The Athletic believe he's staying but its hardly concrete and also the owners haven't said anything.. which is a bit poor imo. I liked Farkes pres conference today, spoke very very well indeed, i can see why his players like him. They'll want to send a message on Monday in support of him i'd imagine. 


He's got to be given a fair crack and backed in the market... honestly there's not many better options out there for where we are at the moment imo unless Klopp wants to return LOL 

Very bad from the 49`s who could at least say there`s no truth in the rumour they have already lined up a replacement unless of course they already have.
Seems Farke is well liked by other managers not just his own playing staff.

they tend not to make statements, not really publicity people. sure there's been conversations behind the scenes

Will the likes of Bamford, Meslier .etc now return to premiership wages?

they all will

Surely it will only apply to those players who were in the squad that was relegated from the premiership and had their salaries halved?  Surely those that joined this year will not get a doubling of their current deal?

nope. contracts will say we go up wages increase by, say, 20%. we go down your wages reduce by 20%.
standard contracts. incentives.
they also have a bonus for staying up.
not that either meslier or bamford could be here next year of course

What do we reckon for next season then with regards to incomings and outgoings ? 


Think we need at least 8 coming in if not more. 


Keeper
Left back
Centre back 
Centre mid x 2. 
Winger at least one if not 2. (Solomon plus one other)
A Number 10
A Number 9 maybe 2 of them 


Meslier goes as does Firpo. Possibly Bamford who I think has one year left. Joseph goes on loan. Ramazanni goes on loan. Not sure Gruev good enough at that level. 



Do we bring in Rothwell permanently for squad depth? 


Need to buy well and will need circa £150m 

agree with all that apart from ramanazzi goes and £8m for Rothwell? no thankyou.
aaronson can play wide and is a decent bench option so possibly can get by without a winger if money is tight in aPSR way.
just buy sensibly. solid premier league experience.
longstaff from Newcastle could be a solid signing for example




edit- wouldn't go anywhere near kalvin phillips. his day has gone 

Davis from Ipswich maybe at LB although the Ipswich fans were bemoaning him this year after his performances in the Championship.
Agree re Phillips no thanks.

davies no thanks.
how about  andy Robertson? seems to be on his way out at liverpool