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Which means that my vote counted towards Arsenal.

That's what I meant by Walsh/Koeman discovering some unheard of gems from the Dutch/German/Portuguese leagues....
The sort of players that would normally cost around £40/50m but will be more like £15/20m for example...like Mahrez, Kante, Gueye etc

Draw a line in the middle at 53% in favour of remain and relegate the rest of the teams. Create a fixture schedule like the SPL and we're done.

Top trolling.

yeah, still not convinced, you're relying on every find being cheap, making an immediate impact and fitting into Koeman's way of playing football.
I'm not sure Walsh/Koeman have good track records of finding players, but the odds will be against everyone having the impact of Mahrez, Kante, (did Gueye have a great season?)
Anyway good luck to you with that.
I'm hoping Spurs actually buy some players in July, rather than waiting till the season starts..

Gueye was the best midfielder in The Prem(after Kante) for the last 2 seasons...all the usual shite; tackles won, interceptions, passes etc...

We paid £8m for him

Lookman from Charlton for £10m looks an ace prospect. Add that to the superb youth we've got coming through(Davies, Dowell, Kenny)

Walsh really needs to start earning his wages now though and unearth at least 4/5 new players with maybe 1 or 2 marquee signings

As long as one of them isn't 'Wazza'

there may well be some gems out there for 15/20m, but how much shit do you have to wade through to get one? Kante et al are the exceptions.

Sorry meant to say Walsh and Koeman HAVE good track records of finding bargains, unearthing gems, but as we found with the bale money, finding the right player for the right cash can be a bit of a crap shoot.
Only eriksen and lamela from the seven we brought can be classified as unqualified successes, lost money on Paulinho, soldado, capoue, and chiriches, (though we may not have since all transfer fees are paid in instalments so when we sold them did we keep paying the instalments or use that cash to pay the rest of the fee in a lump sum?) and the only one we made a profit on was chadli who I would have kept myself...
So a strike rate of approx 40% (my maths is shit I'm sure @Chalfie will help a brother out) which sounds good if you're including chadli into the mix or a less impressive 27% (again my maths is shit) if you take him out..

£85m for Lukaku seems about right to me - Chelsea earned £63m in premier league TV money alone from 20016 to 2017

Not sure what to make of the Lukaku story. He's definitely ahead of Batshuayi in terms of development.

Liverpool drop interest in Virgil van Dijk after Southampton complaint

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jun/07/liverpool-virgil-van-dijk-southampton-drop-interest?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

Interesting...

I'll put a £100 on that they won't get a transfer ban.

Kante, Mahrez and Vardy cost £7m combined, all down to Walsh. Walsh leaves for Everton and we spend £46m on Slimani and Musa, neither of whom can get a start.

What's happened to Musa? He got a couple of belting goals then never heard from him since

Poor first touch, runs up blind alleys, can't cross, can't tackle. Very quick and has a nice finish though.

So like a shitter Jason Lee?

wonder if we could do a swap with Wimmer?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jun/07/tottenham-borussia-dortmund-matthias-ginter-hoffenheim

Lol

Kevin Wimmer is shit and Ginter is a starting defender for Dortmund. You might be able to sign him outright but for more than €17m.

"I had a simple little message on my mobile from Conte in which he
said that he isn't counting on me for next season," Costa told the
media following Spain's 2-2 friendly draw with Colombia on Wednesday.

"It will be because I've done badly this year. It's a shame. I've
forwarded the message on to the people at the club for them to decide
but it's clear that the coach isn't counting on me and he doesn't want
me there.

"I'm on the market and so I'm looking for a team. If the coach doesn't
want you, you have to leave.

With Atletico banned - surely the only option is China?

Dembele saying he's sad that Tuchel has left, would love to see him at Arsenal.

This is a bit mental, did not see this coming...

Kakkers (pukes on cock) and who else? Conte must have another ace up his sleeve, Shirley?

Is he just a messenger or is he the instigator?

Conte may see him a trouble after the mid season toys out the pram incident and wants rid, lukaku and another to come in ?

Batshuayi is the ace, Costa needs to go to keep Batshuayi. Are you not convinced by his end of season? Costa bagged 20 goals this season, FL used to manage that year in year out from midfield. I'm no fan of buying back Lukaku but he's played well this year and doesn't behave like a toddler.

Im with you on Batman, just tthe noise about a loan move was why I said another to come in. If lukaku does come and batshuayi stays the competition between them would be great.