45 minutes ago, guddy69 said:

Meanwhile no one is named in all those Epstein files..

What are you talking about?

Spurs spent 80M on Fernandes and just had 100M accepted for Tonali… what am I missing here?!?

They just finished 17th AGAIN!

38 minutes ago, The Boehly Babes said:

Spurs spent 80M on Fernandes and just had 100M accepted for Tonali… what am I missing here?!?

They just finished 17th AGAIN!

Levy penny pinched. Moths circling the stadium.

2 hours ago, dermott said:

Levy penny pinched. Moths circling the stadium.

They've spent on average over £200m a season the past 4 years.

They are definitely going to have to sell players and besides Romero I don't know who would buy any of their gash which wouldn't result in an accounting loss.

This window is cooked, and I reckon we might end up being the big losers. We started the nonsense when we overpaid for Caicedo, Lavia and Enzo, but it’s on steroids now. £100m for Tonali is mental. Bournemouth have turned down £59m for Alex Scott, and demanding the £80m Matheus Fernandes fee. Palace have also slapped £100m on Wharton. These players are worth half the fees they are going for, and it’s interesting the money is changing hands within the league with non-PL team uninterested.

Won’t be surprised to see Madrid pass on Enzo Fernandez this summer as our lot will insist on £120m. They need to raise £250m in player sales, but I can’t see many of our dross changing clubs.

6 hours ago, The Boehly Babes said:

Spurs spent 80M on Fernandes and just had 100M accepted for Tonali… what am I missing here?!?

They just finished 17th AGAIN!

They've had decent revenue still thanks to the Europa win. 17th + no Europe means they can spend up to 85% of their revenue under the new financial rules, but once they qualify for Europe that gets cut to 70%. Their much-lauded stadium revenue might be a nice injection for compliance with imaginary financial rules, but the overall debt is crippling.

If we're at risk of doing a Leeds, they're at risk of doing a Portsmouth.

3 hours ago, markpitts said:

These players are worth half the fees they are going for, and it’s interesting the money is changing hands within the league with non-PL team uninterested.

Obligatory article on the house of cards that is EPL transfer fees

Premier League clubs owe a lot of money to each other. No one pays up-front, everyone pays in installments (encouraged by PSR). No one has actual cash as owners are limited in how much they can inject (again, thanks PSR). So, everyone borrows from private credit to finance these fees. The transfer fees between EPL clubs are effectively the transfer of debts to private creditors. If the money stops moving, the house of cards collapses. Fortunately the only risk would be the collapse transfer values due to some outside, systemic risk, and one or two clubs miss a payment on the merry-go-round.

But here's a fun fact. As of 1 January 2027 all players, including those in England, will be able to buy themselves out of their contract for its residual value outside the protected period, unless some other reasonable amount is mutually agreed. There will be no mechanism to restrain a player from moving and any compensation dispute could take years in a national court, if the player so chooses. Any transfer fee agreed between clubs will have no bearing on the calculation of compensation. And, as a result of these changes, external auditors are re-examining the assessment for asset value of players and may potentially declare them impaired. So what happens to all the loans when a £60m player is only able to be sold for £30m?

Prick d'Or to Mr Marinakis of NF. Replacing Vítor Pereira with Oliver Glasner, informing Pereira by email.

The obscene prices can surely only go on for so long before clubs simply stop paying them and they will have to come down again.

27 minutes ago, Zeta said:

The obscene prices can surely only go on for so long before clubs simply stop paying them and they will have to come down again.

Thing is, it's not cash up front. Payments are in instalments. Every club owes other clubs a fortune in the instalment merry-go-round. Each new sale/purchase only funds the merry-go-round. Only when someone defaults will the merry-go-round crash and burn.

15 hours ago, dermott said:

Thing is, it's not cash up front. Payments are in instalments. Every club owes other clubs a fortune in the instalment merry-go-round. Each new sale/purchase only funds the merry-go-round. Only when someone defaults will the merry-go-round crash and burn.

Correct and as most of that debt is now actually owed to private credit, the money is not even staying within the game.

On 03/07/2026 at 02:12, SydneyChelsea said:

Correct and as most of that debt is now actually owed to private credit, the money is not even staying within the game.

Its surely all now based on a house built on sand, one big default or a company crash and the whole thing will collapse.

United are signing Tielemans for €41m. Has release clause.

18 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

United are signing Tielemans for €41m. Has release clause.

f**kers, that's a great signing.

Meanwhile, the profound emotional intelligence of Graham Potter: https://www.fourfourtwo.com/person/player/graham-potter-got-rid-of-all-the-leaders-at-west-ham-then-complained-about-it-how-does-that-make-any-sense-michail-antonio-opens-up-on-his-post-accident-west-ham-rejection

On 02/07/2026 at 03:50, SydneyChelsea said:

They've had decent revenue still thanks to the Europa win. 17th + no Europe means they can spend up to 85% of their revenue under the new financial rules, but once they qualify for Europe that gets cut to 70%. Their much-lauded stadium revenue might be a nice injection for compliance with imaginary financial rules, but the overall debt is crippling.

If we're at risk of doing a Leeds, they're at risk of doing a Portsmouth.

Obligatory article on the house of cards that is EPL transfer fees

Premier League clubs owe a lot of money to each other. No one pays up-front, everyone pays in installments (encouraged by PSR). No one has actual cash as owners are limited in how much they can inject (again, thanks PSR). So, everyone borrows from private credit to finance these fees. The transfer fees between EPL clubs are effectively the transfer of debts to private creditors. If the money stops moving, the house of cards collapses. Fortunately the only risk would be the collapse transfer values due to some outside, systemic risk, and one or two clubs miss a payment on the merry-go-round.

But here's a fun fact. As of 1 January 2027 all players, including those in England, will be able to buy themselves out of their contract for its residual value outside the protected period, unless some other reasonable amount is mutually agreed. There will be no mechanism to restrain a player from moving and any compensation dispute could take years in a national court, if the player so chooses. Any transfer fee agreed between clubs will have no bearing on the calculation of compensation. And, as a result of these changes, external auditors are re-examining the assessment for asset value of players and may potentially declare them impaired. So what happens to all the loans when a £60m player is only able to be sold for £30m?

Thanks as usual Sydney for an informative post 👍. I wasn't aware of the information contained in your last paragraph.mate .

Fook me. Spain 2 goals up !

Deals announced today for Brighton, Bournemouth and Leeds ... all spending big on players I've never heard of.

Brighton £50m for a Spurs centre back who has never played for the club, Leeds £34m for a centre back from Sassuolo, who presumably in each case floated their boats much more than the availability of Disasi, Badiashile, Fofana, Adarabioyo, Sarr, Anselmino and Trev ... LOL. And Bournemouth have spent £26m on a striker, presumably looking easily past Jackson, Delap, Emegha and Guiu 😎

Edited Tuesday at 21:143 days by Sexyfootball

On 01/07/2026 at 16:46, Sconnie Blue said:

Glasner to Forest.

Talk about a step backwards.

Is it though? Forest have shown actual ambition to improve since coming to the Premier league. They've played hard ball over the likes of Murillo and Gibbs White, and finished 7th just 2 years ago. Palace have never finished above 10th. Had Forest played in the conference league, i assume they would have won it last year like Palace did.

Smart move by Glasner imo, assuming he doesn't get on Marinakas' wrong side.

On 13/07/2026 at 12:09, PloKoon13 said:

f**kers, that's a great signing.

Meanwhile, the profound emotional intelligence of Graham Potter: https://www.fourfourtwo.com/person/player/graham-potter-got-rid-of-all-the-leaders-at-west-ham-then-complained-about-it-how-does-that-make-any-sense-michail-antonio-opens-up-on-his-post-accident-west-ham-rejection

Antonio comes across so poorly on this interview. Did he expect 100k a week first team contract after driving his car into a tree at high speed? Lucky he was offered anything at all. The 260k a year salary must have been devastating lol

44 minutes ago, GarnachoCheese said:

The 260k a year salary must have been devastating lol

Probably doesn’t even cover his insurance excess now.

1 hour ago, GarnachoCheese said:

Is it though? Forest have shown actual ambition to improve since coming to the Premier league. They've played hard ball over the likes of Murillo and Gibbs White, and finished 7th just 2 years ago. Palace have never finished above 10th. Had Forest played in the conference league, i assume they would have won it last year like Palace did.

Smart move by Glasner imo, assuming he doesn't get on Marinakas' wrong side.

Therein lies the issue.

20 minutes ago, The Boehly Babes said:

Probably doesn’t even cover his insurance excess now.

Probably should have slowed down and avoided the tree then. Victim mentality, surprised Liverpool don't offer him a deal after that interview.

14 minutes ago, dermott said:

Therein lies the issue.

Best case he's moved to a team with far more ambition.

Worst case he collects £13M a year then gets a new job.

The year is 2026, and I am jealous of Bournemouth's signings.

Thanks, BlueCo.