Nah. Simons was always going to Chelsea
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How about learning to read before commenting.That last bit is nonsense, or had better be. I know we've raised the level of stupidity in recent weeks but an option to buy would be quite moment.
Gene??So, how excited should we be if we get Simmons? I know less of him and haven’t bothered finding out after the other disappointments.
And how disappointed should we be when he ends up at Chelsea?
Why are the majority of people now taking ‘X’ posts as actual factual information?!?
As if any of these made up bot farming accounts actually have inside information?
Inside information on the reasons why Biss move has failed, that’s not going to be public. That we are in for Simon’s, and have phone calls/meetings etc arranged. All rubbish.
Reminds me of the one that all stemmed from a joke phone call to a golf club to arrange a session for Bale and Levy, and ended up as main stream news for Sky Sports and the press.
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Leaked image shows Bale and Levy round of golf on Friday
Gareth Bale, Daniel Levy and chief scout Steve Hitchin appeared to be booked in for a round at 1.52pm but question marks over the validity of the image have been raised.www.dailymail.co.uk

The amount of accounts getting sucked into this is ridiculous
It's intentional.It’s not a “potential Chelsea hijack” nor am I coping. That’s because there’s no real surprise or intrigue. The Simons transfer is blatantly nailed on.
Chelsea have had this lined up and agreed all summer. It’s all the reporting has been. He’s fully agreed to them. When the “he only wanted Chelsea” here we go tweet hits you will understand.
We are wasting valuable time on yet another unrealistic target and will end up with no one. It’s the stupidest fucking strategy I’ve ever seen.
The supposedly ITK sites are just throwing mud at the wall in the vague hope some sticks while benefiting from clicks and sharing.
It's HAPPENING.... Simons is all but guaranteed.... you can't get more of a positive sign than THIS:
I’m wondering if we are trying to move aggressively so that we don’t give Chelsea time to make a bid because they need to focus on outs first so maybe they aren’t in a position to make a bid yet.
Just a guess.
Of course could be totally wrong and they are able to make a rival bid today too.
In any case I’m not getting excited unless I see it’s officially announced. Because as far as I am concerned he’s going Chelsea and this could be hijacked at any stage even at medical.
It's a result of having an extremely amateurish scouting and transfer operation run by the deliberations of a committee rather than having any clear vision or policy for carrying the club forward.Is this all a result of Forest, so that we now don't communicate with players prior to submitting a bid?
You don’t know Spurs if you think that.I'm going to go against the grain here (and my previous skepticism)... if this information is accurate, I think we'll get him. I don't believe we'd have made a formal bid without having a cast iron guarantee from Simons that he'd sign.
It seems unlikely, given his skill set. Best to assume he's going to chavs, since that's far more likely.Am I the only one who’s worried that Simmons won’t cut it in the epl? One thing for sure is if I’m right he’ll come to spurs. If I’m wrong he’s off to Cheatski.![]()
It’s not a “potential Chelsea hijack” nor am I coping. That’s because there’s no real surprise or intrigue. The Simons transfer is blatantly nailed on.
Chelsea have had this lined up and agreed all summer. It’s all the reporting has been. He’s fully agreed to them. When the “he only wanted Chelsea” here we go tweet hits you will understand.
We are wasting valuable time on yet another unrealistic target and will end up with no one. It’s the stupidest fucking strategy I’ve ever seen.

So much for only wanting players that want to be at our club. Is that what the third 70 million target that’s outright said they want to go to a different club.Could be a positive sign, if you believe that there is any truth to earlier reports that we would only move if we were confident that Chelsea weren't going to hijack.
It’s in 70m installments.You know it’s BS because we wouldn’t make a first offer close to their asking price.

Haha, I'm going to remain positive about this one and assume he travelled here, in part, to do his medical and agree terms as a precondition to us submitting our bid.