Valid point. Maybe he wants the eyebrow though.
Real have gone back to being a Galactico team, signings the big names, not necessarily the right names. PSG and Barca are examples (albeit shady ones) of changing the focus to the team and are seeing things improve.
Last night has probably weighed against Real, but he might also see that as opportunity to fill the gaps in the squad.
Still think he goes overll.
Or hinder his signing as he might want to play week in week out and he wont get in ahead of Virgil. The hope is, you are right.
Flying to Keighley could be seen as extravagant.
The odd defeat, period of lower level form or managerial change at Real won’t affect him I don’t think.
They started the season not very well, then seemed to find a way, then lately dropped again.
But they’re not far. It’s not the Figo-Beckham-Guti-Zidane type of imbalance.
Defence needs some changes, their average age there isn’t where it should be and Militao is having some big injuries.
A few tweaks, more time playing together and they can be top again very, very soon.
I’m sure we all hope so 
So the club was not sleeping? Am shocked!
I was made to believe that PSG director was seen laughing with VVD and we are doomed after we lost against them. 
So glad both him and Salah are staying. We can plan a proper transition and we don’t need to make wholesale changes in a single shot the we had to during our midfield transition. We need their leadership during the next two years and hopefully we’ll have the next set of players ready to take over the mantle.
The spine of this team is going to continue. Onwards and upwards!!
Watch him defend… and we watch him score
He’ll pass the ball… calm as you like
Hughes has been at the club 12 months and all he’s done is sign 2 players who were already here a fat injured guy from Italy
HUGHESOUT
And Mamardashvili (albeit he’s not here just yet).
And he’s gone shit now since we bought him
Trent wasn’t playing when we beat them 2 nil back in November,maybe they could have won if he was 
Captain Obvious or Nostradamus?
You made me check the official site, just in case I could make a “on that note…” post.
Lucky guess 
Actually, he stole it from me.
Read the opening post. 
This is a wonderful story how Virge came closely from being rejected to making it to the top in world football. It is so competitive and cut-throat these days.
I thought I’d move this away from the Mo/Virgil/Trent discussion, now that has concluded to a more general discussion on our contract situation.
I saw this graphic recently
I thought it was really interesting. A few thoughts leap out but mostly it seems that the unofficial hold on contracts following Jurgen’s announcement to the new structure bedding in has left a real hole in our contract process - a lot of lads are entering their final two years. Not all of them are keepers, but it does force a decision this summer on Gomez (who is still only 28 ffs), Tsimikas, Bradley, Endo, Jones, Elliott, Bajcetic, Diaz and Jota
Isn’t that quite normal? I don’t think we tend to extend contracts very long prior to the final two years unless we signed them on a really low contract because of where they were prior to us signing them?
