to Benfica for a fee north of €30m. If that’s true then circa £75 m for two very poos players would be a materstroke

Gordon wasn’t starting for Newcastle at seasons end so not sure you are right about his form and when it came to the WC wasn’t he was transferred before the WC kicked off. When it comes to Summerville he had a couple of ok to gook periods but again nothing to write home about . Has a decent ish WC. Didnt surprise me that he wasn’t a target of note for any PL club. We aren’t going to get close to £100m for Neto but don’t be surprised if it’s close to £80m than £60m

Can I pass on that. Normally I can get close to being able to work out what is being said but when I first read the guidelines I have to be honest I tried but gave up. As you asked so nicely I tried again and, gave up. It’s gobbledygook! One thing I will say is I am far from sure that you are right, or come to that wrong, when it comes to your comment re any potential issue re Jackson

According to wiki we paid £51.3 m for him which is 60m€ This suggests to me that someone is simply making an assumption that we are looking to recover what we spent when everything I have seen suggests that the asking figure would be over that sum.

Being sold it seems. To Strasbourg no less. To be fair had a v good season at Cardiff but can’t be sent on loan to them ( Strasbourg)as they already have the maximum allowed.

There are so many moving parts when it comes to transfers. Not just are they FiFAs requirements there is also the nonsense of UEFAs 45 day rule. From what is being reported Napoli aren’t the only club interested in him and it states that one is a PL club and as Sydney points out we may we’ll be wanting to get monies into the 27 calendar year

As we aren’t providing UEFa with an A list this season that aspect isn’t I believe possible to be implemented. Here’s the wording “All clubs further agreed to be subject to a restriction on the registration of new players on their List A for UEFA club competitions. Such a measure could be conditional, unconditional or both and covers one or more seasons depending on the length of the settlement.”

When I first read this a day or so ago I simply dismissed it but on reflection I think there might be some legs in it. What’s changed you may ask ,well it’s simply that BlueCos legal team are all over these type of things and that being so close to that arbitrary 45 days I can quite easily see that the sequence of Garnacho on loan and possibly Jackson on the last day of the window sounds a possibility

Back of the net . Aha

He wasn’t the Messiah. He was just a very naughty boy!

When we played in Norwich a few years ago we stayed two nights before the game in Gt Yarmouth in a Premier Inn. Wasn’t too bad but can’t say I took to the town. We drove in the next day to Norwich and had a hotel just up from Carrow Rd. Before the game sat by the canal with a coffee and after the game had a drinks by the water and a really nice meal. Both before and after the game the two sets of supporters were well behaved and there wasn’t a hit of trouble. It was really enjoyable indeed I just wish that I could say the same about the vast majority of away games but I can’t.