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06 Oct 2026 19:49:20
Interesting to see Pavel Sulk tonight. He had a good start against us in the last match until he got sent off. His name has been linked with us for some time.
1.) 06 Oct 2026 21:37:24
Not top of the list. Move on.
01 Sep 2026 15:44:05
Ramz has gone to Burnley. £6.5m plus £2m add-ons. Better than anything Valencia would offer.
1.) 01 Sep 2026 16:15:22
But only if he plays X games.
Hopefully, not an Elliot situation.
2.) 01 Sep 2026 16:33:54
Sly Spurts says 8.5m of add ons! Lol! Got a bit excited at that!
3.) 01 Sep 2026 16:44:42
Leeds Utd say he has "joined Burnley on a season-long loan, which will become a permanent transfer next summer, based on the winger making an achievable number of appearances for them". The fee will be £6.5M, possibly rising to £8.5M with add ons.
4.) 01 Sep 2026 16:45:45
Do did I Bright, but just ignored it. No link to promotion, which is good because I think they'll struggle.
5.) 01 Sep 2026 16:51:02
Is there a loan fee, Dune?
6.) 01 Sep 2026 16:59:27
Don't think so, Baz. Just an obligation, and an achievable appearance-based add-on. Under the circumstances, it's about as good as we could get.
7.) 01 Sep 2026 17:11:12
Cheers Dune for info.
31 Aug 2026 17:02:49
Rumours that Valencia have cooled on Ramz and that Burnley are in talks for a deal.
They're in for a few players at the moment to strengthen the squad but look like Fleming is on his way out.
Lille have moved on from Fleming to Ueda and agreed a €15m fee but Ipswich have made a bid for the Burnley striker. Not accepted but talks under way.
31 Aug 2026 16:45:36
Fleming has said he wants to stay in the Premier League and is pushing for a move. Ipswich have made an offer which hasn't been accepted yet and are in talks with Burnley.
1.) 31 Aug 2026 17:25:23
I think he ends up here.
2.) 31 Aug 2026 17:57:10
I hope you're right, Waccoe. If it's true, we've taken a long time to get there, and I don't think his price will have dropped. Fleming's stance all along had been to stay in the PL.
3.) 31 Aug 2026 19:56:50
Looks like Mudryk is off elsewhere, so if we're not careful, we'll end up with some quality added to the first team, but a much depleted squad, which is essential to survive in this league.
4.) 31 Aug 2026 20:29:25
According to other posts, Fleming is off to Ipswich for £17m. Another one gone.
5.) 31 Aug 2026 22:09:33
And they have a loan agreement in place with Tammy Abraham. Up to the player.
6.) 31 Aug 2026 22:13:59
No disrespect, and I am biased, but why would he choose Ipswich over Leeds? Surely we're a better prospect.
7.) 31 Aug 2026 22:55:15
If Ipswich have made an approach to him, and we haven't, then he'll choose them, simples. If we want him, and that's unclear right now, then digits need to be extracted PDQ!
8.) 01 Sep 2026 07:41:11
Nothing reported as agreed with Ipswich, just rumour still. Not over until the panic button has been hit 50 times!
11 Aug 2026 20:49:30
Quite a few posts beginning to appear.
One is that Hull are back in the market for Joffy. Hull are concerned that too many other clubs are interested and that although they wanted to leave the decision until later in the window they might have to bring that decision forward.
The other, if true, is that Bournauw will go to Hamburg on loan with no obligation to buy. If that is correct then we are bonkers. If he leaves we should make some money on him. If not, we've given in again.
1.) 11 Aug 2026 22:24:58
Might work in our favour if we can get a decent loan fee for him and then sell him for more than 5m after a strong season in the Bundesliga.
2.) 11 Aug 2026 23:36:50
Saw some recent quotes from Hull manager that they defo want to sign Joffy ..
Question is the transfer fee .. think it's going to be a somewhat underwhelming final figure.
3.) 11 Aug 2026 23:38:26
Bonkers indeed, Dune, re proposed Bornauw deal.. Very disappointing.
4.) 12 Aug 2026 06:54:52
5 for Jiffy. And min 12 for Born. Obligation to buy. Not option.
5.) 12 Aug 2026 07:28:36
Agree, Aus. £5m plus for Joffy and into double figures for Bournauw.
We've been through this no obligation to buy farce before. Wober, JH, Ramz, etc. None worked out to our advantage. If we don't get a decent offer for Ramz, keep him and use him as an impact player off the bench. That worked well in the Championship.
6.) 12 Aug 2026 08:09:34
He hasn't returned to training. So let him rot and not play all season. Unless he learns his lesson.
7.) 12 Aug 2026 08:10:06
We very much need Bornaux. We very much need 4 central defenders in the squad, especially as we are at our best with 3 CBs in the starting line up.
Bornaux should look to force his way in as a starter, not a sub, with LUFC, and be told he is staying.
Keep him! .. No nonsensical loan deals please.
8.) 12 Aug 2026 08:32:19
Agree re Bourn.
9.) 12 Aug 2026 10:46:56
Whilst 12 is a push for Bornauw, 10 is not unreasonable, but it should not be a loan deal. If he goes, we're going to have to replace him by laying out a similar amount of cash right now, and we should make the Hamburgers do the same to keep our books in balance. We should tell them it's 100% up front or no deal.
10.) 12 Aug 2026 11:21:36
Why loan Bornauw after such a good pre-season? We'll then need to replace him with someone better if we let him go, as replacing him with someone similar makes no sense.
For me, if he goes, we need to replace him with someone who can play CB and LB, so we get cover all-round. A left footed James Justin type player would be ideal, and give us that flex without having to buy 2 players.
James Justin was one of the players we bought last year that I didn't expect much from, but looked solid where ever he played on the pitch.
Does he have a left footed brother by any chance?
11.) 12 Aug 2026 12:06:23
Hugo Bueno at Wolves would be good, though he's more a dedicated LB.
12.) 12 Aug 2026 12:34:42
Didn't realise that Ramz hadn't turned up for training, Aus. Thought he was excluded and told to train on his own.
Just discipline him, and stop paying his wages until we get a sale at our price. Sounds like another Djed Spence clone.
13.) 12 Aug 2026 12:51:35
I wonder if, were we to sell Bornauw, do we really need a new CB to replace him. We need to replace him, no question, but it could be by buying another full back and having Justin/Ampadu/Creswell as the CB depth. That does not really solve the issue, as we'd need two new full backs, somewhere we've notoriously struggled to fill on both flanks. Indeed, Justin, Bogle and Gudmundsson are the best we've had on both sides for such a long time, perhaps even since Kelly/Harte.
Personally, I think the best move, if Bornauw wants to go, is sell him for £10m. Put that into a £4m bid for Davies from Spurs.
I get he signed a year extension, but that was before they bought Van Hecke, Senesi, Robertson. I get that they are looking to sell Spence and Romero, but at CB he'd be behind Van Hecke, Van de Ven, Danso and perhaps even Takai. At LB he'd be behind Udogie and Robertson.
We could offer him more minutes, certainly in the first season of a two-year deal, and the camaraderie of the Welsh lads with Rodon, James, Wilson, Ampadu.
Bornauw's had a good pre-season. Is that him resolved to trying to get in the lineup more, or putting himself in the shop window? Up to interpretation, I guess.
14.) 12 Aug 2026 13:31:30
Bornauw himself is pushing for the move, as he wants to be more than a backup, but Hamburg are skint and are only offering a low fee. Might end up being a loan if anything. If he does go, we are more likely to look at a versatile player who can fill in at the flanks as well as CB.
15.) 12 Aug 2026 13:52:15
The only way I'd do a loan for them is with a very aggressive obligation to Hamburg. E.g. £2m loan fee + £9m if you stay up. And they take his entire salary. All in, Leeds bring back £11m for him. They'll likely baulk at that. But that's where Leeds have to be. He's not even in the list of players we're actively looking to move. Far more, if the right offer comes in, he can go.
Regarding the game time as well, if he's having as good a pre-season as mooted and we keep playing 5 at the back, I'd expect the odd suspension and injury to give him plenty more opportunities than he had last season. Justin was used a couple times centrally, but feels more likely he's needed across at lb at times too.
16.) 12 Aug 2026 22:15:50
So much fantasy talked in here. Bornauw is going on loan, all about the loan fee now.
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23 Oct 2026 15:04:32
Just heard that the cost of the new football regulator are now going to be over £20m per year compared to the original estimate of £10m.
Premier League inflation again and I haven't even mentioned balls.
1.) 24 Oct 2026 03:08:58
Since the Football regulator is a Government mandated body, I never expected it to be cheap. By the time it's fully up and running it'll likely be north of £50M.
06 Oct 2026 22:37:46
Kane has had a bit of stick on this site but tonight as usual he's been all over the place. Spent a lot of time sweeping up in defence but then pops up twice in the Couchal own goal and then to slot one away from a first time cross. Remember watching Shearer at Blackburn a few times and was always impressed that he wasn't just a centre forward but worked for the team all over the pitch. Bellingham showing his class but some of the others don't have his touch and some of the opportunities have been wasted by poor final passes.
1.) 06 Oct 2026 23:43:08
Kane is top class
Saw a video of a goal he scored for Bayern ; in which the move comprised of him defending and gaining possession at CB position in his own penalty area from a corner
before making 4 passes in a sweeping move up pitch at CDM, CM,CAM positions and then scoring in CF position in opponents box
Poetry in motion.
2.) 07 Oct 2026 08:12:42
Was at the game. Kane is absolute class, can play multiple positions.
Belling ham cruised through the game, Hall gonna be an absolute star, Trent was ok. Rest of the team mediocre. Best moment was a Jimmy Trafford save in the warm up :-)
3.) 08 Oct 2026 00:46:19
I'm particularly disappointed with Eze. When he was at Palace he looked top class, but since his move to Arsenal he has gone backwards, and was possibly the worst man on the pitch last night.
4.) 08 Oct 2026 07:23:36
I would say undoubtedly not possibly JR. when you consider our left wing had been so potent with Flash and Hall previously, absolutely nothing was created down the left with Eze there. Always slows the game down and turns back, just like rashford used to do for England. And doesn't work back at all or track runners.
Flatters to deceive with some nice bits of skill but end product = zero. Anyway, who cares, Leeds are back and it is a free hit. Can't say I fancy us much but hopefully we can put up a good fight and winkle a point or three - we are a lot more robust this year so touch wood can't see us shipping 5.
01 Oct 2026 00:13:31
The timeline for the appeal by City which will be heard by a new panel is that it has to be made by Friday 1st October. The appeal hearing must be concluded within 12 weeks and the panel have 30 more days to release their judgement so the end of January is the final deadline.
The original panel, who will impose any sanctions, can convene during this period but will not release any details until the outcome of the appeal is known. The PL board can make representations regarding their preferred punishment.
City can then appeal any sanctions imposed.
1.) 01 Oct 2026 01:04:31
Without naming names obviously, what do we know of the make up of the two panels, where are they drawn from?
2.) 01 Oct 2026 01:25:42
Another good informative post there Dune.
So 4 months in total to conclude appeal process and judgement to end of January
The final round of EPL matches is ( unusually late) May 30 th ( exactly 4 months from Jan 30th)
So will there be enough time from January 30th 2027 to conclude the sanctions judgement, sanctions appeal process and appeals judgment before end of seez is completed ?
Ho hum football authorities, Citeh owners and others #perplexing.
3.) 01 Oct 2026 01:31:27
Ha JR.good point
Just joshing but hopefully no peeps from say dem lurvely places of Makerfield, Bury, Oldham, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi and sunny Barcelona.
4.) 01 Oct 2026 08:00:06
Dunelm So they get a year to put in an Appel (Friday 1 October ) ?.
5.) 01 Oct 2026 09:08:49
Sorry Whiteman, a result of posting in the early hours.
JR, the original panel was appointed by Murray Rosen KC, chair of the independent PL judicial panel. The appeal panel was appointed by the new chair, Gary Hickinbottom.
The names are not revealed but the three person panel has to include one member with a judicial background and usually someone with accounting experience.
The five PL board members (Chair, Chief Exec and three non exec members) can not be involved but can make representations re the sanctions imposed.
6.) 01 Oct 2026 11:39:04
Interesting that Murray Rosen, chair of the independent PL judicial panel that appointed the original panel is an Arsenal member, but then so is the top man in City's legal team Lord Pannick. Will they end up being shot down by a brace of Gunners?
29 Sep 2026 21:06:52
City guilty of over £900m of sham contracts to inflate revenues and reduce costs, filing inaccurate accounts, having secret second contract's with employees and not cooperating.
Apart from that I think they're a fairly straightforward, honest and upstanding member of the Premier League with little to apologise for.
1.) 29 Sep 2026 22:04:44
Good post Dune ; it increasingly seems like the Premier League authorities are actually more angry ( perhaps understandably ) at Citeh owners non compliance and non cooperation for many,many years of the investigation
rather than the actual financial misdemeanours themselves
Citeh owners continue to be somewhat bullish, admitting nowt and adamant this whole process has a very long way to go.
So it's still looking to all be a humungous tangled mess that imo continues to erode the standards and integrity of football ; the EPL has only existed for 34 seasons with over half those seasons affected/ tarnished.
Shame on several owners of football clubs and shane on rhe football authorities too!
2.) 29 Sep 2026 22:07:46
and dont be that surprised now if Everton win their appeal re having to pay Burnley compensation.
3.) 29 Sep 2026 22:28:29
Although I agree that that Man City should receive the hardest penalties ever procured in any football league, I still think that the financial and political weight that the vice president of the UAE and current owner or Man City Sheikh Mansour and his massively rich family will influence business leaders and political heads to persuade the Premiership hierarchy to make a lenient penalty.
For me there is only one penalty for this kind of disregard and blatant breaking of the rules and that is an instant relegation.
Fines and points reduction will mean nothing to this club who have massively broken the financial rules to make themselves an undeserving successful football club.
In a sporting sense there is only one word that can be labeled to Manchester City in the last ten years and that is "Cheats"
Sadly, I do believe they will get away with a very soft penalty, money rules, and they have enough to make it in their favour.
4.) 30 Sep 2026 01:26:42
I disagree OP, relegation (to the Championship that would be) is the soft option. They should be expelled from the PL. and have to go cap in hand to the EFL to apply for membership, and be told that like any new member they would have to start at the bottom, ie League 2, just like Rangers had to do in Scotland. Also, in view of the contemptuous behaviour by their owners, they should be told they are barred from ever owning a Premier League football club in future, and the club can never be readmitted to the PL until there has been a change of ownership.
On top of that there needs to be a substantial fine (say £100M) , compensation to other PL clubs disadvantaged by their cheating, and a suspension from European competitions by UEFA say for 10 years.
5.) 30 Sep 2026 03:35:24
I agree with you JR on what must/should happen to Citeh :
Citeh expelled from EPL ;
owners disbarred from owning an EPL club etc
But although I rarely agree with OP, he might yet be right with Citeh probably only getting very soft, very lenient penalties.
As one is reminded of the recent very lenient penalties Chelsea received for their 74 charges.a mere paltry for Chelsea £10 million fine.suspended points penalty and I think one season of not being allowed to buy players.
Ughhh.
6.) 30 Sep 2026 08:26:28
I will not be surprised in the slightest to hear the """ I """ word thrown into public domain over this investigation.
7.) 30 Sep 2026 08:30:17
The big differences Baz are that Chelsea turned themselves in and fully cooperated and that the infringements occurred under a previous owner. None of these apply to the City case. I agree they got off too lightly but showing some contrition obviously helped their case.
The Southampton spygate case resulted in a quick and severe penalty.
In addition the manager could well be suspended as he authorised a young intern to spy on opposing teams. Perhaps the PL should take the same line with City and ban those who were complicit in the various schemes and deem the owners as "unsuitable" stewards of the club if they were aware of what was going on.
8.) 30 Sep 2026 11:22:14
You and I are broadly in agreement Baz. Whilst I've stated above what I think "should happen", the cynic in me has a quite different view on what "will happen". I think the PL will bottle it and just give them a points deduction sufficient to guarantee relegation (say 70 points) , a humungous fine (say £50M+) and a transfer ban (for say 2 seasons) and then leave it to the other clubs to pursue them for reparations and UEFA to apply European sanctions. That done they'd stroll the Champo even without most of their big stars (who'd all wantaway) and be back the next season polished shiny and new (and unrepentant) under the same ownership as if it were all just a bad dream.
When the Government baled out the big banks during the financial crisis a few years ago, an oft used phrase was that they were seen as "too big to fail", I think the PL see Man City in much the same light, and will back off from being as tough as they should be. I hope I'm wrong but we shall see.
9.) 30 Sep 2026 11:54:06
Good further posts with good points Dune and JR.
Any guesstimates from you esteemed posters on how long approx the EPL might/will take to announce its sanctions for Citeh.
Promptish punishments announced before end of 2026 at latest
or
more slow burner process way into 2027 or beyond ?
10.) 30 Sep 2026 12:31:46
I would hope it would be fairly quick, that is before the end of the season, as no new evidence can be submitted.
They can basically appeal on the grounds of errors in applying the regulations or misinterpretation of evidence or because the tribunal wasn't fair because of incorrect procedures or bias.
They can't go to CAS as the PL is totally under the jurisdiction of English law but they can go to the High Court and argue that the judgement is unfair, biased or against competition law.
If it goes to the High Court then it could drag on but it will only increase the toxic atmosphere between City and the rest of the clubs in the PL.
26 Sep 2026 07:47:48
City can only make an appeal to the Premier League and are not allowed to go to the Court for arbitration in sport (CAS) so that will probably make the situation more difficult for them.
One other factor is "Government" pressure. They've set up an independent regulator to oversee football and I don't think they will want to fall down at the first hurdle.
That might result in more severe sanctions than City might have hoped for as the authorities show they mean business by making an example of City.
One can only hope.
1.) 26 Sep 2026 08:55:08
Sounds good dun ?.
2.) 26 Sep 2026 11:07:15
So to firm up the speculation. Anything can happen, anytime and last as long as it takes?
08 Oct 2026 20:51:33
In the long term we don't want to be a selling club but at the moment we have to take a pragmatic view until we get fully established in the Premier League.
We have a fairly solid defence but if we get an enormous fee for Gary all the previous posters are right that we can get a good replacement and a good striker and maybe have a bit left over to improve our squad ratio figures.
I'd be sorry to see him go but think that JR, Elvedi, etc can step up.
06 Oct 2026 21:37:24
Not top of the list. Move on.
06 Oct 2026 18:24:39
He didn't have a great return last season in Europe but one every two games in the Belgium League. We need to look far and wide because Nmecha might not be here next season and DCL needs some good back up.
Just wondering where Matteo Joseph fits in this puzzle. Is he going once he's recovered from the ACL injury? Allegedly some of the hierarchy would like to keep him.
26 Sep 2026 09:49:09
In reply to Ealing, City can't appeal to CAS. They can appeal to a new independent PL panel with a judicial member but that's it. The clubs are signed up to that.
26 Sep 2026 08:35:46
Interesting listening to the reaction of City fans. Most, including Noel Gallagher, took a fairly balanced view and didn't try to defend the club. Some, however, said they didn't like the regulations and that they were specifically aimed at City so the club were right to ignore them.
It's like saying I don't like the offside rule so it doesn't apply to us.
Agree Bright, it will be interesting to see what the other PL clubs demand in compensation.
Burnley got over £30m from Everton for a relatively minor breach of the rules but one that could possibly have contributed to Burnley's relegation.
This should be a good time for the PL to ensure that all these dodgy accounting practices are permanently stopped and although it will never be a totally level playing field it will reduce the chances of buying success.
21 Oct 2026 20:51:18
Agree Corkey. We're difficult to beat but at the moment we're not going to overwhelm the opposition, apart from Newcastle who are lambs to the slaughter. The defensive recruitment was top class but we didn't add much experience at the sharp end apart from Wilson and he's struggling to get his act together. Maybe we see what's available in January.
21 Oct 2026 20:30:15
OMG, they are a mess and there's no way they are going to get out of it with the ownership structure they have. On one side you have a bean counter and cost cutter and the other co owners just want to grind every last cent out of the club with a leverage buy out. It's a lesson that the PL should learn from and make sure that anyone buying a club is not allowed to fund it through borrowings against the value of the club.
I wonder whether they're just going to go into meltdown with the players unhappy and just wanting to get away?
I don't dislike Carrick but I don't think he fully understood the major structural problems the club has had for many seasons. It's too big a job for him and probably for most other managers.
18 Oct 2026 18:19:27
I thought overall we were the better team today but I woi argue about the draw.
We're scoring at about the same rate as we did last year but goals conceded is way better. Probably only Arsenal and Brighton behave conceded fewer. We are a difficult team to beat but the results are probably reflecting the Summer transfer activity.
We recruited very well at the back but apart from Wilson, who's not going yet, we added no experience up front where there was an obvious need for better competition for places and cover if one of the two strikers got injured.
DCL is performing well but it would be nice to have someone else who can push him more than Nmecha.
17 Oct 2026 08:23:31
Agree Feath. I'd like a performance but tomorrow is all about the result. We need to start putting some wins together rather than well earned draws.
04 Oct 2026 08:17:42
But he's too much personal and emotional investment in Manchester, JR, and now he's PM his judgement will be altered by wider issues affecting the whole of the country. There's no way that he'll stay out of the decision making process, even if it's through third parties so he's not compromised.
It's not how it should be but there's too much money involved, which often results in an unjust outcome.
I suspect he can't change what seems to be an inevitable guilty verdict but he can push for penalties and sanctions that do NOT fit the crime. A messy compromise with which no one is really happy with but smoothes over the cracks and it's back to business as usual.