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Without sight of the true numbers trying to get close to accurate is near enough impossible.Although the BBC have published this BBC SportChelsea transfer news: Breaking down Blues' staggering 39...Chelsea are believed to have recouped more than £500m this summer by either selling or loaning out a staggering 39 players.

In his own mind

Just read elsewhere something and I had clean overlooked and that is that Josh can and indeed under Maresca did play in central midfield. Strong , athletic, can pick a pass . What’s not to like if , as it seems likely, he isn’t going to start in a back 3

This is exactly how I see it. Enzo has talent but that is only part of the equation and his attitude and baggage is well shot off for a fee that quite simply is staggering. He is damaged goods and him going to City is almost poetic. I would imagine that Barco will be starting in midfield on quite a number of occasions and maybe just maybe he or indeed one of the academy players may just be the answer. We effectively will only being two central midfielders with the wide midfielders effectively being wing backs. We can still sign free agents and yes they are free agents for reason but there are some possibilities if it’s just about legs .

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.

That’s her! Anyways I wasn’t in my Chelsea undies.It was my wife’s undies ! You know I am joking don’t you ?

My wife convinced me to go to the IOW for a three day caravan break in April. The caravan was said to be deluxe. Thank fully we didn’t take the cat as he wouldn’t have had his daily swing. It was perishing cold in the mornings so had to rush out and turn the gas rings in, opened the curtains in our bedroom to be greeted by the vision of a woman in just her bra doing the same in the caravan opposite. Wouldn’t have minded but she was massive, had tattoos on her upper body and must have been 60+. She smiled as I closed the curtains back up. The club house on the park was terrible with expensive lager/ wine and most of the residents line dancing Danny Dyer or not I will never spend another night in a caravan

Palace are rumoured to be struggling to get close to UEFAs 70% SCR limit. Some people call these sort of work around as loopholes. They aren’t they are simply working within the rules.

My take on work is it’s a four letter word

Not sure it will increase by 30% but it will come at a cost. Clubs will somehow have to come to some sort of arrangement when it comes to new contracts . Players won’t expect to have to pay ! Bearing in mind that any agreement to pay IR has to be supported by in effect a business case then as you look at clubs who generate less in terms of commercial/ sponsorship then the lower a club is ( apologies) down the food chain then the less they can justify. It’s been interesting watching the saga surrounding Vinicius jnr. It appears that Real own all his image rights although not the norm that restricts his ability to earn from personal endorsements . I struggle to believe the numbers but it is claimed that the income generated from personal endorsements covers the total of his wage.

What was different is that he was in Eastern Europe indeed the test was in November 24 and conducted in Albania. As I said in Eastern European countries including Russia vets use a drug containing the banned substance. What’s odd with Mydruks case is that he passed a routine test in August 24 but failed in Nov 24 . The suggestion is if he had taken any quantity of note the latter test would have almost certainly have been more than trace if he had eaten contaminated food then it would almost certainly only have been trace. You do know that Pogba didn’t get sacked by Juve don’t you ? He was banned for 4 years in Feb 24 and agreed to cancel his contract with Juve in Nov 24. By that point in time his ban had been reduced. Not sure I want to get into the debate about Greenwood but he wasn’t cleared of anything. The CPS dropped charges as we know the court of public opinion is all powerful.