Iliman Ndiaye (City back on the menu)

[Bumble]

We only have Joyce’s figures here.

Let’s wait and see.

[Escalator]

We only have Joyce’s figures here.

Let’s wait and see.

Yeah, most likely an “undisclosed fee”

[777Kidnappings]

£25m for Ndaiye + £20m for Beto = the £40m (plus £5m spare to pay for the first installment of Tete) that we clearly needed to balance the books with the Armstrong sale.

I think we'll all agree that £60m for Ndaiye is too little, and £35m for Richarlison is obscene, but I think we've had no choice other than receive a points deduction unfortunately.

I just wish we'd had a bit more honesty from the club this summer as what started off as high hopes, and talks of Doue has ended in Tete and Richarlison, almost selling our prized youth asset, and having our pants pulled down by Spurs because of how desperate we've been to balance the books.

Horrible horrible summer!

Im not having 25m and richarlison is the best we could do for Ndiaye. The switch is gonna cost us a further 4m a year in wages too. Even at this point surely we could find someone to give us 50 for ndiaye and not bother with richarlison.

Also the argument is best they could do now.... we could have not spent 12m loaning grealish or 40m on a 5th choice winger or 8m on left back cover who cant be trusted to be left back cover, or 15m on alcaraz who cant get on the pitch. This problem has been created by awful decisions made without any thought of how 1 decision impacts another and its been on going since the moment tete turned us down about 14 months ago and we just didnt bother

This lot might be more inept than the last lot

[Trowel]

Ndiaye's home debut will be interesting.

[CorkyOnTour]

I just can’t see that £35m being right.

[NomadskiEFC]

We only have Joyce’s figures here.

Let’s wait and see.

Alan Myers seems to trust the figures to be accurate. Or at least trusts Paul Joyce's accuracy.

[TrevorSteven]

I would rather sell Armstrong for 40M to Forest than Ndiaye for 60M to Spurs and get an injuryprone Richarlison back.

But most of all - with these developments I would have the window shut with no more business to be done.

I dont care about a right back, a striker or a dm if it means that we have to give away our best assets for a price which is a steal.

Get a fuckn grip you absolutely shit of a board!

[TheRam]

I just can’t see that £35m being right.

Why?

People said it about Armstrong yesterday. No way they’ll consider selling him for £40m calm down everyone. Turns out they accepted a bid for £35m.

I have full belief that this recruitment team is stupid and desperate enough to pay £35m for Richarlison.

[Raptor]

Alan Myers seems to trust the figures to be accurate. Or at least trusts Paul Joyce's accuracy.

I'm of the opinion Alan Myers doesn't know anymore than us.
I've never seen anyone cover every possible scenario in responses as he does

[NomadskiEFC]

I'm of the opinion Alan Myers doesn't know anymore than us.
I've never seen anyone cover every possible scenario in responses as he does

Well he has strong links to the club and will have a long storied relationship with other journos, particularly those with legacy media like Paul Joyce.

His opinion carries far more weight than any regular fan, to me at least.

[Stumpy]

Why?

People said it about Armstrong yesterday. No way they’ll consider selling him for £40m calm down everyone. Turns out they accepted a bid for £35m.

I have full belief that this recruitment team is stupid and desperate enough to pay £35m for Richarlison.

If it was any other club i would say no there is no way anyone would pay that money for him.
However this club is different it's a laughing stock, incompetent, inept and downright fucking stupid.
The events of the last 24 hours have proved these absolute cunts havn't got a clue what they are doing.
Desperation doesn't even begin to describe it, paying £35m for richarlison is utter fucking madness

[TrevorSteven]

This is just pathetic - It seems more and more probable that those useless people running this club managed to base their plans on the outgoing of Ndiaye.

This scenario might actually be close to the truth:
Ndiaye denied a switch to Saudi which would have given us 80M and Everton probably then said - well, you for sure ar not going for 60M to an English team - you stay.

Problem is that Everton now is 80M short of what they taught they would have deciding to sell Armstrong. Fans response to this made them go back to accepting selling Ndiaye for a cut-off price.

Yes, the financial rules is not helping a club like ours at all - but our board and recruitment for sure is not helping either.

[Bluebridge]

Makes no sense - how will he move the sofa?

Probably ask Pickford.

[blueToffee]

One shit show to the next right now.

This the extent of our imagination? Tete and Richarlison? It’d be one thing on a free as a stop gap but there is no sensible “we’re short on cash” reason for spending any significant money on aging, injury prone players with zero sell on value. You can’t tell me this is for financial reasons we have to do this. As of that’s the case just sell and don’t buy anyone. Play Garner RB or Rohl, play (a clearly not ready) Graham from the academy as the backup to Barry. Or lob Keane up top. If this financial related make better financial decisions.

There really isn’t any good non sentimental reason for bringing him back though. We just went through seeing the decline of Coleman and now we’re doing it to ourselves again? Watching him against Brentford the other day and there is no way if he’d not played with us before anyone would be excited about bringing that player in. Even with recent links we’d be far better off getting Flemming from Burnley for 20 odd mil who at least could give you a few decent years probably.

Can’t stand us saying we’re skint then pissing money on Tete, Norgaard and Richarlison. Guess what we’ll be even more skint in a few years when nobody has any value.

[Fynci]

It’s the first post-Levy Levy-like deal. It was always going to be for one of ours!