Work permit rules have changed following Brexit and bringing in players from overseas is tougher now for clubs outside the Premier League.

Suggestions elsewhere on the net that Neil Maupay to Everton is a done deal.

As you say, the club would be cutting off their nose to spite their face, which is madness especially if we end up being relegated as a result. In addition, you would alienate the manager, who I suspect would strongly oppose what you are suggesting, and all our other players who would sympathise with Brereton.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Mercer tonight.

Players hammering home the message that we don't with the result !

Are the Directors of Football/ Sporting Directors at other clubs doing interviews ?

Problem is, that if he is at a level that will get action from Premier League clubs we simply won't be able to make an offer that matches what he will be expecting from the Premier League.

JDT was appointed manager after Greg became DOF - quite possibly it was Greg who got him the job. But surely JDT would have known the score regarding transfers before accepting the job ? It was up to him to clear up the situation in the job interviews.

People getting worked up about Broughton not giving interviews for some reason but I don't see Directors of Football at other clubs doing so ; it's not part of the job spec and potential transfer and loan deals should be kept confidential if you want them to go through.

The combined contribution of Zeefuik, Davenport, Poveda, Chapman, Magloire and Brown was minimal so it's really a loss of 7 who actually contributed. We've signed 3, had Carter back on loan , have Dack and Markinday hopefully fit now to contribute in a meaningful way and have young players coming through so the reduction in quality is nothing like what some are saying.

Suppose he says no to being sold ?

GB can't stop him if that is what he wants !

What he wants is the only thing that's relevant. If he wants to run his contract down to the summer there is nothing the club can do.

But you can't move the player on unless he agrees to it.

It gets him under contract which puts the club in the position of deciding if and when he leaves, and for what fee, rather than him walking at the end of the season and the club at the mercy of a tribunal regarding his fee.

Yet when he died we were back where we'd started.

We've played 3 matches against teams in the bottom half and won all 3 !

I agree with you if that's the fee - presumably the quoted number include a large number of add ons

Think it's the other way round.

Yes - it's difficult to believe Dolan was playing for England Under 20s earlier this year because good judges felt he didn't have a future in the professional game.

Not sure who you mean but this sort of post calling out others isn't really on.

He's too young to vape.

If only we still had Stefan Mols.

I don't understand this rant of yours. I didn't foresee that he would reach the level that he now has and have never said that I did. The point is that the sort of contract offer that he would definitely have accepted just over a year ago could not be made because at that time his performances had not justified it - therefore the club cannot be criticised for not making such an offer. I agreed with your original post on this. You are literally the only poster on here that has complained because I agreed with them.

There is a god.