Don’t get me wrong - I’d go and pick up JPVH myself from Brighton, but if we hope to bring in the Liverpool lad too, I’m very intrigued to see how we’d keep all four centre half’s happy - not to mention Phillips too when we’re trying to tie him down to a new deal. Ayala is due a couple months out around the new year - of course - but when fit he’s got to be the first name on the team sheet.

Thanks for answering for me! Chaddy another Champ club could sign Mbappe and you’d say he may not fit our style of play.

I know they’re not ripping up trees yet but Boro signing another forward. That’ll be him, Forss and Hoppe they’ve brought in this summer.

Perhaps the craziest fee of the summer yet...Forest signing Gibbs-White in a deal which could eventually reach 44.5 million. Yes, the decimal point is in the correct spot.

Of course. Still doesn’t excuse our slow recruitment. ‘Healthy budget’ to spend remember.

One things for sure; their Bosnian centre half will put on an absolute masterclass.

That lot signing another player today - Macedonian winger. Pull your bloody finger out Gregg/Waggott/Suhail.

Dear God. JDT needs to rip this lot a f*cking new one after this. One of the worst performances in recent memory.

Very easy to pick on particular players after a shit show of a performance, but we simply must bring in a new left back as Pickering has now been terrible for nigh on 6-7 months. We seriously need to get busy. LB, 2 CBs, minimum one CM, CF all needed. Hopefully tonight pushes us into urgent action.

This is the pits. Get the fecking cheque book out!!!

ONLY silver lining from that half is it surely proves to JDT that we cannot get by with some of these younger lads. They are not good enough and that half proved it - and then some. Let's steal a point, and then sign some fecking players!!!

Jesus wept, what on earth has happened?! Set pieces were always going to worry me against the bigger teams. Save for Ayala and a 17-year old, we have no height nor much physicality.

Their GK by all accounts had an absolute stinker at the weekend with the majority of their fans gutted he's starting. Hopefully JDT is encouraging the lads to shoot on sight early doors tonight.

Can’t be cheap at all do to though! Assume Stoke are ‘going for it’ this season with him and Gayle up top.

How are Stoke signing Liam Delap on loan? I thought he’d be off to a lower PL club - Southampton had huge bids for him rejected recently. Not long after signing Dwight Gale too.

Losing BBD and Phillips is going to be a massive kick in the nuts, especially given the start we've made. Our recruitment team simply have to come up with the goods here. We can't afford to mess this up.

First concrete bid then - other very reputable journos now jumping on it too. So tough to know how to play this should they add at least another £5 million on. Our recruitment team will really need to earn their corn should BBD go - particularly given our start to the season as it would appear we have another BIG chance this season. We simply can't feck this up.

Crikey, that’s a novel approach round these parts! Whatever next.

Very intrigued to see where this Liverpool lad is going to play. Of course, in the new year he’ll be a shoe in, once Ayala heads off on vacation. But until then? Never hurts having more quality players, mind.

Blimey. A gaffer who can win a cup game. I’m stunned.

De Jong is a completely different kettle of fish. He’s on silly money at Barca and wants to stay. Barca want him to stay but want to pay him pretty much half his current wages due to their ‘financial issues’ in registering players. If BBD leaves he’ll go onto be on far better money than at Rovers anyway.

3. We are definitely going up, lads.

We’re going up, lads.

https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/transfer-news/sammie-szmodics-blackburn-rovers-transfer-24662376

Sharpe saying no news on Bowler too.