9 hours ago, Valerie said:

For starters, Disasi and Jackson are not in the squad travelling for the pre-season friendlies... Interestingly, Kellyman for instance is included, whom I thought was dead and secretly buried in a remote corner at Cobham.

Alonso is protecting Jacko from possible injuries. He wants to unleash him on an unsuspecting PL in late August

On 20/07/2026 at 20:34, OTL said:

Rodgers Deal....i think this shows Eghbali talking owner to owner and then passing a little credit to the underlings, standard procedure for top brass. One thing is for sure there is clearly a point where juniors like Stewart & Winstanley have to pass things on to higher powers. I mean Villa's top man would have been insulted if Chelsea had sent one or both of those clowns to meet him.

Also If Eghbali has had some success here, he may well like to involve himself on other big deals. A player Agent and indeed owner of a selling club will likely appreciate dealing with the organ grinder even if it is just a quick lunch and handshake.

We cant be sending these two (Stewart & Winstanley) unshaven greasy urchins if we want to be taken seriously.

if this deal falls through Eghbali's relationship with Villas man will be pushed to and maybe beyond the limit. Its no place for juniors.

Stewart and Winstanley were all involved in the negotiation for Rogers. As was the other SD that we nicked from Liverpool..

23 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Stewart and Winstanley were all involved in the negotiation for Rogers. As was the other SD that we nicked from Liverpool..

Some say they were, others say they were not.

Given they are incompetent I tend to believe the latter.

4 hours ago, Scott said:

4’9” Barco isn’t listed but yea

Kerim Alajbegović, who were being linked with is 6’1” also.