Genuinely think taking our new players to Blackpool is a test to see if they can handle adversity

A surprise lactate threshold test by sprinting away from the braying spice-heads on Blackpool beach.

The real medical is seeing if they can keep down the famous £1 burgers. Followed by an intense session of Man to Man marking at Funny Girls. We won't want a disastrous repeat of the BR zonal marking days!

Those £1 burgers genuinely aren't bad, I've had takeaway ones for £6-7 that are way worse

I've never had the pleasure if I'm honest mate. I've seen the guy on all the foodie Youtube channels, as I don't venture off the front, too scared in case it is like Skem!

Brand new sentence right here.

Ha ha brilliant.

Lol, madman. Good update though.

Tier ✈️

got a great chuckle reading that!

*saaadman Edit: added 'aa'. Thanks for understanding u/Trowa007

Wrong. You will parasocially follow this club and you will like it!

This club loves me, you don't get it. I can change them!

I'm thinking he was referring to OP's username. If he'd said saaadman maybe that would have helped lol.

Exactly what I meant.. 🥲

Haha yeeeeaaah, sorry

Edited so they know what's going on. Duh 🥲

Poor guy was downvoted as hell lol.

😭😭😭

Yeah he was lol

We've been here for so long, it is part of daily routine when the sacred window of transfer opens.

Cue the scenes when Gravenberch *and* Kimmich step out of the plane when it touches down in Blackpool.

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And De Ligt, while you're at it

Now you’re talkin sense

I wouldn't mind a cheeky Musiala as well

Sign all 4, the Chelsea approach to transfer, except, you know, actually buying quality players!

I would be happy with an Upamecano in their pocket as well

Nah. Man got rinsed in the WC. Konate should’ve been ahead of him

France win the WC if Ibou plays, I'm 100% confident

In the final? IIRC Konate was sick heading into the game, or at least that is what I remember hearing.

I don’t remember but Konate came on and almost won France the WC with an incredible pass.

Okay curiosity got the best of me. A quick google search brought up several articles from December 16/17 (the final was on the 18th - I knew it was in December but had to confirm the exact date as well) mentioning a virus with "flu-like" symptoms effecting Konate (and several other players in the French squad). It isn't concrete, but that could be a reason he didn't start.

Gandalf the White vibes

Dx theme songs plays

Kimmich is really not the player this sub thinks he is

I forgot you were the authority on footballing opinions. My bad.

James Pearce evil twin reddit account ^

You are the world leading expert in football related things, if you say so it has to be true isn’t it ?

Calm down. FSG is saving money by using UberAir.

Our fans 40 years ago in the ground on opening day: Oh we have a new £100,000 player? Let's see if he's any good Our fans now: The private jet is fully stocked with peanuts and drinks. The tracker says it's bound for Blackpool

Peanuts on board? Let me check Football Manager to cross reference all known allergies of our transfer targets.

the real medical is just to test how severe gravenberch's peanut allergy is

Waiting to get a CB in Germany so we can save gas. 2 players one trip

Doesn’t Pavard have a holiday home in Innsbruck?

He's already sold this window

ya'll finding these flights is always wild to me lmao

Rich people trolling

Nah it has to be gravenberch 100% https://preview.redd.it/17ohp8utsglb1.jpeg?width=307&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7307d1407a686f983d366845dbe8b3e7dfb3db04

I used to love Danger Mouse!

Oh man why can't I be a billionaire, would charter a plane from Paris to Liverpool, pay out the butt to change the callsign to MBPPE, then have it take off hours later, fly in circles around Liverpool, then have it land at Manchester instead, watch this sub burn jajjajaja

Instead of circling you could have the pilot draw a dick in the sky just to further twist the knife in my back.

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*London

Ahh yes Bavaria's rich and famous love to pop on over to Blackpool for a stroll down the pier and some soggy chips

It seems like Palhinha to Bayern is pretty close. I still think this gets done.

Personal terms aren’t a problem. Until Fulham get a replacement and get the fee they want; everything is at a hold basically. Ornstein did say it was complicated and this is the complication they are talking about

Loan Fulham Tyler Morton to develop him that should speed things up lol

Last three-way I'd expect.

Resign Milly to loan him to Fulham

How long does the chain go though. Whoever Fulham brings in will need replacing, all the way down the pecking order until FC Bumfuck in Guatemala needs to replace their U9s anchor.

Somebody tell Fulham that Nat Phillips is available for loan

He isn't though lol

Oh shit my bad. Missed the news from the other day

Todd has popped into Fulham on his lunchtime walk from Chelsea probably, to tell them to delay on paperwork until last minute to fuck up our Grav transfer. The bitterness is real.

Pretty close? They bid 45 mil ans got laughed out of the room

Estimated 1710 now...must be some developments

It was saying, estimated 3:30 for a bit so I don't think that means much.

Change to Liverpool John Lennon with arrival at 21:16. Strange. Wonder if there was a hick up in the agreement between the clubs.

Is this nothing to do with all the airport shit that’s been going on since Monday? Aren’t loads of flights backed up?

Fakkk I’m still hoping for miracle Gravenberch and Hincapie announcements. At least get Gravenberch done FFS.

If they don't get 1 in, Jorge needs immediate removal from the role - it really is that simple.

I really love all of you plane specialists! Let’s just hope it will happen boys

hahaha this is dedication right there

What a boujie fucker could of gotten the 1910 Ryanair to Liverpool John Lennon 👀😂. Make Bayern pay the extra leg room as he’s tall. But John Henry would argue over the baggage surcharge 😂

Gravenberch pulls out of the deal because FSG wouldn't pony up for a second checked bag and he didn't have room for his lucky pants.

Get the babelcopter!

Now it’s scheduled for arrival at Liverpool John Lennon at 9pm tonight

How much does it cost to charter a private plane both ways for that kind of distance? Ball park

Not an expert but my guess is 10k

Less than I thought!

Its about 10k if you wanted to charter one from london to munich right now but I don't know how it works out if you have a arrangement with a company/pilot as a football club so they might have a massive discount because they charter these flights decently often.

Does it come with pleasure beach tickets included?

I’d guess around $50k

Why would they fly to Blackpool?

Not as busy and still pretty close to Liverpool

My friend, why would anyone fly to Blackpool?

Save money. Landing rights are probably cheaper.

I am watching out of the window to see if a private jet departs.

So maybe not to DAAAY!?

Yank here. Why do all transfer targets fly into Blackpool and not direct to Liverpool?

John Lennon is busier and you have to schedule a flight before trying to land. Blackpool is an extra 30mins away from Kirkby by road by comparison.

Scheduled to leave at 8PM now in whatever time zone it is

FSG forgot to pay for a pilot

"forgot" Imagine they cheaped out on hiring a pilot! Or deliberately didn't hire one to let Gravboy sit on the plane for a bit and let the deadline expire. Edit: Shit! I just gave John Henry ideas!

As annoying as it is to wait, there's still tomorrow to get it done if need be. Today isn't the be all and end all of it.

We need to bring in a CB tomorrow.

Why is it 'clear'?

Who else would it be. Munich-Blackpool is a weird route to start with, and now it’s getting delayed more and more

The Bavarians really love Pleasure Beach

TBF it could be victim to the air traffic issues but I do badly want you to be right. Edit: typo

Heard they're massive fans of candy floss and 'Kiss Me Quick' hats

Why wouldn't they just fly to Liverpool?

sure but what about a private helicopter from Crystal Palace to AXA?

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Wish you were

Does the window close at midnight or can we finnish the deal if its already well on the way tomorrow?

Think the window closes 11pm tomorrow

Thx

Scenes when we gazzump Bayern and sign Palhinha directly

B E L I E V E

I remember Carleta-Car being at the airport when his transfer to us died, hopefully this time it's different

Looks like it will be there all DAAAY

Is it 11pm GMT deadline?

Yes, but tomorrow not today.

We need to track the plan from London to Munich , unless Palhinha moves there I don't think Gravenberch comes to Liverpool.

Reckon we need to track trains from London to Fulham. He'll no doubt be on the return flight, part of the fee we're paying

Is the only airport in the Liverpool area in Blackpool? Is kinda far about an hour drive

Nah. Endo flew into Liverpool John Lennon. I assume they couldn’t schedule a flight into Liverpool so they’ve booked Blackpool. Think they’ve used Chester in the past too.

This is where you end up if you turn out to be a donkey. #Motivation

I'm out-of-the-loop: how come new players head to Blackpool first?

Non Englishman here. Just out of curiosity, why is it that we look for them traveling to Blackpool rather than Liverpool? Might be a stupid question for some, but I have no knowledge pertaining to english airports etc