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FLICK is at the wheel.

They have spent billions, so they must be an amazing team. :lol:

We can still maintain control, there are plenty of large investors who would be interested in a minority stake.

They want to kick the can down the road all the way to Antartica. No long term financial planning, just relying on late scrambles at the end of each window and pot luck, or forcing out random players and signing deferrals. All short term stuff and severely damaging in the long term for the...

Important thing to note there is he confirms that he was told to leave due to the contract and needing FFP margin.

He should've been loaned to an easier top league like Germany or Italy. I think sending him to the Prem first was a mistake and too difficult of an environment for him to succeed in in his current form. I imagine he would find it much easier to score in other leagues and his value would be a...

Always said it but the board and the club just seem to have this attitude of never ever wanting to sell any good player even if it would make business sense. We only consider selling players we already removed from the team which is not exactly an attractive option.

They're getting rid of actual good players (Gallagher, Sterling etc) and keeping shite players just because they're new toys the new board signed. Total joke of a strategy and it's obvious why they have ended mid table. Never had anything to do with Poch or Potter, the board and the upper...

Sterling is far better than the likes of Ferran Torres and I would take him here immediately on loan or if he agreed a fair pay cut, transfer. He scores goals at every level and is an athletic, intelligent winger with great movement and dribbling skills. I also have no doubt he'd score goals...

It's funny how they're telling players like Sterling they aren't good enough whilst starting Marc Guiu. Lol.

The joke's on him as he will probably be sacked in a season like the last two guys under the current board.

Many of their 'exiled' players are literally better than the ones that are currently playing. That club is hilariously badly managed and on top of it the way they have treated some of these players is utterly disgusting.

Letting him go on a free transfer would be grounds for Laporta's immediate resignation and all of the board members. That would be absolutely shocking and would confirm beyond any doubt the incompetence of the leadership. Of course for that reason it won't actually happen as it would be...

It's relatively low risk and if he succeeds here there's every chance he could end up being sold for big money to the Prem or a big club. He's only 26 which makes me more positive about thinking of him as an asset rather than a burden going forward. We're also lacking a left winger which is...

Which isn't bad. If he's a consistent EL level type defender that's still pretty good and he can still be sold for good money. Not good enough to start for us but could be for a lot of decent teams. We should be expecting at least 15-20m for him and not worth selling for less frankly.

Because if you're scrambling to find money to register him it can lead to rushed and forced decisions, like selling players for less than they're worth just to make sure you register him. Like this stuff about selling Faye or others to get the money to register him... we're doing that because...

You act like what he said is illogical though, it isn't really. If you're struggling to get together money to register new signings it might be better to put mercato on pause and play with what you have until your finances repair. Instead of doing this song and dance if we accepted a couple...

Too simplistic of an analysis. You can do good business by selling valuable players for high fees and redistributing the money in a better way. You can also sell good players to get players in a position you need more. You can also make a good sale and sell players for more than they are worth...

He wasn't a prime age signing from a top league. We signed an 18 year old striker from Brazil. We weren't meant to get anything out of him immediately, whilst we're spoilt with our young players, the vast majority of young players are not like that and aren't ready to be thrown straight into a...

Not only glass half full but I think this is actually the correct way to look at it. He's a very young player and it doesn't make sense to instantly sell him after we've spent a season trashing him in the media, as his stock is at its lowest. He clearly has talent and I think he could plausibly...