BlueSuedeSambas

What’s the benefit of Butland leaving to be a number two elsewhere though? Obviously he would be well paid but he had that exact opportunity a year ago and he came here because he wanted to play football.

The only “realistic” options I could see would be Nottingham Forest simply because they were spoken about as being interested in January, Everton if they sell Pickford, Wolves if they sell Jose Sa or Ipswich if they go up and they want a more high profile name and even then I think there’s talented younger keepers about in the Championship who clubs would probably look at first - Michael Cooper, Gavin Bazunu & Alex Patterson in particular- before they splashed big money on a keeper who’s a lot older than any of them.

I’m not convinced we will get the offers for Butland that we are maybe expecting to get. We would want a massive fee to sell and I think the clubs who would pay that money for him already have keepers who he would struggle to displace. I also think if Ramsdale and Keheller are going to be available this Summer then clubs would prioritise them over Butland because both are a lot younger.

Ideally this Summer will be about generating money from players who wouldn’t really be missed. Dessers has been a mixed bag (at best) but he’s still got 27 goal contributions from 48 games so somebody will probably take him for a “decent” fee. Lammers has done well in Holland so we should at least be looking to break even on him. Hagi has no future with us, but should still be able to bring in a couple of million from somewhere considering the money in the game now. If we offload those three then the wages saved and the money brought in (you would be hoping for at least 7-8 million for the three of them) would give the manager a decent boost to the coffers.

Ferguson, Buffel & Kyrgiakos.

Think there’s a massive difference between people understanding that we as a club and a business are going to have to consider any large offers that come in for any of our players and people simply being “happy to get rid of” them and you are intelligent enough to know that.

How are we affording “younger hungrier guys with bottle” if your grand plan would be to give sellable assets away for free

Hopefully got one of those mad 8 year contracts Really rated him at Spurs but he’s not an elite level manager.

Pochettino will surely be away after this?

five star literally just nitpicking at this point to try and prove his point

35 million

Genuinely can’t remember. The game against Hearts in 2022 was, but that was the final. Apart from that it’s maybe Hibs in the 2016 final?

When was the last time one of our semi finals was the terrestrial game? Always seems to be us who’s behind the paywall. Chasing the blue pound and all that.

Must be his da’.