Think it was similar to when we signed Armstrong from Newcastle, so would imagine so

Just a musing When Siggy signed on loan he took up one of those none work permit slots, is there a chance that when he signed permanently, having played in the Championship for half a season, that he no longer take up one of those slots and therefore we have an extra one? Probably not, but would be nice to know for sure

https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/transfer-news/preston-north-end-transfers-championship-20792232 Based on this I don't think he qualifies for a work permit outright, so would need to take up another (the final) of the 4 slots

Think Tronstad got a work permit as he played in the top division in Holland, pretty sure none of the others qualified, so we would have taken up 3 slots by my working

no, and you would be an hour too late

1 day and 90 mins to go

You are

Scholarship at 16 Pro contract at 17 (but only allowed to sign for a max of 3 years) Long term contract when he turns 18

He is not even half decent in the Championship any more https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kyle-mcfadzean/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/32526/wettbewerb/GB2/saison/2023 Look at Coventry's results since he was dropped (along with Ayari who we also signed)

Passing with your favoured foot Passing with your less favoured foot Having an accountant who is ok with "creative accounting practices" Ball control Having a back up accountant just in case the first one develops a conscience/gets locked up for "creative accounting practices Lets Haaland score in training

Eze and Olise both gone off injured for Palace, there is no point them buying Wharton if he has no one in the forward positions who he can pass to, deal off 😉

He could "pause" (not the best term as the end date of his contract didn't change, just the enforcement of any terms that were paused) his contract with his Russian club (hence the prior loan moves), and once he got into the last 6 months of that contract, like any player he was free to negotiate a Bosman free. As his contract was paused (so in legality no longer existed), he then moved 6 months earlier to Rovers on a permanent deal for free

60% of £15M 😉

Harrison Burrows is a number 10 or wide attacking player, he gets away with playing left back in League 1 in the same way that Siggy and Dolan got away with playing as wing backs last night Ronnie Edwards, is linked with numerous Prem teams Calvin Ramsay is on loan from Liverpool, hardly got a look in on loan at PNE earlier this season Max Bird 23, Derby, will give you that one

and in the one transfer window that he was allowed to spend decent money... Szmodics, Hyam & Brittain

We get it when the permeant deal goes through, which looks like being the summer

Only chance of doing so is being a recently relegated Prem (and therefore moneyed up) team who is geared up for automatic promotion (ie Leicester with Dewsberry-Hall)

It all depends on if and how the money is reinvested. Brentford showed how this should be done, Its now a case of seeing if Broughton can (and is allowed to) follow the blueprint https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-brentford/rekordabgaenge/verein/1148

Whichever one it is, he is terrible Chair (more a 10 than a CM) and Willock (wide player) are QPRs better players. They certainly do not have any CMs worth having

Could depend on how the deal is structured. How much up front, how much in add ons (and when are they triggered etc) sell on fees etc. Would we take £25M for Adam Wharton? Probably. Would we take £25M spread over 25 years? Probably not

I think if we are honest with ourselves, most of us (even those who were willing to give Szmodics time) thought that he was a strange signing when we had Dack, and that the money may have been better spent elsewhere. Delighted to have been proven wrong on that

He does every role very well

4-5 weeks https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/january/25/boss-gives-injury-update-on-carter-and-pickering/

They should already be in the automatic positions with the squad they have. But they have Russell Martin as manager, its like starting off the season with a 20 point penalty

Their wage bill was £16.4M in League 1 https://swissramble.substack.com/p/ipswich-town-finances-202122 so you can probably safely add 50-100% onto that for promotion increases and the wages of the new players they brought in this season (Hirst is on something like £15-20K/week for example) For reference, Rovers wage bill in the Championship was only £5M/year higher for the same period, and was also around £16M when we spent the season in League 1 (keep in mind the Rovers only spent 1 season in League one so still had players on higher contracts from their time in League 1, whilst Ipswich built a relatively high wage squad for the division they were in)