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If it's a loan the clincher will be who will contribute the most towards his wages at Reading It's also possible that they could pay a loan fee That's common at bigger clubs higher up the divisions but rare in L1

It's easy to forget where we were this time last year We could barely field a team in the early pre-season games Plus the quality of players who've come in this year so far looks a step up on last season already Of the most effective 5 or 6 players last season 3 were on loan No loans have been...

It's open till 2nd Septeber for L1 & L2 Championship and Premier League window closes 8th August I suspect the difference is to allow young players from the top two divisions to go out on loan

It was He caused similar problems at Liverpool before that - remember he hit a team mate with a golf club then made a joke of it? He's recently been sacked by Cardiff for bullying youth team players

That's exactly it In the past players would just sit out their contract even though they had no chance of playing Players in that position are sometimes trouble-makers and even if they behave reasonably there can be jealousy if they're on much bigger wages than the guys who are in the team If...

Correct It's normally only big clubs who do it Smaller clubs usually can't afford it

It is Two recent examples are Bigi when he came back from Newcastle and Joe Cole when he came from Villa Their contracts were paid up so they could leave immediately and come here to play football Generally speaking clubs don't want senior players around the place if they aren't in the...

Dave Boddy said no chance at the kit launch But it might be possible later in the season

I suspect Chaplin's agent told him of the interest from a Championship club and his likely level of signing on fee and wages The signing on fees for established players moving to Championship clubs are surprisingly high Also wages in the Champ are 3 or 4 times what they are in League 1 Add in...

Haven't heard anything but Browne isn't in China with West Ham first team so I suspect he'll be loaned out somewhere this season Edit There are suggestions tonight that West Ham will listen to offers for Browne

Marcus Browne has the same agent as Josh Pask and Tom Bayliss He's also one of Jodi Jones mates. They played together from age 6

I think we're currently at the high water mark for tv income General consensus is that future deals from Sky, BT and so on are unlikely to be at the levels of the last renewal A ban on advertising of gambling companies apart from during the match from kick off to the final whistle is due to...

Tbh isn't this what Dave Boddy said to a fan at the kit launch? Really the ball is in Wasps and CCC's court

100% on the money Nick He's a popular lad and seen in the game as very talented with great potential But he's also acquired a reputation as being extremely immature He needs to decide if he's a professional footballer and work like a dog to improve Or to carry on behaving like any other 21...

Usually players on loan to fairly local non-league clubs who only train part time come in for their normal sessions apart from whichever evenings the part timers have their sessions

Players all tell each other what they earn Ridiculous really It's the cause of trouble quite often

Strange one this as I heard Willis was having a medical st Hull City

I'm not sure about this Sunderland rumour I think he's talking to a Championship club

I've also heard he's worked like a dog to get back to fitness after his injury Another contributor said he looked like he needed to lose a bit of weight but it's actually muscle the lad has put on during the time he couldn't run due to his broken foot Long term injured players often get...

Tbh sometimes it's the club who get an agent to work surreptitiously on their behalf by approaching other clubs who may be interested in one of their players I don't know if it's the case with TB but football can be a murky business