For those who think that there was a chance that Klopp would want to take the England job the Daily Telegraph website are reporting that he has confirmed that he will be taking the forthcoming season off from football to re-charge his batteries.

Every team can have a bad day - Spain lost to Scotland in the qualifying group.

Correct - and what is noticeable about those demanding a new manager is that not a single one of them has said who it should be.

Couldn't you get on the blower and come back to us with the answers ?

We should do well with that team - it's got 12 players in it.

Yes, the comparisons with Bellingham are silly. It seems possible that Bellingham could win the Balon D'Or come the end of the year ; however excited we and others might be by Wharton he has a long way to go still to get to that level.

Not good news for Colleen.

Given their financial resources Bayern and Man City could have outbid Palace - but chose not to do so.

Realisticly,what do you think a player best suited to the pivot role in a 4-2-3-1 playing in the Championship would fetch ? Another £6m to £10m brings the fee up to to £28m to £32m which is about the max for a Championship player ( £32m for Watkins ?)

I thought we talked up Man Utd over Phil Jones ?

I would have thought 22 was the max if all the contingencies were met, but did not relate to the sell on, which will be based on profit (probably) or gross fee on the on sale. I don't think there will be a max for the sell on.

Jude Bellingham made his senior debut for Birmingham in August 2019 and England debut in November 2020.

Southgate stated that White had made himself unavailable for the tournament so the manager can't pick him. The player had a row with Southgate's assistant Steve Holland in Qatar in 2022 and returned early from the World Cup.

Palace ended the season as well as any club. Southgate has been managing England for years without picking their players until now. Maguire is injured. Agree with you about Grealish - would have taken him ahead of Watkins.

I don't know the answer but if they were enhanced significantly is there not a risk that a challenge in the courts would rule that out if the compensation was at a level that effectively deterred the club that a player wished to sign for ? As I say, I don't know but I think this is not an easy area because the football authorities do have to be mindful of the law.

I think that would constitute restraint of trade.

Aren't the FA hamstrung here by the fact that under 16 year olds can't by law sign employment contracts ?

With 2 out of 3 promotion spots going every year to parachute payment clubs, what those clubs want is someone like Parker who delivers with a good budget.

Only had 2 seasons in the Championship - with Fulham and Bournemouth - and got them both promoted so would be a good appointment.

Congratulations to Southampton, and especially to Russell Martin, who has come in for a lot of criticism but has stuck to his guns and been vindicated with an immediate promotion.

McFadz and Flecky were JDT and gregg mode.

What about Motherwell fans ?

You are entitled to your opinion about the man but some of this strikes me as complete nonsense. I very much doubt he had anything to do with negotiating the fee for Wharton , and he could have done no more than he did with Phillips where the club had literally no negotiating position given that the way the rules work the player could have walked away for nothing.

I've no idea but to be fair to the club I can't recall the last time we released a player from the Under 21s or Under 18s and subsequent events showed that to be a poor decision.

Just goes to show that what really matters is not the number of your season ticket holders, but what happens on the pitch. Come the last game of the season our players stood up to be counted; Bolton's did not.