PhilM

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The thing which stands out to me is that Iraola is being claimed to be 43. Must have had a tough paper round.

In any case, Mo, Ibou and Robbo leaving, plus I'm assuming Chiesa, Gomez, Curtis, MacAllister, Endo, and Elliot must be freeing up about £1.5m a week in wage bill savings. We could have lobbed Ibou an extra 100k a week without it being a problem.

I think pretty much anyone would. If I was Yan Diomande, I would run for the hills.

I thought it was £52m?

Pretty funny that Chelsea had the biggest advantage and were still s***.

It's not me. I'm far less handsome.

It's not like there's a giant pool of Scouse players about for us to choose from. He's probably the only one who is good enough to play for us who doesn't already, or used to.

Of course it's all "narrative control", but it would be interesting to know (if it was the case), what Ibou was after and what we offered him. He had a lousy season, but given his age, profile and importance, he's probably perfectly entitled to be asking for £250k a week upwards.

Ali staying for another season gives me wood, man.

Well that's one of the most notable things about that graphic that someone posted above. Out of those players we still have, Bradley, Leoni, Bajcetic, Ekitike and Danns would all be coming off the back of horrendous long term injuries, Ekitike is probably unlikely to play at all next season and Isak, Danns, Bajcetic, and Frimpong are all perpetually injured or unfit. It's just a s*** show.

I don't hate it. Makes a lot of sense in a lot of ways. Can play right back as well. And Curtis

Yeah, he's not bad. He's good enough to be a starter somewhere like Leeds, Everton, Palace maybe, teams around that sort of level. I believe the correct terminology was "Lotto Lout Michael Carroll" according to the press.

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I think he's superb. The general consensus amongst Brighton supporters is that he has been pretty demotivated since his move to United was turned down and his performances have nosedived. Although they also think that Solly March is the second coming of Messi. The other thing, when you see him in the flesh, he's an absolute tank. Built like a refrigerator.

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Antony missed out on this last season because both Manchester United and Real Betis lost their respective finals.

And Jurrien Timber.

Oh actually Camavinga could be the one.

I went to watch Brighton vs the Mancs on the last day of the season with my stepdad, and Brighton were absolute s***e. The epitome of an on the beach performance. They were 3-0 down before I'd even got back from getting my half time drink (and they ran out of bottled water before the half time break). Anyway, Baleba came on after about an hour and was sensational. He's had a poor season and he was probably just showing up to shop window himself for United, but he had all of the things that we're missing. He put himself about physically, won a lot of second balls, covered the space well, used the ball intelligently, and didn't let anyone past him. He's had a bad season, so should be cheaper than the ludicrous fees that were talked about last summer. Not to sound too much like Mark Corrigan, but I think he might be the one.

I got to 47, then realised that I'd missed out a current Premier League team.

I think a good manager could turn Gordon into a superb player. So no point in us buying him right now.

I think Djed Spence is alright. Not that it's much of an endorsement, but he's a better and taller version of Frimpong.

And Everton would be fuming! (Not that they aren't perpetually fuming already)