Er... the 'obvious answer' is to not get a name/number on the back until details are confirmed.
The club can't confirm numbers early because agents of new signings might demand a specific number.
I mean, I'd be frigging annoyed if Mbappe turned us down because March has his No.7 shirt...
Thanks.
Yeah, it's been shifting for a while.
Everytime I hear a caller on a phone-ins blaming a manager for a duff signing, I wonder who actually made the call.
I guess it wouldn't look/sound good if a manager said "Yes, I know he's crap - but signing him wasn't my idea!"
That's quite a wild thread-merge, mods!
My thead was about new rules at Man Utd, and comparing them with the Albion - not about Ratcliffe!
Hmmmph!
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(Need to acknowledge that the source of this is dubious. Might be BS.)
Personally, I have limited interest in Man Utd and their new, tax-dodging, Brexit-loving overlord.
BUT I wonder how different it is to the Albion, if we're honest?
1) Pretty much the same. Although for us it's obv about...