Farhad Moshiri

[Moomin]

Someone write a song for him to this tune.

 

[bluestevon]

This commitment in the summer to the squad that we hear from Moshiri: he seems to be making a big deal of the tying down of existing talent to longer deals, so that'll be at the expense of incoming players given we have to keep an eye on FFP and wage limits.

But apart from Barkley and Deulofeu who have contracts that run out in 2018, the rest of the players with a big future (Besic, Lukaku, McCarthy, Stones, Mori) are all tied down to 2019-21 contract range. Lukaku aside, it surely cant be a priority to extend any of those contracts?

We require three top quality players in to progress - four if we lose Stones. A sensible balance has to be struck there.

Wouldn't worry too much about Deulofeu mate, the club has a one year option as well in his contract, so not desperate to get him a new contract yet

as for FFP and wage limits, Dave for the premiership FFP is to all intents and purposes dead, so much money coming into the teams now that combined with FFP being relaxed hugely it has made it something completely irrelevant in real terms, as for wage limits - generally they are liked to be kept as a % of the clubs turnover - so will be going up hugely for all clubs once this deal comes in the summer, after that should rise as Moshiri starts to sort out the mess on the commercial side as well.

Howard(50k), Pienaar(60k), McGeady (35k), Gibson(35k), Hibbert(15k), Osman(35k) all out will free up 230k pw or so for players who (Howard aside) have featured between little and not at all this season

 

[JimEFC]

We can't afford any more than currently. People are getting a bit carried away. We need to increase turnover substantially and not rely on the TV money. Moshiri didn't get rich by throwing money away. He certainly won't spend 10 million a year on one players wages..

Yeah there is this side of it, namely FFP.
If we splurge on players we'll be banned from Europe anyway for breaking the rules. So we need to build revenue first, hopefully by sacking off Chang and the like for some higher paying, better tasting sponsorships.

 

[The Mighty Quint]

Both their faces in that interview, buzzing after that game.

You could not have asked for a better first game for Moshiri to watch, that's just added a few more mill to the transfer budget in the summer.

 

[JimEFC]

Both their faces in that interview, buzzing after that game.

You could not have asked for a better first game for Moshiri to watch, that's just added a few more mill to the transfer budget in the summer.

Yeah it was good to see. I hope he'll be there for Arsenal on Saturday too cos the atmosphere should be there again. Plus it's his former club.
Shame it's an early KO though

 

[Tubey]

You also have to factor in the Euro2016 tournament: price inflation can really test a clubs hand on a star player.

At this point I personally think there's more chance of Ethiopia landing a man on the moon this summer than us selling Lukaku, but we'll see.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Just me?

 

[billytoffee]

At this point I personally think there's more chance of Ethiopia landing a man on the moon this summer than us selling Lukaku, but we'll see.

Sky News currently reporting that the Ethiopian Space Agency have nearly finished building their first Space Shuttle. The are just waiting for a delivery of 4x2 from the Adis Abbaba branch of B&Q and for Richard Branson to come good on the loan of some heat resistant paint.

They fully expect to get Umbotolingy (David) Umbolongo on the Moon by 23rd August 2016.

 

[BiggyRat]

Just me?

More a Mr. Takagi for me...

 

[Azza]

Only just watched the video ... Nearly threw up my lunch listening to Bill.

 

[The Mighty Quint]

 

[catcherintherye]

I agree. We need to avoid overcomplicating matters. Avoid bringing in too many, which can destabilise a squad through corp spirit going out the window and confusion over best starting line ups - we have just about enough competition for places at the moment apart from GK, and RB (and I'd say an out and out attacker to step in for Lukaku). The three we bring in need to be real quality.

It's funny really everyone agrees we don't need a lot, but we all have slightly different ideas what we need. We do need a goalkeeper, but what type of keeper we need depends on the improvements of Joel between now and the summer. If we'd have been in goal all season and not the clown I'm pretty sure we'd be in the top 6.

I think the question of the attacker will boil down too where he sees Niasse's future. I think if he sees him as a striker we are ok, with Kone as a third choice. If Kone is moved on I can see a loan move for a forward.

Likewise the future position of Cleverley is important. If he sees him as more of a wide attacking midfielder, I think we are ok in that position but probably a little short in central midfield. If he wants to move Cleverley back maybe a left footed player. My preference would be keeping Cleverley where he is and adding another central midfield player who is a bit more creative. Someone like Cabaye would be fantastic.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Just me?

 

[AaronTheBlue]

It's funny really everyone agrees we don't need a lot, but we all have slightly different ideas what we need. We do need a goalkeeper, but what type of keeper we need depends on the improvements of Joel between now and the summer. If we'd have been in goal all season and not the clown I'm pretty sure we'd be in the top 6.

I think the question of the attacker will boil down too where he sees Niasse's future. I think if he sees him as a striker we are ok, with Kone as a third choice. If Kone is moved on I can see a loan move for a forward.

Likewise the future position of Cleverley is important. If he sees him as more of a wide attacking midfielder, I think we are ok in that position but probably a little short in central midfield. If he wants to move Cleverley back maybe a left footed player. My preference would be keeping Cleverley where he is and adding another central midfield player who is a bit more creative. Someone like Cabaye would be fantastic.

Cleverley is a stop gap at most for left wing for me.

Need someone to properly replace pienaar if the manager sees that as yarmolenko then so be it.

For me we need one or two top quality signings then maybe two squad options / younger players in the squad.
Likes of osman Howard mcgesdy Gibson pienaar etc need releasing

 

[D410]

He's just a spiv FFS. Get off your knees.

Haha....no messing about Dave.
Totally correct mind.
We await the detail and timings eh,