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When was the last time we had to pay someone's contract up after a year? We are allegedly paying 3.5 mill for him. It would be beyond idiotic to give him a 2 year deal. It would also be ludicrous to pay anything like that for a player we thought might flop after a year and need paying off.

New York Red Bulls also saw something in him at 18 to pay 2.5 million dollars for him. Course, it didn't work out there for him either, but at that age it's pretty easy for things to not work out.

The GBE calculator I used said he only had 10 points. So unless it's wrong (always been right before) or needs an update to reflect more recent games, he doesn't qualify.

Which interview? Which comments by Pasha? The owners being willing sellers would be more exciting than any transfer we could possibly sign.

He'll be even more reticent to share what he has heard now.

That second goal is quality. Pretty good set of goals he scored for them in generally actually. Nice range of them too. I wonder why they didn't rate him.

It's a good question given his scoring record there was alright too.

Of course he is - he had no idea this signing was happening so probably spent about 5 minutes checking into who he was before submitting.

As long as we file the paperwork. Not our strong point as a club. Also, he only signed on 31st January. So wouldn't that be the earliest we could convert him? And how long does it take for the paperwork to settle? Apologies if I've asked this before.

Then lets loan him 😂

I don't think Donnum is confirmed yet.

Potentially no more getting on the pitch either...

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but Jorgensen requires an ESC slot as he only has 10 points. I think that takes our last slot. Donnum, on the other hand, easily qualifies for a permit with 26 points.

The only reason the option doesn't get taken up is if his form dips hugely or he becomes injury-ridden. For the purposes of a transfer, it is an extra year on his deal, giving us better bargaining power for a big money sale.

He doesn't have less than 2 years on the contract.

I'd save yourself the stress now, we 100% aren't getting all that. The only way we could even fill those as positions on top of these other two is if we just bought a load of dross again like in the summer.

Credit to @Mercer for his info. It might not be announced yet but even if it's tomorrow I think he can claim that as a win.

That seems beyond unlikely to me. The only possibility of that is if Balaji has finally looked at the league table this season and fancied dipping in for a 'marquee' signing. More likely it's a loan with a 3.5 mill option, or Nixon is just outright guessing there because of what Glimt paid.

Could we just post screenshots of tweets please guys? It wants me to sign in to view those, and I don't really want to give that prick Musk any traffic anyway.

I don't follow, is that an allusion to their political leanings, or are they a breakaway group from this site?

That's not a surprise. Many years ago he used to be quite good natured when people gave him stick, but he has become increasingly cantankerous in recent years unfortunately. I'd imagine Venkys have made it so that constantly trying to find positivity is a serious strain on his mental resources so he is more on edge.

8 weeks was given as the best case scenario, and that would be mid March not mid April. He still isn't going to be able to contribute much though. It's an awkward one, he has been one of our better players this season, but with the injury you have to question if we should even register him if we are short on spaces by the end of the window.

Calm down, I wasn't giving you shit. I was just asking if you still believed that, or if the info you're saying you heard has changed your mind on that.

If it includes an extra year, it would essentially be a three and a half year deal, as I assume we are talking 2 years from the pending summer. Which is more palatable, though I'd still say it should be a three year with an option, which is a max 4 and a half year deal. The first part of the loan really doesn't count. He was injured for the majority of it, and not yet our player. Signing him now is more like how renewing a contract would work in terms of the deal length you'd offer, you wouldn't be thinking about their previous time of service, you go from the point of the new contract kicking in, which is now. And you wouldn't give a 2.5 year deal to a player with his profile unless your hand was forced. As I say, 3.5 including an option is more agreeable and no longer ridiculous, but not what I'd have done.

Now you're saying we have a striker about to sign, have you changed your mind on all this from 8 hours ago?