Just saw that Ferriby had signed Alfons Fosu Mensah, he's the older brother of the Man U player. Talk about contrasting careers.
Man City have filed their UEFA squad list, they may have given the game away a little with their No.24... please log in to view this image
Having let the cat out of the bag, it seems Man City are about to announce the signing of John Stones. £42m
Sorry if previously mentioned, but looks like Everton are about to sign Ashley Williams from Swansea for £12m. Spending the Stones money quick. Good replacement too.
sportingintelligence @sportingintel Barnsley's sell-on fee from Stones' move (£6.79m) is more than their entire annual income in last accounts (£4.8m).
Goes to show that if you develop your own you either benefit directly from their talent, or can benefit down the line with huge sell on fees like this
Mental doesn't come close; if the fee and wages you quote are correct, that's a basic cost of £50,000,000 (+ whatever bonuses are paid) over three years! This for a club who average less than 25,000 fans per home game ......... for a team like Palace that's surely not sustainable?