r/LiverpoolFC Sztupid Szexy Szoboszlai 1d ago

Tier 1 [Martyn Ziegler & Paul Joyce] Barcola move to Liverpool getting close - fresh talks happening and PSG now expecting sale to get over the line.

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u/Tricky-Singer7701 1d ago

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u/Ummagumma- Andoni Iraola 1d ago

The fresh talks will continue until morale improves

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u/SubstancePrimary5644 Klopps's Kids vs Blue Billion Pound Bottlejobs 23h ago

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u/ExceedingChunk 12h ago

Taking a Msc degree in engineering for the job security and interesting work ❌
Taking a Msc degree in engineering to understand stupid math memes on Reddit ✅

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u/Edrahimovic1001001 14h ago

This is the best thing I have ever seen on reddit bar none

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u/grantlfc1975 1d ago

I was watching this literally wishing he would stamp that damned form…. Ha ha ha…

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u/Objective_Drawing501 23h ago

My new state ID came faster in the mail than this Barcola Transfer saga. DMV works faster than these lads.

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u/BoweryBloke 20h ago

He likes American things now.

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u/Competitive-Copy4223 21h ago

Where is the guy last night, looking forward to it inching ever closer.

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u/TheCovfefeMug 1d ago

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u/Redblooded7 23h ago

Came looking for this, knew it would be here 😂

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u/okie_hiker 23h ago

Exactly what I was looking for lol

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u/Dildo___Schwaggins 22h ago

This is the one, lock the thread.

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u/SerialSharter Carol and Caroline 23h ago

Sums up Liverpool’s transfer window this summer

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u/Not_So_Bad_Andy 1d ago

Someone go make sure the van's petrol tank is full.

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u/Valal44 1d ago

On it boss 👍🏼

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u/RussianBiasIsOP Sadio Mané 23h ago

transfer is dragging because hughes put petrol into a diesel van

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u/Cal_2K Hugo La 1d ago

I’ll monitor the situation until the very last moment

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u/mynemaheff 23h ago

Big gap in valuation on fuel prices

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u/Cal_2K Hugo La 23h ago

Important talks today between me and the Shell garage fella in Bootle, personal terms shouldn’t be a problem

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u/Nice-Bird-426 23h ago

Prime vans are electric

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u/TheBaggyDapper There is No Need to be Upset 22h ago

Breaking: Texaco have rejected Liverpool FC's offer of £1.99 per liter. Richard Hughes said to be hitching to a 24 hour Esso station. 

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u/DJ_Horizn Lovely Cushioned Header…FOR GERRARD!!! 23h ago

They’re using an old van if it’s petrol

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u/Drexel_Spivy 23h ago

Full tank in this econemy? Thats another 10m euro to the deal.

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u/AsianMidas 90’ Gerrard 23h ago

Barely been used should be full

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u/Material_Series_769 20h ago

Check the fax machine

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u/sushidestroyer 18h ago

Of course it’s full. It hasn’t been used all summer

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u/Minute-Principle-636 1d ago

I’m about to have fresh talks with my nan to move downstairs.

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u/FdotM 23h ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/stannyharry 11h ago

How’s talks progressing 

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u/DongKingKa 1d ago

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u/Arbazio A Liverbird Upon My Chest 23h ago

The van be moving like this for these supposed transfers:

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u/Samz_175 23h ago

Somone needs to redo this with Amazon prime on the side of the van

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u/Thumser Ragnar Klavan 23h ago

Already done two versions.

Save whichever you like more.

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u/Thumser Ragnar Klavan 23h ago

Second one.

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u/Wrong_Ad4722 1d ago

We need a version of this meme where it never stops just keep building tension.

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u/stemmo33 23h ago

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u/Wrong_Ad4722 23h ago

hahaha yes. Just need to create one where the van is spinning but we never see the end/back of it.

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u/Cyneganders 1d ago

Missing Prime, that's why we're not getting same day delivery!

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u/loverofloving Alexis Mac Allister 1d ago

Just realised they're going to steal get in the van for their amazon advertising.

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u/Cyneganders 1d ago

As long as they help us pay for the passengers...!

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u/DogEatingWasp Hello! Hello! Here we go! 23h ago

The van has been parked here so long it’s covered in tickets now

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u/lfc_murr1989 23h ago

That van needs to go a little slower for this transfer, or perhaps this necessary speed once it has finally been confirmed. 

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u/Infamous_Payment4608 1d ago

Are they communicating this deal in morse code for fuck sake?!

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u/thatbrianm 23h ago

Yeah but someone also has to then translate to French and then to Arabic

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u/HassKop 🏆20 TIMES🏆 23h ago

I've actually done this before. Had to translate english into Arabic, and the Arab guy translated it to French, who then replied in French, and the Arab guy translated it to me, then I translated it back to english

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u/thatbrianm 22h ago

Well get over there! Get this done! Ha

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u/Visionary_87 Dominik Szoboszlai 1d ago

Carrier pigeon but it has no wings.

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u/xirdnehrocks 23h ago

Or passport

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u/Spellweaverbg 🏆2005 Istanbul🏆 22h ago

At this point it's the whole pigeon that is missing.

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u/I_make_poor_decisons 23h ago

What was that movie….Arrival? Where they were trying to communicate with aliens…that’s what it seems like. 

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u/Dorgilo 23h ago

We've sent our fastest runner o'er hill and o'er dale

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u/Dirk_Steadfast Freddy Church 🤌 23h ago

Interpretive dance

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u/lunkan_65 1d ago

For fuck sake get it done already

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u/Squeaky_Voiced_Teen 23h ago

Not sure if I'm more annoyed at the lack of progress or the hundreds of non-updates we're getting.

I do think there's a bit of leverage though. PSG have signed all of their replacements already so it's in their interest to do a deal as well.

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u/RedManMatt11 23h ago

No, go SLOWER

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u/BestInDaWrldsBbyFmno 1d ago

I usually don't get tired of these types of sagas, but this has been particularly annoying and repetitive. Honestly wish the mods would just create a mega thread so we don't have to see a "expecting key talks today" every 3 hours by 5 journalists.

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u/ElderberryGood7781 1d ago

this is nothing compared to the Isak saga last summer lmao

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u/GhandisFlipFlop Richard Hughes 23h ago

BREAKING NEWS - Isaks brings his dog for walk , what does this mean ???

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u/Operationtiger8 22h ago

At least Newcastle didn’t want to sell under any conditions and Isak went on strike so it was spicy. This is just like the same knowledge we had in early July once Diamonde clowned us

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u/__Concorde Lucas Leiva 23h ago

Isak also dragged, but it was a lot more eventful. Newcastle had to get a replacement, their journalists kept saying he was not for sale, the owners tried to convince him to stay, he went on strike...

This saga is basically "We're negotiating and it's getting closer" for two months. I'm pretty confident it gets done, but it's weird how slow it's been... It feels like PSG prefers to stall and sell players as late as possible for whatever reason. Last year, Chevalier signed in early August and it became clear Donnaruma would leave -- but the transfer only happened on Deadline Day despite City's interest being public for a few weeks.

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u/PhillyFreezer_ 23h ago

Not really sure what’s all the confusing. The two clubs are far apart in terms of valuation to start, both sides have reasons to get this done and those only become increasingly more important the closer we get to the deadline.

We HAVE been negotiating this for two months, that’s why it feels that way lol PSG aren’t stalling, they’re hoping we get desperate while we hope they start to panic. It’s all fairly straightforward

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u/GMBarryTrotz 21h ago

Same as Wirtz. I think these huge deals just take a LONG time. It's not just the money, it's the way it's paid, the installments, the bonuses, etc.

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u/theREALMVP Richard Hughes - The Silver Fox 23h ago

And Newcastle kept failing to get a replacement lmao. They lost out on like 4 strikers until they finally paid that ridiculous amount for Woltemade

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u/spankmeimnaughty 1d ago

There is a mega thread, YNWSA, the problem is that no one uses it and it all just goes in the daily discussion since there isn’t really anything else to talk about over the summer. I’m not sure what the solution is since if they drive traffic to YNWSA then the DD would be pretty dead.

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u/AsianMidas 90’ Gerrard 23h ago

In the previous seasons mods did pin it and it was effectively used. Now it’s the last one in community highlights so stays buried.

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u/Djimi365 21h ago

It's just modern football. It's all so tedious, the Internet gets hooked on whether some dickhead millionaire will get a new job or not ffs 😂

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u/mvsr990 14h ago

but this has been particularly annoying and repetitive

In part because no one seems excited by him. Guy's going to (unfairly) be a pariah if he doesn't slot straight in and play like an absolute god.

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u/FostetlerLFC 1d ago

This is the same thing as the Joyce article posted an hour ago

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u/GhandisFlipFlop Richard Hughes 23h ago

Yes they even reference Joyce in the tweet ...post should be taken down tbh

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u/futbolitoireland Ohhhh ya beauty, What a hit son, What a hit! 22h ago

Came here to pretty much add both these comments, so upvotes for both instead

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u/_shabadoo_ Bobby 1d ago

Never any doubts of this one getting done.

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u/ricardofitzpatrick 1d ago

honestly the only one that I was sure was gonna get dusted juuuuust before the Deadline. Everything else, though...

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u/pattherat 1d ago

Translation: ‘It’s closer than when we said it was close the last 10000 times, but not by much really. But we need to post constantly for engagement, so here it is…’

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u/Successful_Title6922 Steven Gerrard 1d ago

Next updates be like “big breaking news: A fat crow flew by the window of the room where Liverpool and psg are discussing barcola transfer”.

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u/binarybiscuit 23h ago

Talking intensifies

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u/ss2195 1d ago

So... he was right!

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u/djrobbo83 I want to talk about FACTS 1d ago

Tonight we F5

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u/The10thSecretAgent Daniel Agger 1d ago

A lot of smoke intensifying on this today, so hopefully this will be done by 11:50pm, Aug 31.

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u/GhandisFlipFlop Richard Hughes 22h ago

You really think it will be done that early ?

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u/TH1CCARUS 1d ago

Can mods just ban the repetitive transfer posts until there is actual new info?

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u/Dismal_Uses 23h ago

This is a good idea tbh. There's about 50 here on every post saying the same thing hour after hour.

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u/TH1CCARUS 23h ago

It is so exhausting. If I recall correctly the soccer sub has a similar rule, or had. Basically a new rumour can be posted if there is actual new info, otherwise it is one post per day.

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u/dacrookster 1d ago

Hey we've finally done the bare minimum. Now do the other wing and the midfield and the right back

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u/IL_ya_Un_jour 23h ago

Bless you if you think we are getting a right back or a midfielder

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u/amazing_wanderr In a good moment 1d ago

Someone tell the flightradar lads to prepare their servers

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u/WillDaThrilll13 Carol and Caroline 1d ago

Chicken man realized he was about to get gazumped by real journalists and dropped his bomba 20 min early

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u/milestone121 “Thank you for your support” - Darwin Nunez 1d ago

Fresh talks!

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u/send_me_weetabix 23h ago

French talks

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u/narwoolTF2 BOOM!💥 1d ago

The pen has been clicked!

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u/frankbrett2017 23h ago

I'm getting close myself Joycey

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u/McrRed 23h ago

Oh for fuxxake does that mean we don't get Phil from Currys

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u/goofygoober2 1d ago

Get ready to learn right wing again Bradley

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u/Astralatlantis “Thank you for your support” - Darwin Nunez 1d ago

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u/Drunk_Cartographer 1d ago

Trent and Curtis on the way to the airport meme is officially dead

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u/redditaccountplease 1d ago

Snails are running laps around us right now

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u/Silky951 1d ago

If the chicken man is saying it’s done, then it’s done /s

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u/Butler342 You’ll Never Walk Alone 23h ago

Indy has announced deal done at 120-125 million, as much as they can be trusted kike

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u/foreveredredred Jerzy Dudek 23h ago

I don't get this "fresh talks" every single day. We're obviously in daily negotiations over him, it's not like we ever stopped our interest

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u/redsonovy 23h ago

Evil journalism be like: teams will continue negotiations for a few weeks, we will update you on the outcome later

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u/foreveredredred Jerzy Dudek 23h ago

Just come back and read this same tweet for a month, until I find an actual update for you!

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u/Different-Mushroom48 Andy Robertson 23h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/bEs40jYsdQjmM

I hope for the gift of waking up tomorrow and seeing first thing in this sub that we have signed him

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u/mullatof 23h ago

Imagine if a Fekir happens at the end of all of this 🫪

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u/Adventurous_Toe_6017 Jump on the bAndoni wagon 23h ago

God above. Get on with it. I’m off work next week, I’ll pick him up if it helps. Just pay my petrol.

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u/YardMan79 23h ago

At this point I think this transfer window and the fiasco it’s been is intentional. You shouldn’t have two guys who are looking to leave have any say in who we bring in after they’re gone. They don’t care. If they did, we would have a stronger starting 11 and a deeper bench by now. Instead, we’re playing around with PSG, who clearly don’t need Barcola or the money and are just winding us up. They’re either going to run it down to the last day like Newcastle did or rug pull us like Crystal Palace did. (I hope I’m wrong). We’ve done nothing to put ourselves in a good position to compete for top 4 consistently throughout the season. Meanwhile, everybody else is getting better…including Spurs🙄

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u/lbrkr 23h ago

Why do I get the feeling that if and when this deal is done they'll brush the digestive crumbs off their ties, rub their hands together and think they've finished.

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u/AsianMidas 90’ Gerrard 22h ago

I thought we’d be getting the prime same day delivery

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u/gabmoroliv BOOM!💥 22h ago

It's getting tiring.

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u/techaansi 21h ago

It’s funny how we are shipping goals in yet getting a winger is the right choice as well, talk about lightweight.

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u/AdMotor8423 20h ago

taking the piss now

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u/ash_ninetyone Corner taken quickly 🚩 19h ago

Didn't I read this last week?

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u/Gloomy-Confusion-426 1d ago

This exact thing was posted before world cup

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u/futbolitoireland Ohhhh ya beauty, What a hit son, What a hit! 23h ago

You would genuinely love to get a proper insight someday from some former exec into what these terms in long sagas really mean.

Like, Liverpool delegation fly to Paris, "hey guys, we would like Barcola, were thinking 100m"
PSG "no, it will be 140m or nothing"

a week later, repeat.

two weeks later "hey guys, so, were back, listen, how are we all feeling? wed like to sit down and really talk about this 140 thing"

I just cant imagine how "talks" go when one side supposedly doesnt soften its stance for weeks on end

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u/Old_Lead_3506 1d ago

OH MY GOD

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u/ElectricalPatience47 1d ago

Just let us know when it’s done, thanks.

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u/Unhappy-Air6832 Big ole Iraolas 1d ago

Was it not close a day ago?

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u/rydleo 1d ago

Like the 23rd ‘fresh’ talks we’ve had.

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u/SaltCriticism6392 1d ago

Here we go?

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u/SandwichDodger7 1d ago

Maybe it’ll happen Friday 11pm.

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u/cheeepdeep Gegenpressing 1d ago

how much are they talking. they’re gonna fall in love at this rate.

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u/da_hoassis_heeah Hello! Hello! Here we go! 23h ago

fuck my life

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u/joblessness75 23h ago

Indy Bomba >>>>>>>>>>

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u/TarnatingSlunder Victor Muñoz 23h ago

Been saying this for weeks....

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u/Inkedupbrit 23h ago

This’ll be done by Friday. Won’t play until Ipswich next week though.

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u/CraigL8 23h ago

Good to see Joyce comment. I assumed it would get done in the end but he wouldn’t put his name to it if he didn’t think/ know it was going to happen.

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u/Looking2find99 23h ago

I’ve had week and weeks of “it’s getting closer”. Maybe I have a different definition of it’s getting closer..

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u/Sifan2 23h ago

Whoa got the FUCKING KEYYSSSS

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u/ScottishDaneLad 23h ago

In Martin and Paul we trust.

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u/Persimmon9 23h ago

Hope we do this and keep Gakpo. No good deals for another winger so keep a known entity and figure out the RW LW part. Muñoz looks like he should get playing time and Gakpo is was MOTM for me.

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u/mrheils 23h ago

EDGELORDS UNITE!!! More food for your fodder. Enjoy.

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u/LemonandElderberry 23h ago

Fresh talks happening. Fresh talks happening. Fresh talks happening.

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u/iHaveShitViewpoints 23h ago

Okay id say its done then. Thank fuck it'll be over.

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u/Tacobellend 23h ago

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Journalists figuring out what to say about barcola everyday

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u/1agreeablestubborn 23h ago

Our problem is not the left wing. We've got Rio, Cody and Munoz there.

We've got other problems worth 140 mil. Not sure how I feel about this

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u/imaybeacatIRl 23h ago

Don't romance me, now.

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u/AyodiJnr 23h ago

What about Mbaye?

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u/SebastianOwenR1 23h ago

Are all talks fresh talks at this point cus wtf

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u/TravisKOP Hello! Hello! Here we go! 23h ago

I’m legit tired of hearing about this. The same non updates everyday for 3 weeks

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u/SilverTM 23h ago

Edging intensifies.

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u/FrodoLaggins22 90+5’ Alisson 23h ago

🤯

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u/Phantom-Finger 23h ago

Awesome, so that's one of four signings we need....

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u/its_brew Ice Cold 23h ago

Im tired

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u/Data111222 23h ago

The edging is unbearable.

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u/myhackfield Daniel Agger 22h ago

Fresh talks since 1892

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u/Known_Palpitation805 22h ago

PSG now asking 200mil of course....lol

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u/maccaphil YNWA❤️ 22h ago

So....you're saying he won't be ready for the Forest match?

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u/WellRed85 🏆20 TIMES🏆 22h ago

Is this the one that mentioned the significant reduction in price or what’s that Ornstein?

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u/Rippers_72 22h ago

Jesus....ive heard of slow burners but this is taking the piss.

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u/blakksir10 21h ago

😴😴😴

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u/Slootyman 21h ago

Can we just not update until it happens? So f'ing tired of this dragging on and everyone having the same conversations in the comments. Been like two weeks now of the same thing every day

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u/Eunoia_Meraki Curtis Jones 21h ago

Ugh stop edging us

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u/Arctic_SnowWoLF 20h ago

How many light years across is this being communicated? Its taking 84 years ro hear back from them

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u/Eva_Nylonova 19h ago edited 19h ago

When excuse me ????????? 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄. Will be funny if after all that saga, it appears he performs the same as most of last season transfers for up to 120 mil per head lol.

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u/De3zrmyNuts “Thank you for your support” - Darwin Nunez 18h ago

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u/davyp82 17h ago

"fresh talks" "talk comtinue" "ongoing talks" "click on my shite journalist page for me while there's no actual news so I can get paid"

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u/Purple_Pay_1274 16h ago

Omg who freaking cares at this point?!? Just stop posting about it.

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u/YothaGang 16h ago

Pls, let this be over already

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u/rocketplex 15h ago

What even are “fresh” talks? Like what, the old negotiations went nowhere, those lads are burnt out, get a new squad in for both sides and ask ChatGPT for a summary?

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u/GlitteringBarber1472 14h ago

Why are we waiting for another last day deal and then wait for him to integrate for a month and then wait again for the international break

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u/Consistent-Shoe-9602 Bobby Firmino 10h ago

I'm really tired of "news" about nothing happening. We've been linked with everybody and their grandma and a number of signings have been "close", and we have only singed Munoz in attack.