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I guess we did get that Ā£10m to release him early, but still, feels like a bit of a slap in the face lol
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Yeah, same here (funnily enough, that fee feels like a kick in the teeth from Real Madrid and a āfuck youā to Real Madrid at the same time) but I guess the club will take anything they can get to sustain their, erm, self-sustainable model. 
Especially as that money has been received for an academy product.
I hope it is Ekitike. Back on his upward trajectory, some experience but still young, heās already good but with plenty of improvement to come. Improving players is Slotās forte, so if Ekitike is hungry and humble, he will fit in really well.
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I worry about his finishing but he seems the best option out there for me. If we can get him for 50m max. Hopefully less.
If you were him you would never choose Chelsea or Man U over us!
If I was him Iād already be a Liverpool player because thereās no other club Iād want to play for.
In addition, Iād be younger, richer and better looking, so Iād be doing a lot of shagging.
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I wont lie, reading a piece about a potential Darwin replacement whose biggest weakness is identified as weak unreliable finishing that doesnt live up to his xG makes me need a drink.
But Im ready to be hurt again.
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Or texting sex workers ā¦ā¦ no not that again!
Do I really want to know what this is about?
No.
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We might activate āthe power of NOā button.
I like it when we do that sometimes, it also carries a lot of value, if you have solid enough options to resist. For most people, you always have to do āsomethingā.
When we do a bit of selling after Kerkez and see whatās left on the market thatās interesting to usā¦ if Ekitike is not taken by another club, but too expensive for our liking.
I think we might say f*ck it, weāll figure out something else.
I donāt want us to go all in for Ekitike this summer if weāre not 100% convinced heās the best choice and then there might be a much better situation on the market for strikers in 12 months, if not earlier.
But Iām always open for the club surprising us all in a good way, or players who we donāt know much about to impress us in a new environment.
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Weāve still got plenty of money to spend
https://x.com/lea_efc/status/1936360696964366821?s=61&t=VxX1vHU3NOwwNhlbyICG-g
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We turned 142M into 4.7B in 7 years? Has someone at the club been playing with Bitcoin?
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I want in to John Henryās hedge fund!
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Salty or bitter?
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Salty is how theyāre acting? At this point they should officially change their name to the Bitters (from the Toffees)
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So net spend wise were at about -Ā£185m before significant sales have started. Reckon with Nunez, Quansah, Elliott, Chiesa, Morton and one of Robbo or Kostas weāll be getting close to somewhere around -Ā£50m leaving us plenty of headroom to go back out for a forward and a CB.
More I think about it the more I reckon we go after a wide forward with a long term view on succession plan for Mo or Diaz and then rely on Diaz, Jota, Gakpo and Wirtz as our central forward.
Guehi and Malick Fofana would make for a pretty stunning window. Would give us the next two summers to focus on plans to replace Virg, Mo/Diaz and a backup LB.
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