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I second this. I've trusted Big Trav's ITK posts since he popped up on the board. I get that some of them don't happen, but he's explained it himself. These deals and negotiations change and a rumour is only a rumour until the contracts are signed.
I, as well as many others, love the inside scoop. I understand that there's bound to be sceptics, but it's part and parcel of the whole thing. TBF to Big Trav, he always seems to handle the consistent winding up well and when he does respond to a naysayer like Jimbo Ram, then it's with dignity and always level-headed. I'd have blocked him ages ago with the amount of responses to posts I've seen from him 😂

I second this. I've trusted Big Trav's ITK posts since he popped up on the board. I get that some of them don't happen, but he's explained it himself. These deals and negotiations change and a rumour is only a rumour until the contracts are signed.
I, as well as many others, love the inside scoop. I understand that there's bound to be sceptics, but it's part and parcel of the whole thing. TBF to Big Trav, he always seems to handle the consistent winding up well and when he does respond to a naysayer like Jimbo Ram, then it's with dignity and always level-headed. I'd have blocked him ages ago with the amount of responses to posts I've seen from him 😂

If anything, the more he gets used to crowds at PP, the better he will play in those matches and also in the away fixtures at the smaller grounds we'll have to endure again this season.

@Big Trav I’m man enough to say sorry for my scepticism. As mentioned before I find it easier to believe something with a bit of context behind it is all, I had it in my head that there were more misses than hits. Today shows you had a bit of knowledge on these signings so I tip my hat to you. 

I’ll revert back to being sceptical the minute you get one wrong mind 😉 
 

That's odder than "pretending" to be ITK to be honest, he used to do the same with @RoyMac5 too, when Rooney was in charge.
"Insecure and lonely" perhaps... 

I second this. I've trusted Big Trav's ITK posts since he popped up on the board. I get that some of them don't happen, but he's explained it himself. These deals and negotiations change and a rumour is only a rumour until the contracts are signed.
I, as well as many others, love the inside scoop. I understand that there's bound to be sceptics, but it's part and parcel of the whole thing. TBF to Big Trav, he always seems to handle the consistent winding up well and when he does respond to a naysayer like Jimbo Ram, then it's with dignity and always level-headed. I'd have blocked him ages ago with the amount of responses to posts I've seen from him 😂

I second this. I've trusted Big Trav's ITK posts since he popped up on the board. I get that some of them don't happen, but he's explained it himself. These deals and negotiations change and a rumour is only a rumour until the contracts are signed.
I, as well as many others, love the inside scoop. I understand that there's bound to be sceptics, but it's part and parcel of the whole thing. TBF to Big Trav, he always seems to handle the consistent winding up well and when he does respond to a naysayer like Jimbo Ram, then it's with dignity and always level-headed. I'd have blocked him ages ago with the amount of responses to posts I've seen from him 😂

I second this. I've trusted Big Trav's ITK posts since he popped up on the board. I get that some of them don't happen, but he's explained it himself. These deals and negotiations change and a rumour is only a rumour until the contracts are signed.
I, as well as many others, love the inside scoop. I understand that there's bound to be sceptics, but it's part and parcel of the whole thing. TBF to Big Trav, he always seems to handle the consistent winding up well and when he does respond to a naysayer like Jimbo Ram, then it's with dignity and always level-headed. I'd have blocked him ages ago with the amount of responses to posts I've seen from him 😂

Seems Begovic has his own range of gk gloves which Vickers wears

Elder😉

If he bothers you that much, block him or don’t read the thread.

Or I hear stuff and instead of gatekeeping it, I want to share with my fellow rams fans. It’s never going to be 100% correct because things change. But to call me insecure and lonely is just a bit rude to be honest 

Let's not go too far here. He's a very good defender and has shown versatility under Pep's coaching this season.
However, in my opinion, he is fortunate to be surrounded by other top players, so when he makes a mistake it often isn't critical. I think he's an excellent player, but he isn't what I'd call world class. We need a solid and dependable defender next to someone like him or Tomori to complete a strong spine.

Step forward Fikayo Tomori. 

You mean Johnnie Walker?
Someone needs to do a bit more reasearch on Whisky and Whiskey... 😉

You mean Johnnie Walker?
Someone needs to do a bit more reasearch on Whisky and Whiskey... 😉

Putting the anal into analyst!

Putting the anal into analyst!

Putting the anal into analyst!

He never puts the chips down until the whole lot are finished 😉 

He never puts the chips down until the whole lot are finished 😉 

Due to his age, if we offer him an improved offer next season and he turns it down, we will be entitled to compensation as he came through our academy. He won't go for nothing even if he stays for this season.

My understanding is that the deal we made when we bought him was in the region of £8-£10m based on an agreed set fee (lower end) plus extras for any achievements written into the deal (usually promotion, appearance targets etc.).
I doubt we've hit any of the performance targets to trigger the added value and from what the club has said during the admin process, we have been paying off the main fee in regular instalments. One of the payments was deferred by Arsenal when we went into admin. However, since we are now out of admin and Arsenal would be considered a football creditor, we still need to complete agreed payments.
If we are to believe that the fee agreed was £8m and we are now entering the last of his 5 contracted years we can assume that we've been paying £1.6m per year (or £800k every 6 months, or £400k per quarter - depending on how the agreement was arranged). therefore we likely only owe the last £1.6m of the reported fee and that is a fee I think we can expect to get for him. It would be nice to get somewhere between £2-3m, but we need to be realistic.

Do you believe everything you read mate?

Obviously that article isn't written by Ben Osborn or anyone that drinks at his bar 😉