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I know, but that doesn't suit my narrative.

Well done Ross Wilson.

Sky Sports saying Dessers is having a medical today.

Fbref. Lol. Their main page, scroll down to miscellaneous stats, far right. Aerial numbers.

We were knee-deep in EBTs. You'll never convince me that this is a good deal, financially.

I'm in the Panzo camp. They're similar, but Panzo is 22 compared to Trusty at 25. There's not much between their aerial success rate: Trusty: 133 aerial duels won; 108 lost; 55.2% win rate. Panzo: 58 won; 40 lost; 59.2% win rate.

Neither cost over a million, iirc.

£5M. 28-years-old.

I have no idea about the validity of this:

Looks like Gerrard is joining the Saudi bandwagon. I wonder if he'll come in for any of our players... ?

@Gonzo79 has had an absolute shocker, here.

Don't worry about it. Gonzo is literally a pedant.

Reap what you sow...

The Saudis are sniffing around Hatate now. Come on, lads - we've got world class players like Matondo, Barisic, Kamara and Wright available. See about your priorities!

I also said I don't know where he'd play. I couldn't see it after just signing him last season for £3.5M. If we can recoup most of that, great.

Makes sense. He fitted with GvB, but doesn't fit with MB.

I mean, hopefully you're right and we do get rid of Roofe and Colak.

Sky Sports are running the Dessers story, and also mention that we're still interested in Danilo and Cifuentes.

Did you mistake "60 odd goals" for 60 odd games?

I wonder what the fee is. If it's any more than the value of a packet of winegums it's too much for a geriatric striker. I joke, of course... or do I?

I generally don't mind when we play who - we have to beat everyone to win the league - but what I dislike is having lots of away games in December; I think that's detrimental with the inevitable fixture congestion over that period.

I think Benfica get a 30% cut.

De Boer: "Dessers is a very opportunistic player. If he’s not in form, or when the confidence is not there, he’s a very limited player. Then you think, ‘Who the hell did we sign here!" I'm basically Ronald De Boer.

It must be true. Wikipedia has been updated: