I really hope Andrews gets the Brentford job (he won't), because, well it would be a laugh

0 chance. They'll be off to League One most likely. £250k max per player

I can't give you an answer on that. Whatever their reasons, it's not for the benefit of Blackburn Rovers FC.

Someone has been pointing him in the right direction.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25234748.blackburn-rovers-hold-talks-resolve-star-players-futures/ Looks like we are finally waking up with regards to Travis and Tronstads contracts. The article however, certainly feels like its written to soften the blow of Travis departure. I suspect the club will try and cash in on him, whilst he still has some value to cover some the financial hole they have created.

Batth turns 35 in a couple of months. Although I want him to stay, and his influence will be felt both on and off the pitch, I don't think the club should really be offering a 2 year deal. 1 year with an option would be better, if he'll agree to it. Difficult tbh, no reason he couldn't play for 2 more years, also his legs could go over night and we're landed with him for another season (or more)

Sell him, make £1m profit, restore Pears as No.1, promote the recently new contracted Jack Barrett to No.2. Sorted (in Suhail's world)

Yep, Jackson reckons we're basically planning for life without Batth and Weimann now. Talks not ended but seems highly unlikely for both now. https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25231529.blackburn-rovers-contract-latest-impasse-continues/

What positions was it that RG said we were looking at? Thought RW and CM were in there, assuming RB was as well?

Unless it's silly money, purely out of spite, I could see us just flat out rejecting any bids made by Derby whilst JE is there.

De Neve certainly feels like a signing that's going to take a reasonable amount of time getting up to speed at Rovers. He'll have to improve his physicality and his technique by all accounts. Ohashi came in last summer and his technique was some way off but it improved over the course of the season, it's still not quite there but it improved a lot. That took a whole season though.

He says in his first interview he needs to work on his duels, so you might be right on the physical side there.

Couldn't tell you tbh. He might be good, he might be crap. In the grand scheme of football, it's a cheap transfer fee really but for Rovers, it's probably 75% of our budget

Done deal, apparently

Which jumped to £22m, and then to £25m in those interviews a few months back.

A "significant investment", no doubt

Thanks (Sorry for all the questions)

Yep, it's already starting. The blame now lies with Batth for "demanding" a 2 year contract. And again, spot on with dropping in another name to make things seem busy. No doubts those talks would "stall" as they have for that other defender we were in "advanced talks" with. I have no doubts that Waggott will have shown Suhail the ropes when it comes to feeding lines out to Nixon.

Cheers. I assume an appeal process would be at absolute piss taking levels of time, so this would likely drag on for years? If they appeal it, would that still keep the blocker in place for funding the club? Or would that be removed regardless?

Assuming they give them, say x3 financial penalty (or any other punishment), is that the end of the court case completely?

Exactly that. Putting the blame onto the player via the media is a tactic I'm sure they already use.

Yep, this is how I believe they operate as well. Keep players on less money for as long as possible. Then offer them a new deal on similar terms, if they sign it, then great. If not, try and shift them out or let them walk for free at the end of the deal. If they need to source a replacement, it's a player on less than the outgoing one or at best, same terms. It's all about cost cutting, nothing more.

The fact that there isn't even a contract offer on the table for Trav, Tronstad or Hyam tells you everything you need to know about the clubs intentions. More than likely hoping to offload all 3 and replace with a cheaper alternative from some relegated Belgium 2nd division team

He didn't promise anything, he just said "I always win something in my second season" Of course it's different to Wigan, they had been battling against relegation for a few seasons, there was no expectation for Wigan to do anything different other than battle relegation from the league. Spurs are expected to fight on all fronts as they've heavily backed their manager. Of course they won't swap it but the cup win doesn't make Ange a great manager when the evidence of a 17th placed premier league finish with less than 40 points on the board is sat there as evidence to the contrary. I don't think it suits yours either, Wigan didn't prioritise the cup over the league, they won the cup and tried to stay in the league as well. Wigan only made 2 changes for the FA cup final vs the game before it, one was a player returning from injury. Anyway, I'm done banging my head against a brick wall on this.