I'd take Toney on the cheap, I think £40m or less could look like a Trossard shaped bargain over the next 2-3 years.

I'm biased though, because I love Jesus and don't really have a desire to see his spot challenged. It was heart-breaking to see the crowd putting in a lame half hearted 'eeeeyy' when Jesus controlled a cross field ball by juggling with his head.

RowJimmy I'm not that into signing Toney but he's much more than a slight upgrade on Eddie. He'd be starting ahead of Jesus for me. Though I'd rather wait for Osimhen. I do like Toneys seeming eagerness to play here though. That matters.

    Toney gives a real plan B. He's so strong and physical and wins a lot of headers. From that perspective he is a huge upgrade on Eddie, who offers more of the same but shittier.

    For January, Toney >>> Guirassy >>> Solanke >>>>>>>> Nketiah. In an ideal world, Toney should be on a loan deal with an option, and we go for someone proper in the summer like Osimhen/Boniface/Openda.

    We really have to sell Nketiah, he's huge for FFP. If we sell him for 30m, it means we can spend 150m on another player with a 5 year contract. No brainer really.

      Nketiah is basically Tesco club card points waiting to be converted

      Clrnc We really have to sell Nketiah, he's huge for FFP. If we sell him for 30m, it means we can spend 150m on another player with a 5 year contract. No brainer really.

      We'd still need to sell another 30m per season for those 5 years to cover that, no?

          Big Willie We'd still need to sell another 30m per season for those 5 years to cover that, no?

          Yes. Companies are run by cashflow, not by accounting nonsense. Swiss Ramble has done untold damage to football discourse.

              DiabyKungFu a regular company can use as much money as they want. A football club can't. Is your opinion about Swiss Ramble that they don't understand how FFP works, or that people don't understand what they're trying to convey?

                  Say the only business we do over the next 5 years is sell Nketiah for 30m this and buy one 150m player this season. No other sales or buys over the next 5 years. Would we be in breach of FFP or are we good?

                    Big Willie think the view is that we’ll have more room for manoeuvre with increased revenues from Champs League plus the associated increase in merch sales that comes with the unconscious love for Controlball

                      QuincyAbeyie Is your opinion about Swiss Ramble that they don't understand how FFP works, or that people don't understand what they're trying to convey?

                      My opinion is that Swiss Ramble has been so successful at explaining FFP to morons that football discourse is littered with people that know nothing sunk costs or opportunity costs but know everything about amortization schedules.

                      A more concrete example of what I mean is when you see stuff like "<INSERT CLUB> shouldn't sell <INSERT SHITTY EXPENSIVE PLAYER> for <INSERT SUM OF MONEY THAT IS WAY MORE THAN THE PLAYER IS REASONABLY WORTH> because that will register as a loss for FFP!". The more you make good decisions that make sense, the less you have to worry about FFP nonsense.

                          Big Willie Depends on income from other sources, as well as other expenditures. It's not transfer business that needs to balance.

                            we're still hot for ol dooglah. would probably be the toughest deal of all the players we've been linked to, considering his new contract and how well he's been playing for villa

                            Douglas Luiz would be a proper big club move.

                            I think midfield has to be the priority this window. Elneny is injured and isn't quite good enough, and Thomas can't be relied on for fitness or possibly form anymore. We really only have Rice and Jorginho as proper deeper midfielders. That's not really enough to get us through a title challenge and a CL / FA Cup run.

                            if rice gets hurt, I do get house of cards vibes from our midfield

                            Solid talent ID when we tried to get Luiz a couple of years ago, he hadn't impressed me at all back then. I guess he's turned out better than we thought as well since we stopped bidding at 25m last time.

                            What's Douglas Luiz contract like now? Long left? How are his wages?

                              Big Willie Yeah I am talking in terms of amortization to be in line with FFP. We wouldn't be in breach in this case as academy players count as pure profit.

                              That's how City and Chelsea often can rack up big amounts by selling academy players