He informed the club a month ago.
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The club in that situation prepares regardless. When youāre at or past the 2 years left on a contract is one signal, then 1 year left, then months. Talks help, but the club had to be prepared for it. Other ways to find out that things are happening in terms of him being closer to leave.
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With the reported timing of March, I wonder if that is what unblocked the talks with the other 2?
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Could the club have just given themselves the deadline for sorting all three by March?
Certain posters will be in meltdown if we have spent 150m quid by 1st of July.
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Thereāll be even more if we havenāt.
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Club will have been planning for his departure for a year or more whilst trying to persuade him to sign.
There wonāt be any panic from the club.
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Iām confusedā¦ Why? I donāt think there was anyone in meltdown over what we did spend in summer 2023, was there?
These days, it seems as though the scouting is so comprehensive that we might just be tracking foetusesā¦
Hmmm there was a few on here.
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Given the number of ex-professionals who have kids in Premier League academies that might actually be true.
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If any decent WSL player were to shack up with a decent PL player then that might actually become true.
Think betting companies started taking bets on Steffi Graf and Andre Agassiās children becoming Grand Slam champions.
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Kind of surprising it hasnāt happened yet.
Sydney Leroux was a star for the US womens team in the 2010s and after joining Orlando married our English striker, Dom Dwyer. He got a couple of caps with the US after naturalizing but heās back in league one now so wasnt exactly holding up his end of the elite genetics bargain.
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What pseudo genetic engineering science that Adolf was a fan of doesnāt work?
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I have to say that the little turn to eugenics in this thread has made me a bit queasy.
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In what area exactly?
Snowflake.
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Just the idea of breeding elite athletes like they were racehorses.
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As you may know, I follow horse racing closely. People have been breeding the best to the best for centuries; very rarely do the offspring match the lofty expectations.
Given advancements in gene editing and sequencing, however, itās only a matter of time until āsuperbabiesā are created.
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