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Saudi is probably a safer place to live than the UK right now, in fairness.

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ervi34 wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 02, 2025 7:17 pm
I think it doesn't count loans with obligations.

Yeah I have our summer business at around £97m not inc Humphreys and Flemming who were last years Championship signings.

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Club have confirmed the deal has completed.

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A good window. A focus on what a relegation battling team needs, while retaining the team spirit which served us so well last year. As others have said, midfield is crucial and we aren’t going to be pushovers there at all. Connor Roberts will feature in that RWB I’d imagine, I think he’ll be alright...

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Woonderbah wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 01, 2025 8:17 pm
SSN seem to expect the deal to be announced before 9pm

Really? All their local journos and BBC reporters saying the deal is off.

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ollieclarets8 wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 01, 2025 7:55 pm
Wilson to stay at Fulham. I think he'd have done alright for DL.

Leeds fans having a right meltdown on X. Good viewing.

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Accounting treatment here https://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/uk/en/pwc/industry/industry_INT/industry_INT/football/accounting-for-typical/relationships-with-play/1-9-loans-with-obligation.html In terms of FFP and the accounts, if it is a straight obligation to buy after the loan then the transfer hits th...

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If its a mandatory clause it counts as this season for PSR. Only helps us with cash flow Really? Not sure on that... PSR is based on accounting dates and if we don’t recognise the permanent transfer until the next accounting period (26/27), it won’t affect this years PSR calcs. Can you show me an e...

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Option not obligation. Doubt we can have an obligation if relegated. Its a mandatory clause announced by Benfica. Portugal has a rule that clubs must announce the full details of the transfers. So you can trust them as 100% accurate. For us it’s just a case of delaying cash flows for cash flow reas...

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Firthy wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 01, 2025 7:06 pm
That's it then. Surprised there weren't more outgoings with size of our squad

Turkish and Dutch windows open another week or two I think. Same with Saudi.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 01, 2025 6:52 pm
It is an obligation but I suspect there might be some conditions

Benfica's official announcement states Burnley will pay an initial loan fee of €2m (£1.7m), with a “mandatory clause” to make the deal permanent for €24m (£20.74m).

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Been announced as ‘an option to make permanent’ which is weird considering every man and their dog called it as an obligation to be permanent. Why would he do a full leaving video to Benfica fans if it was just for a season?

Anyway, on paper looks a cracking signing.

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Benson signing for Swansea

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Sutton-Claret wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 01, 2025 6:10 pm
When does the window slam shut? Is it 11pm or midnight?

Neither… 7pm.

Deal sheets can be done prior to give a 2 hour extension on paperwork completion, though.

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I was surprised we choose not to go for Tanganga (especially for the near giveaway fee) and even more so with the links to Menghi today He’s not a profile for central centre back in a 5. Fine for RCB but we’ve got Tuanzebe and Walker for that. Mengi is a central centre back and played there for Lut...

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Somethingfishy wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 01, 2025 2:33 pm
Linked to Presnel Kimbembe from PSG. Defender. Loan with obligation for 15m Euros.
Not the greatest of sources though.

Surely you could see there was somethingfishy about this link, given it’s a 500 follower account and reposts others parody accounts.

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Mengi from Luton in talks with us. Central centre back, did well for them in the PL, but had a bad time with injuries since… Interestingly, a poster on here said he was set to sign for us a month or so ago, but received a bad tackle against Southend in a friendly, and Luton players weren’t happy (so...

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Brentford signing Reiss Nelson from Arsenal.

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Ramsay should stay. Played very well against Derby the full 90 mins, and on bench in the league. Should have put him into the #10 against United rather than whoever was floating in that area after Hannibal went off. We're not blessed with creativity, can't just use defensive midfielders to win. Agr...

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dsr wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 01, 2025 11:18 am
Have they shown a photo that clearly shows Anthony was pulling the shirt inside the box?

It’s in here:

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/ ... nalty-foul

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Ramsey has got 5 other players ahead of him in midfield now. Getting back to 90 minutes every week is probably something he wants and we want, I think. Hopefully there’s a January break clause in case we have injuries.

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Leicester looking to sign Aaron Ramsey from us on loan.

Not one I’d be surprised about, needs to get playing again.

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Obafemi heading out. Bochum.

https://x.com/alex_crook/status/1962433 ... 13111?s=46

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Churlinov heading out

https://x.com/bosunatiklamaks/status/19 ... 38890?s=46

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Sky said it should be us done for incomings after Florentino.

Time to focus on outgoings?

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Sunderland signing Netherlands international right back Geertruida from Leipzig. In talks with fellow Dutch international striker Brian Brobbey from Ajax too. Would have loved the former here.

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Comment on Egan-Riley after his straight red card:

‘He is out of his depth unfortunately…. Needs a few more seasons in the Championship or even league One in the UK…., OM is a step too far…. Definitely has the talent but lacks big match experience‘

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To be fair this is a loan deal for this season. (I assume similar to Amdouni where there’s a deal to sign him at the end of it, if we want to). In that sense I can see why he played today. It sounds like an obligation to buy, rather than option to buy, which was the case with Zeki. He’s our player,...

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Surprised Palace have scored 3 given they play a back 5.

RVclaret · Re: Today's football 31/8/25 Egan-Riley sent off for Marseille.

Egan-Riley sent off for Marseille.

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Been on the bench so far this season hence why he’s coming to us. Seems strange if he’s flying over here tonight with a deal already agreed.

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Good news this. Will allow us to play different formations even more now in certain situations. Being greedy tomorrow - Luis in, plus a CB and a number 8/10? Try and get a few out on loan? - Benson, Churlinov, Obafemi, Delcroix Looks like an incredibly busy day. The window this year closes at 7pm t...

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Luis flying here tonight, deal almost fully complete:

https://x.com/lucabendoni/status/196214 ... 22538?s=46

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Don’t get why Jones isn’t removed too. It’s ultimately his choice. He didn’t have to go with the VAR. But he sure enjoyed doing it and making his big announcement.

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We’ve scored 4 in 3, to be fair. I feel ‘creativity’ isn’t too big an issue right now. For example, Larsen didn’t have a particularly great game yesterday, and some marked him a 4 in the ratings, yet he produced a sublime cross for Foster’s goal, and teed up Hannibal’s first half chance, with a clev...

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Brentford’s keeper Kelleher looks overrated to me. Shocking for the second. West Ham could be losing Paqueta to Villa, but they’ve splashed out on a DM from Monaco and Fernandes from Southampton, which could sort their midfield. Interestingly, Sunderland were described by a few on here as ‘we won’t ...

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The way the image is generated is by drawing a line at the ‘last possible onside position of the defender’, then in colour, the offside component of the attacker. It’s not really that difficult a concept. Here is a clearer example. My question still remains, there is a triangle of the United defende...

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Allowing a potential club record signing to play tonight if a deal is fully agreed doesn’t seem right to me. Eze didn’t play for Palace on the night a deal was agreed with Arsenal last week. Hopefully he’s correct saying the deal is done, but not on the last bit.

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Yes I agree. But that situation is not unique to the Foster offside decision. We know about the inaccuracies of the system, but people are saying that the graphic is contentious, when it really isn’t - it shows Foster in an offside position by the laws of the game. And in any case, the assistant re...

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willsclarets wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 31, 2025 6:36 am
If VAR was taken away today, there'd be celebrations across the country at the next round of fixtures. Hardly a soul would want to keep it. It's the worst thing that's ever happened to the game.

A few important souls want to keep it, I’m afraid. PL clubs voted 19 - 1 a year or so ago.

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Hannibal excelled last season on the left of a midfield 3, as a number 8 alongside Cullen (6) and Brownhill (8), or at times a second striker alongside Flemming (we never played with a traditional, between the lines, number 10). It was always on the left in those half spaces though. Now he’s floatin...

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We’ll find out tomorrow re. Luis probably.

The guy who initially reported it said we were aiming to close it after the game today.

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Don't agree verbatim with the OP, that said after the week Utd had we should have gone on the front foot against them first half and build the pressure. But we offered nothing and sat deep and let them attack us. It was quite the opposite to this. We tried pressing high, got it wrong continuously, ...

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How can you not see the Foster’s foot is not nearer the line,As Stan would say ‘A blind man on a galloping horse can see that’ What are you on about? The line is drawn on, what is meant to be, the last piece of the defender that is considered onside. In this case it’s the shirt sleeve, but they’ve ...

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Tall Paul wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 30, 2025 6:12 pm
It's Fosters right foot that is offside

Its absolutely, 100% not.

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Another good game from Lyle today. Looked a proper PL number 9. Very nearly on 3 goals in 3 games right now too, without mentioning the overall outlet he’s been providing up there.

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I'm not sure on the colouring in convention, but in this case it's not really the issue. The line they've drawn shows Foster's shoulder is in advance of the defender's shoulder, foot, leg, head or any other part of his body apart from the arm. So it's offside, however frustratingly close. Sorry, th...

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dsr wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 30, 2025 6:05 pm
So a double error, then. One, Foster's sleeve wasn't in front; two, even if it was it couldn't be offside.

I thought offside started from the shirt sleeve line and that was a recent ish change. Could be wrong though. But yeah, the line just isn’t right.

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PS - surely that picture is an AI fake? It's clear in the offside law that the arm starts at the bottom of the armpit, so the bottom of Foster's sleeve can't have been offside. https://www.theifab.com/laws/latest/offside/#offside-position The picture is exactly what they showed. It makes no sense t...

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Ekdal 6
Esteve 6
Hartman 5
Cullen 6
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