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I'm hoping the EFL allow Watmore to also sign given this is a short term deal Vs season. This would be essentially the same outlay even if it's slightly more in the short term.

Cant imagine we were able to sign him for longer. Feels like the perfect deal right now as we should have new owners in the new year and new requirements. If he does well he gets an extended deal or a contract elsewhere. Win win for both sides really.

We need someone who can carry the ball. We haven't got anything at the moment. Hopefully he is still capable of it. What a great guy he comes across as in the interview by the way.

Yep and he's an experienced businessman so he knows this. Whether it's property or a business if there's plenty of offers it goes to best and final offers.

He's testing the water with that bid. He easily goes to 35/40 million.

Yep. All bids have satisfied the minimum threshold.

I completely disagree. The squad has been intentionally skewered by the previous owner. A competent owner gets us out of league one without a problem in a couple of years. We are miles off it but a good Summer changes everything; especially with the optimism of a new owner.

He's been playing international football and then playing out of position. He's completely beasted.

Are you serious?

Yep he's slow but is an organiser. Needs better players with him. Lowe has been awful today.

Cooper looks decent to say he's not played for months. Very good in the air.

Peck is an absolutely brutal human by the way.

Playing terrible but this ref is appalling. Seems to give niggly tackles one way but not the other.

Just no pace as an outlet so you are reliant on set plays to get a goal. It's almost impossible for us to get further up the pitch as we don't have anyone in the squad who can stretch the opposition. Lost that when Gassama and Musaba left.

We will end up with 6/7 imo. I still maintain someone can buy and spend 100-150 million total and get the foundations in place for a bright future (namely first team and youth team infrastructure and investment). Someone may want to push on even further as they are at Birmingham but I think you can be competitive in the Championship with a good structure. We are seeing as such with Preston this season. Exciting times

Agreed. I still think maintaining a fantastic relationship with Premier youth teams (Pederson seems to have this) and being a place for these players to come sprinkled with some strong free transfers is the way to go. Amass is costing us nothing and he's fantastic. Various other examples too. Those released or surplus in youth set ups are also a genuine option for us. Both Gassama and Musaba have brought us in money for one of the first times in years (despite this been under market value). I completely agree that we should focus on infrastructure improvements while we have the sanctions and look to build a strong base for the long term future of the club.

Very interesting! Thanks for posting. My numbers are conservative based upon an average season ticket price and the rumours amount sold.

Yep. Chansiri spent the best part of 6.5 million season ticket funds before a ball was kicked.

A guy who is representing a specific party is not going to go on national media and say it will be a piece of ******** and we are potentially a cash cow. He's playing the PR game nicely. Will be hoping to seed doubt into other potential buyers minds as to he severity of the job. Make no bones about it there's not many better opportunities right now. Perhaps Derby would be similar but I imagine the acquisition cost is far higher.

Some honourable mentions. Glenn Loovens Ross Wallace Keiren Westwood All cracking free transfers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34107917 Bannan was technically undisclosed. Unbelievable really and that we only had to offer him an initial 1 year deal.

Would be interesting if we could secure him for 6 months or so with an option when we go into League One. Could be an experienced option like last time with Marvin Johnson.

Wasn't there a suggestion from Alan Biggs we may be able to revisit the loan deals we had lined up for the young Premier guys? I assumed he was referring to in January but his wording suggested these may be allowed under the emergency terms? Seems like a stretch?

Two key points for me: KW then requested questions from attendees. JW asked about the specifics of the £50 million proof of funding, with KW saying that the evidence from all 11 parties came from a letter from their bank, lawyer or a ‘big four company’ who represents them, which confirmed that sufficient liquid cash was immediately available to buy SWFC. -------------------------------------------------------- KW then explained that he has told all prospective buyers that, in order to pay all creditors 25p to the pound, they will need to purchase the club for a figure in the region of £30 million. This combined valuation will include Hillsborough to pay off New Avenue Projects and secured loans that are associated with the stadium, as well as expenses from the administration process.