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my understanding was he was on more like 70k a week basic wage.

surely there is no way on earth we are paying meyer 170k a week, never in a month of sundays.

my very simplistic view is new wages in vrs players left has wiped its own nose, so with that in mind weve spent 10m

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For a lot of deals, the closer it gets to deadline hour the greater the chance of it happening, as both sides compromise a bit on the details to get over the line with something they both want to do in principle.

With the Wilf to Chelsea or spurs thing though, the longer he stays the less likely the deal must be, simply because even if at the eleventh hour Chelsea sneak up to the price we've set, we won't have any time to buy suitable replacements with the money, thereby making it pointless to us. If it was going to happen it would have had to have been done by now, because even with 100m in cash upfront, we couldn't spend it now, couldn't replace the player and would be so much closer to relegation that the transfer fee wouldn't touch the sides of what it would cost us.

The only exception would be if Chelsea offered us replacements as part of the deal. Twenty million plus batshuyi and rlc for instance, but even then the deal would turn on both incoming players agreeing terms and wanting to come, having had a huge life and career decision sprung on them at short notice.

So it's cool. Relax.

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He actually looked good against Man City last year, I recall. Scored once; had another header just over bar; and generally gave Walker the runaround

However, that was an outlier. He clearly has no future there and the fans were so against him, I guess they wouldn't care if he left for free if it got his high wages off the books. I'm assuming he hasn't looked at all good in training/pre-season if a new manager is getting rid

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I would tempted to swap Wilf for Batshuayi, RLC and Hudson-Odoi (as in all 3), albeit with a heavy heart.

I guess the fact Wilf played Saturday must show we aren't close to a trade with anyone though, so you're right about the expedited mental adjustments any incoming players must make.

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I can't wait for the transfer window to close. I think we are in a chain like moving house. If William goes to the Manure Chelsea will bid for Zaha and we will bid for Antonio from the Spam. I don't want Zaha to go and we would be crazy if we do not have a replacement.

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I don't think we need to worry.

Prem Clubs won't pay 100m for Zaha, and that's how much we would currently try and sell him for.

He is too expensive.

If he had the chance to go to Real or Barca, I would be extremely happy for him. Much more than if he went to another prem team.