But isn't the point of PSR that you shouldn't just be able to invest external money, hence Newcastle despite the backing of the Saudi State Fund have not blown the rest of the league out of the transfer water? I know some teams seem to be creatively stretching the rules (Chelsea, Man City) but not all are
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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025
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Peak transfer window Summer when someone wants solid evidence of clubs bidding for players
You're something else, mate!
No shit!
Like I said in a previous post, you give them a deadline and then move onto another target.
Are you? THFC is run and owned by ENIC, and they've delivered the second-best period in our history.
Do you hate ENIC more than you love the club?
I think by this point ENIC Out is the actual club you guys support. It's just not a football club.
Peak transfer window Summer when someone wants solid evidence of clubs bidding for players
I don’t want anything
I’m saying I don’t believe it happened
I’m a fan of the club, not the owners
No shit!
Like I said in a previous post, you give them a deadline and then move onto another target.
Deadline for what?
An imaginary transfer for MGW?
There is no MGW transfer
I'm the one with a memory longer than the last 4 years.
Then assess the health of the club. It's doing pretty good, and we just matched our 2nd-greatest ever achievement.
Of sorts - it is about the transparency of it. The idea, as I understand, is that a club should be solvent and not rely on an owner that can rug-pull.
The issue with City and Newcastle is that they are/have/were/trying to disguise owner investment as a valid income stream (sponsorship etc), which it isn't.
Owners can provide financing - Gold & Sullivan were very dodgy about this, as I believe they sold upton park/"the boleyn ground" to themselves, made a big profit, then lent the profit back to the club at a really high interest rate or something like that. So on the surface it looked like they were "investing" but they were milking the club.
You're lying though. You do believe it happened.
The fuck's going on around here today?
As a tip, bit.ly or whatever works for that issue
And critically from there that the rest of the league should not be forced into similar financial practices as a way to keep up competitively. Because that's how you become Italy.
Phew, this thread is doing my head in! I need to go smoke some weed to unravel these crazy, circular arguments over diddly squat.
The fuck's going on around here today?
You're getting called on your bullshit.
Why are you suddenly silent about how we've clearly been outspending Newcastle, how we're not far behind Woolwich in spending either, and how both Woolwich, Newcastle, Liverpool etc all applied a pragmatic transfer policy which paid off or is paying off for them?
You really think both Ornstein and Romano, two of the most reputable football transfer journos on the planet, would bullshit and about a Spurs transfer of all things?
Seriously, mate...
Forest are obviously happy to pimp MGW to anyone but us if the rumours of being offered to City are true, so they’re reconciled to selling him.
You make it clear that we’re not doing a deadline day deal for him so you set a date for Forest to accept your proposed terms or you move on.
It’s then up to them whether they accept it or risk being stuck with a player that wants out.