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Anybody watch Netflix's Griselda? Finished it last night thought it was decent.6 parter based on the true story of Griselda Blanco , the godmother of the cocaine scene in Miami

It was nixon who broke the Ennis to Bolton story And the palace bid for Wharton And pretty sure he was the first with O' Riordan (I might be wrong about that 1 but not the other 2)

Nixon saying Ennis deal to Bolton is more than likely off as we are asking for £500k loan fee

Gallagher out of contract in the summer even if we take up the option no guarantee there will be a buyer in the summer so even if a loan I'd take Yates as he is as good if not better than Gallagher. I wouldn't sell Gallagher to be replaced by an unknown but if we can get Yates then we should take the money

He probably is committed now but that won't last while we are a championship club.I don't want him sold this window and certainly not for the £18.5 million that is suggested but I do think In the summer Wharton will want to move up a level. As for Palace not being a good move...he would start there and only has to look at Eze, who signed from QPR, has had an England call up and linked with a £60 million move to Manchester City.

I don't want him sold this window ,but eventually (summer) the player will want to test himself in the premier league (surely has ambitions of playing for England).Talk of £50 million is pie in the sky stuff. £25 mil -£30 mil is the absolute max a premier league club will pay for a player that doesn't play in the top division

So what if Swans fans don't like Yates? Pre leaving Blackpool fans certainly didn't hate him.

It's 3 years he being offered

Id sell Gallagher if Yates can be brought in with the money

Can't see Wharton wanting to join Chelsea.The lad wants to be playing

It will probably be palace looking at someone else as Wharton too expensive

Also means we won't be rushing O' Riordan.If Phillips happens that won't be a cheap loan wages wise for us

When the club are valuing Wharton at £20 million plus you would have to think that his new deal has put him amongst our highest earners

His net spend is the lowest of the "big six" not that I think he was entirely responsible for the ins or outs with the transfers but they sold very well aswell .Top manager

He sounds positive over 3 more incomings before deadline , an experienced centre back and forward were 2 mentioned. It's in the telegraph

We all know how this ends the negotiations will last till deadline day and he will complete the deal at 23:59 giving us no time to spend any of the money The club will announce Finneran has signed pro terms with Broughton signing off by saying the sale of Wharton had opened a pathway for Finneran

This fella usually spot on

12 months later but presumably the money to sign Brittain ,Hyam and Szmodic came from the Armstrong sale? So about £5 million was reinvested .Not a defence of the owners btw but if it wasn't from the Armstrong sale that we bought those then it must have been owner funded as we didn't have any other sale to cover those signings

I'm not doubting what your saying but odd the club renewed his contract only a few months ago if they were set on moving him on this January,as he still had 4 years to run.And presumably his contract renewal was to do with upping his money ,if the club had wanted him out in the summer and were unhappy he declined the offer to leave you would think they would have kept him on his original wage and force him to be more accepting of a move away . Or is it a case of the money men wanting to move him on but the football side Broughton etc seeing value in waiting before cashing in?

Yeah but Broughton can't sell a player unless the owners non negotiable valuation is met

Why?It will be a Dougie Freedman buy. It's not just here that managers don't have much of a say on who is brought in

Is that via Nixon's report or is someone else reporting it now?

And who is paying a decent fee for him? I can near guarantee he will be loaned out before the window closes no championship club is paying the reported £4 million Leeds want for him

JDT said in that BBC lancs interview the day Travis left that O'Riordan was a player he liked , hopefully some experience next (won't be holding my breath)

They don't care what the fans think .Appeasing the support base is at the bottom of their priorities,as evidenced throughout their ownership. No way are they agreeing to pay costs for an appeal if the whole O'Brien and Brierely saga was a farce I don't blame Broughton for the summer window as he can't turn water into wine his budget shocking or specifically for the O'Brien deal failing as a dof shouldn't need to be stood over admin ensuring the documents were in order but last January imo there was a bit of money to play with and to pay the wages of a decent loan and we got nobody of note in so that is a big black mark against his capabilities