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Losing Richarlison and Gordon in the space for six months and replacing neither is a little bit

Any idea how many years left he had on his contract? He could have fetched a decent fee at some point, surely?

Pedro Porro to Spurs is done.

Jorginho to Arsenal complete. £10m plus £2m in add-ons. I guess it makes sense. Will be good to give Partey a breather at the end of “easier” games where we’re ahead. Plus he will be useful in the Europa League.

Sambi Lokonga to Palace on loan looks like it’s complete. Good move for him I think. I saw DrBenjy the FM guy tweet about this and it got a lot of attention, wouldn’t surprise me if some bookies picked up on this for some reason. A few of the FM YouTube guys seem to be tweeting made-up deadline day deals, I presume to see which can pick up traction. Pretty funny in fairness. Reminds me of a player that someone made up years ago on deadline day and it hit some national newspapers websites. — Everton reportedly interested in Michy Batshuyai. I’ve lost count of how many clubs he’s played for now. Isn’t Everton one of the clubs he played for at some point and did nothing? Much like most of his loans? Also, Ayoze Perez has joined Real Betis on loan from Leicester.

Marcel Sabitzer is pushing for a move to Manchester United.

Isco is close to signing for Union Berlin. Seems like a really weird fit.

Genuinely don’t even think he’s even a good short-term option.

I read that he has already said he has no interest in going to Everton.

Haha wut.

What a goal that is. Don’t rule this out for fuck sake.

Not sure how Fabinho avoided a red card there. That’s a shocking tackle.

Devil’s advocate but it technically wasn’t, especially from our team selection. The league games I imagine will be a totally different prospect.

This will be one to watch next week.

Meh. Main takeaway is that the drop-off from Partey and Xhaka is far too big. Lokonga is absolutely nowhere near the level required. He looks as though he can’t be bothered half the time. His mentality to succeed at the highlight level seems non-existent to me. He’s the only player in the squad that I would happily see shipped out.

Arteta fielding a heavily rotated XI tonight. I’m a bit disappointed with that as this is a chance to lay down a big marker. We could still win but I don’t think it’s likely. Holding up against Haaland will be interesting.

Whilst also looking like Claire Balding. Quite the feat.

Newcastle have agreed a fee with Everton that could total £45m for Anthony Gordon. Romano on it:

Anthony Gordon failed to turn up for training for the third day in a row. He’s definitely off then. Is he even that good?

Fulham signing Cedric on loan for the remainder on the season. Covering all his £100,000 a week wages, which I find odd considering he’ll be backup to Tete.

Newcastle are apparently in talks with Everton to sign Anthony Gordon. I also read that Chelsea want to sign Onana, but that was obvious.

That’s the biggest win of the season for us so far. So much character, again and again. This really is a special group of players.

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This might be a game.