Rovers and Downing apparently talking. Obviously talking and signing are two different things. He has apparently being keeping himself fit and he has only had the equivalent of a normal summer break away which at 36 cannot be begrudged.. I don't know if he is into coaching but having someone like Downing around the club must be fantastic for Dolan, Chapman and Brennan.

Easily £100million of that is sadly down to Venky's own mistakes which have cost the club, the town and the fans far more in psychic anguish. But we are where we are and they are sticking by us and providing the club's lifeblood in hard cash. And I will say thank you for this latest £6m. For without these capital injections from India we would be Bury.

But a very different offer for this season.

Even if we get Douglas, I would still take Downing if he accepts the contract we offered him. It is a long hugely demanding season with typically two games a week. There will be games where having Downing's class available will make a difference between drawing and winning. Let's not forget he turned in at least two man of the match performances in 2020 so far and he never let us down.

Fans used to big up our own players. These days we big up everybody else's. Another Championship Manager game by-product?

The resignation of the EFL CEO effective April and the Championship arrangements still to be agreed possibly still point to re unification

Effectively the PL are paying the L1 and L2 playing staff wage bills this season.

Only a problem if there is somewhere for them to go. Outside the Prem there isn't in the Covid times.

That is why I prefaced that second part apparently. It is from a Leeds website

And his enthusiasm is something else!

Liverpool and Man U voted against their own proposal. I suspect the real negotiations start here after Big Picture opened the window to some very unpalatable stuff.

Bielsa has ok'd negotiating a loan with buy option for Douglas to Rovers. Apparently Leeds are considering offering Douglas a contract extension as a negotiating tactic with Rovers.

Thanks for this. Makes going up this season even more vital.

Club is very clear that Nyambe will be staying and that player and club are fine with the situation.

Only Administration would remove dependency on Venky's

Doing that would cripple Rovers today.

80% of Charlie's wages would be 35% of Fleetwood's total permitted L1 wage cap. That is the magnitude of the problem.

LT reporting that a left back is being worked on very hard. It seems that Douglas is more likely than the Leicester youngster. Douglas not ideal but he ticks most boxes. LT also saying Rovers trying to get EFL placements for Lyons and Fisher and that Mulgrew talks remain stuck.

I voted

He is last in the voting!

Wage caps already exist in Leagues 1 and 2. That is why no more Rovers players are going out on loan.

Agreed. That has not to be compromised on. If this had been proposed in 1995, Rovers would have got outsized voting rights and Chelsea and City were potential relegation candidates. The rest of the proposals are negotiable.

Apparently if you test positive for Covid on international duty, you are not named. So it appears the player who might formerly have been known as Del, tested positive on Sunday, negative on Monday morning and positive again on Monday afternoon. Ten days from Monday afternoon explains why he would be ruled out for the Watford game as well as the Forest match.

We don't have to sell Armstrong! What I wrote is if we did it would relieve the extreme pressure the club is under to keep within FFP. FFP rather than Venky parsimoniousness is the squeeze we are under THIS WEEK as the window closure rushes towards us. Won't stop us from doing creative very low cash deals- a huge amount is riding on who blinks first showing their desperation. There are clubs out there if they blink will show they are about to fold. Rovers are most definitely not in that category. Mowbray again today is talking about creating competition for places.