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Who exactly are we talking about here? Haaland, Wirtz that level? No we can't afford the wages of those players but that's not to do with their ability, as much as their valuation, which aren't always the same thing. For example we signed Isak, who's at the very least comparable to Haaland. We've signed Tonali who id bracket as being an elite midfielder. Liverpool have won loads in the last 6/7 years and they didn't sign "the cream of the crop", they paid boatloads for VVD from... Southampton which quite a few scoffed at. They signed Allison and Salah from Italy and neither would be classed as entirely unattainable to us now. They also built their squad with some really smart signings: Robertson, Firmino, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Milner to name a few. In short, my point is that you dont need to sign known superstars, you need to sign unknown superstars. Which isn't easy but do-able.

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“‘It's great that the window opens on June 1,’ he said. ‘The challenge is for us to sign players in early June. But it doesn't always work like that. I hope in reality it does, but it rarely works like that.“

Weren’t there rumours that Scalvini has a release clause?

If you look closely there are no quotation marks in the article you’ve copied and paste which I’m sure you know what that means in a journalistic sense? Post the link please to examine further but even what you’ve posted confirms exactly what i said. “It doesn’t always work out like that” is the takeaway you need.

Agreed Chelsea are by far the worst of the worst Man City are operating from a huge advantageous position but their scouting and generally how they operate is professional, efficient and slick. They don't tend to 'overbuy' - just identify what they need and just get on with it. It's always not the most obvious names either, so they have a good scouting network. Liverpool are also benefitting from being way ahead but again, they buy and sell pretty well. Chelsea are blatant and so boring. Tosin is actually a prime example - they did NOT need him at all. He wasn't better than their CB's and they only seemed to show an interest because he was free. Man U also operate with impunity - crazy level of debt, miserable transfer record but seemingly impervious to the damage. Dust worself off and go again. Any other club would be doing an Everton if they had even half the recent record of Man U. The way before was the young wonderkids would go to the second tier clubs, Leverkusen, Leipzig, Ajax, Villareal, Atlanta etc, establish themselves and then the big clubs would swoop but the money would be distributed. Now the hype is so huge that even the Barca's and Madrids are going for young prodigies like Roony and Guler. I'm sure if it was a free market, it would be interesting to see if Newcastle could spend their way to the top - even if it was organically, like one or two big players a season. Same with Villa, Spurs etc. Under Ashley, he never spent so competing was pointless. Now, we can't spend, so there is also a level of pointlessness here too. When you're hamstrung deliberately, footballers have short careers. Isak and Bruno were promised title runs - which probably could have been the case by now if we'd been allowed to spend. PSR then actually does its job even through the back door as the top players get impatient and want to play for the 'top clubs' already challenging... and then we have to start again Man City were allowed to get their spine with no limit that led them to their PL - Aguero, KDB, Yaya Toure, Hart, Kompany. Chelsea ditto under Mourinho.

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Oh aye, if that was on offer yes. I was talking a choice between Elanga & Isak or Mbuemo & Groceries.

He never said that once. He said along the lines of we were vulnerable last year and clubs took advantage (Brighton, Forest). We are not vulnerable this year and might be in a position to do that to other clubs but wasn’t sure. If you make things up and get disappointed you only have yourself to blame.

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Will we ever be in that position 🤔? It could take a couple of generations to get anywhere near it.

If we are interested in Scalvini and potentially Diomande, it seems highly unlikely that we wouldn't still retain an interest in Tapsoba. Add Guehi in there and im more than happy with the standard they are looking at.

I think that's an iffy translation, reads like we've went in at 40/50m but their valuation far exceeds that.

Can only gauge from that, if it's true, that we've gone in suggesting a potential bid much, much lower than what they're asking for there.

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He said we’d be trying to sign players in early June. He very clearly wants players in early and July isn’t early when the window has been open for a month by then.

That article doesn't really suggest he isn't for sale

‘It's great that the window opens on June 1,’ he said. ‘The challenge is for us to sign players in early June. But it doesn't always work like that. I hope in reality it does, but it rarely works like that.

"Sean Longstaff is untouchable . Newcastle has forcefully reiterated its no to Atalanta , who in recent days has tested the waters for the central midfielder from North Sheilds, offering significant figures. The Geordies' response was dry: between 40 and 50 million, a valuation that far exceeds the player's current market value. Despite last season's injuries, in fact, the Tyneside club considers the 1997-born player an asset on which to base the Midfield of the future." Straight swap ?

No idea about fee reasonableness tbh

Did he mention June specifically? I would call first half of July pretty early TBH.

Pretty high though, suggests he'd be £100m if fit and no question marks?

Wouldn’t take what EH says on transfers at face value. Even if you did he never said we WOULD sign someone in June. Opportunities might arise in the last couple of days of June nothing more. He said he’d IDEALLY like a couple in in time for 7th July. Long way to go for both in transfer window terms.

Translation of the article it cites: "Giorgio Scalvini is untouchable . Atalanta has forcefully reiterated its no to Newcastle , who in recent days has tested the waters for the central defender from Bergamo, offering significant figures. The Goddess' response was dry: between 40 and 50 million, a valuation that far exceeds the player's current market value. Despite last season's injuries, in fact, the Nerazzurri club considers the 2003-born player an asset on which to base the defense of the future." Assuming the translation is vaguely accurate, it seems to be saying that Atalanta is simultaneously saying he's not for sale... unless you offer us 40-50m euros, which they consider to be a "fuck off" price of sorts due to his injury? 50m euros would be about what we paid for Tino. I could see us paying up tbh