14 Jun 2026 20:58:55
From what i'm hearing we are favourites to sign Bouaddi, can any of the Ed's or ITKS confirm?
14 Jun 2026 21:47:50
All I've read online is we have been in talks. Arsenal and PSG are favourites. Apparently he would like to stay in France but the club prefer a sale to the Prem. He would represent a better deal at the £60 quoted. Looks like we only wanted to spend that on either Scott or Wharton.
14 Jun 2026 21:57:08
Hearing from Indy, I imagine, as Ornstein and Romano have mentioned it.
14 Jun 2026 22:03:34
Cheaper than Alex Scott.
14 Jun 2026 22:20:09
'From what I'm hearing' = Read on Twitter.
14 Jun 2026 22:50:40
It's a rumours site, @Chewy.
14 Jun 2026 23:02:42
Word is he wants to move to PSG as the next step. Not sure how much he'd play there with the MF they have.
He'd also not be first choice at Arsenal.
He's a punt, whatever way you look at it, although 40m less than Wharton, although Wharton is a known quantity.
15 Jun 2026 00:33:27
It is West Derby, but too many people on here like to word things as if they're ITK. Typing "I read on x" is just as easy as anything else, yet many people make the conscious decision to phrase things a little more ambiguously.
15 Jun 2026 00:34:12
60m seems a bit high, prices are crazy right now. I would've thought 40-45m would be more appropriate for an 18yo with 1.5 seasons in France.
15 Jun 2026 07:02:14
My thoughts as well, Chewy, no problem with sharing news off of Twitter, but just say, Indy posted or Romano posted or whatever, rather than... "I'm hearing this" or "what I've heard is" no need for all the cloak and dagger!
I'd understand if they're actually "in the know" and can't share that info, totally understandable, but if it's just something you've read, mention where you've read it.
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15 Jun 2026 07:02:58
Wage and fee inflation in football is mad. Whatever a value was 12 months ago for an incoming player add £10-20m. Same the year before.
15 Jun 2026 07:06:08
@chewy, I'm guessing that's a dig at me? Let me tell you I don't do social media, never had Facebook, Twitter or X accounts. All my information I get is from an agent of a current England player, plus I also know someone who works behind the scenes on MOTD, so before you start accusing people of where their info comes from, maybe think, or even better, ask.
{Ed078's Note - popcorn at the ready.
15 Jun 2026 05:31:45
But he's passing on what he's seen just like 90% of people on here, that's the beauty of this site it's always been weird and wonderful bits of info no matter where it comes from. we've had window cleaners, dog walkers, Scouse wives, mums of players. let's not call someone out for trying to sound like they're in the know. truth is there's only a very small number of people who seem to get things on the nose. so wind your neck in because you come across like you wish you was in the know but because your not your calling people out for passing info on regardless of where it's from.
it's not that deep chewy it's a football runours site mate, the guys created this to have a laugh and share information and that's what makes this site work. so to anyone who has any info keep passing it on. keep up the good work Eds and all posters welcome on here ?
15 Jun 2026 07:30:32
Is it really that important for people to actually post where they get their info from?
It's a rumors site after all.
I hope you keep posting, Racey... I appreciate any info that gets shared, and don't really care where it comes from. We will never control the outcomes, so why bother about it?
15 Jun 2026 08:32:39
Maybe Chewy should vet all posts before they are released.
Oh, wait, it is a rumours site.
Do I believe every rumour is gospel? No. But I still enjoy coming to the site and reading all manner of posts.
15 Jun 2026 09:00:17
Since when did we have to let everyone know where they get the info.
Does Carra, Robbo or Fields say where they get their info from?
Grow up Chewy
15 Jun 2026 09:21:17
Another thought on the matter of whether posters are ITK or not. When someone on these pages asks if a rumour relating to a particular player is likely to happen, it creates a talking point.
People will respond with:
That would be a great signing, just what we need. Or.
Wouldn't go anywhere near him, he is not good enough for us and is overpriced.
It then opens up a host of opinions.
15 Jun 2026 09:53:59
From what I've heard, people on here are getting moody with people who say from what I've heard or I've just seen. Don't shoot the messenger, cause it's just what I've heard.
15 Jun 2026 10:43:20
From what I've heard on the grapevine that you can just hammer people for posting on a rumours site. Source? Direct from my sausage thumb ?? ??
15 Jun 2026 11:38:35
I'd only ever heard of him because FPF has been recommending him on here for over a year. I was thoroughly impressed with him against Brazil, though. He made Paqueta, Guimaraes, and Casemiro look like they were old ex-pros in a Soccer Aid game.
They had absolutely no answer to his defensive work rate and ability to drive forward. He schooled them, and they're not as awful as he made them look, almost single handedly.
15 Jun 2026 12:41:21
If it's a rumour, what's the issue with saying something like 'Ornstein reckons ...' or 'according to the Fat Kid from Bolton', etc.
If it's an opinion, just stick IMO at the start of a post.
Just saying '(insert player's name) is signing for us' or X player is going to cost us £100m' just sounds like made up stuff.
In this instance, if @Racey had cited a source, @Chewy wouldn't have needed to second guess the source, and the usual bickering wouldn't have been needed.
15 Jun 2026 13:18:15
Or just read the posts, if you have something constructive to add or debate, then add it, if not, read it and move along. It really is that simple, and there is never any need to make things personal between each other, we're literally all here for one common purpose, and that's our club.
15 Jun 2026 13:21:20
And just to add, having been reading this site since 2005, I can guarantee that this place provides the most accurate, honest football information the Internet provides. That's down to everybody's input and the hard work of the great editors and those we have sadly lost!
15 Jun 2026 14:03:55
Apologies, Raceylfc, didn't realise you were ITK, mate.
15 Jun 2026 14:20:28
Chewy on a mad one today. ?
15 Jun 2026 14:23:44
So, people are expected to reveal their sources. I guess to receive credibility on a rumours site. Fine. And then what happens when the sources find out their info is being spread out, and then stop revealing? Who are you going to get your daily fix of "verified" rumours from?
And I've never really understood this "ITK" nonsense.
A rumour by definition is always something that could happen, may happen. Regardless of the source. Some are more right than others, and some are more wrong than others. So what? If you don't have the stomach for it, then don't read.
15 Jun 2026 15:48:54
@chewy, No worries mate, I don't class myself as an ITK, I just pass info on from people who are. ?
15 Jun 2026 15:59:41
I've heard a rumour, on the grapevine that I don't fully understand, just passing on information I'm hearing, not that I'm in the know at all, that this rumour site is class! ????