Clay Davis

We have no NHG slots left though. and his mate Alex Crook has confirmed we expect no significant incomings today.

I think Gakpo will be our starting right winger for the season if he stays.

To be fair what the actual respectable journalists have been saying for ages now is that it’ll be Barcola plus another one in only if Gakpo goes. The signing another forward, midfielder, right back stuff was just either nonsense ITK stuff or collective delusion. I really don’t like it, and we’re really light on quality and quantity in multiple areas, but we shouldn’t be at all surprised about it. If we are it’s our fault.

Sarr without another makes no sense at all. Which is precisely why it’ll be what happens.

Sarr is a goalscorer but he’s a very limited player. He is also only really suited to a direct system. At that price point, at that age, he’d be an incredibly odd signing. Usually I see the logic in what we do, even if I don’t agree with it, but this one would feel illogical.

4 days left - think we definitely try for one more (eg Minteh/Sarr) but I’m not convinced we won’t just run out of time and there won’t be time for the selling club to find a replacement à la Guehi.

I’m choosing to believe that Paul Joyce randomly following Camara on Twitter is a sign, like when he did it for Alisson way back.

He doesn’t really play as a right winger these days, Sarr. He is a completely different type of profile to Minteh so that as a pivot doesn’t make much sense at all. Basically played as a second striker at Palace. Low volume in all metrics, just converts chances well in a counter attacking team. If we were signing him as cover for Isak and Wirtz I’d get it but as the right winger it doesn’t make any sense.

Endo, Nyoni, Mac Allister, Gravenberch and Szoboszlai is actually quite a good blend of profile and also youth and experience. It’s just that people don’t rate Endo. Which is fine. But he exists. I’d personally sell him and bring a replacement in but the club clearly aren’t going to.

And with Muñoz and even Ngumoha too arguably.

The Echo lot know next to nothing

I reckon they’re waiting on whether Barcola is a goer and how much he’ll cost, then all the other business fits around the remaining budget. A few things probably happen in succession once the Barcola situation is clear. They’re going to need a deadline on that though, obviously.

Think it’ll be a RB, a CB (or a RB/CB hybrid) and a right winger - so 2 or 3 more. Then any further additions would be replacements for any outgoings. Slot said on several occasions towards the end of the season that we wouldn’t be as busy as last summer. 3 more from here takes us to 5 for the window which feels in line with that. I’m not happy about it, but it’s what we should expect IMO. Particularly given we’re now in mid July.

No. But a hedge fund is surely the far lesser of two evils? It doesn’t make me lose my connection to the club. I feel like a sportswashing project would. If it wouldn’t to you, that’s sound. Maybe my position is hypocritical but it feels fairly logical. FSG aren’t good owners but they’re not a country persecuting gay people.

I’d rather get left behind than sell our souls to be honest. I am proud to support the club right now, even when we’re s***e. I wouldn’t be proud to support a sportswashing project even if it meant we won five titles in a row. as mad as that sounds.