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Pity it’s Mark Douglas

The media are desperate for him to go to Liverpool

As brilliant as he is I think Isak would have to stay fit and firing for a whole season for someone to spend £100m+ on him. I think the very elite clubs might still have some reservations. If his contract runs down I guess it might be different.

I don't know he can't but how do you know he can? I'm just pointing out that to say he is the best player because he has skills you like doesnt mean he would be the best fit for an Eddie Howe team

What are their crowds like now? Are they still playing in front of low turnouts? I only ask because I seem to remember they have a very vocal presence at St James during the CL fixture, and their home game looked pretty well supported.

Well sure, just seems like you should agree with the club whether you can actually afford to buy the guy. Maybe that happens informally.

It isn’t anticompetitive to have FPPT for membership - PIF refused to go through it. The PL’s objections were dropped literally one day after KSA paid the fine and allowed BeIN back into the country.

I lived in Jarrow a few years back and often heard the name, but I wasn't sure if he was real or if it was some sort of local in-joke. That documentary was rather eye opening.

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I actually feel for him must have been an awful time for him. If it was his own doing he’ll have to live with that. None of our business

Absolutely

It’s anti competitive and cartel behaviour hence the case being brought by legal experts.

One up the bum, no harm done

I’m just going to enjoy him while he’s here. I doubt he’ll be here in a couple of years’ time - but when he goes, it won’t be to fucking Arsenal, despite the delusional punditocracy who were desperate for him to head to Laaaaandaaan

Everyone knew they were blocking it - was exposure was there to be had? So what if they were? They asked for the ownership to go through the PL’s FPPT like any other potential owner. There isn’t a conspiracy when it was well known what was happening. Members of the PL are allowed to raise their concerns to the PL board.

PSG were only formed in 1971 (or thereabouts) they are only marginally older than the East Stand.

They got bought by the Qatari’s for soft power reasons. Qatar had been in bed with France for a while in order to gain soft power. They invested in France, Paris, and other cities, much like the Russians and UAE did in London. The French president at the time was a PSG fan, he convinced them to buy PSG. Rumour is that ideally they didn’t want a French club, there is simply no money in it, it is a farmers league, they even overpay for the TV rights through BeIN. They have been constantly rumoured to be interested in buying Leeds, and rumoured to drop PSG for teams like Liverpool etc in the past. They never saw anything in PSG, they have perhaps hit the jackpot in marketing it well though, and eventually won the Champions League which they really should have done before now considering the investment they have had.

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I’m not convinced this is the case either - Paris isn’t a footballing city at all, and the potential was never there. The fact that it has one club of note - and that club never had close to the biggest crowds in France - says everything. The potential was never there - without the Qatari investment they’d still be bobbling around upper mid table in Ligue 1.

I'd love to share your optimism but I think he goes next season at the latest. We can only imagine keeping him if we win the league imo. Really, desperately hope I'm wrong though.

And how do you know he can't? You can't assume the worst of him then write him off on that assumption. Most of us have ambitions of Newcastle being a consistent Top 4/5 side and eventual challengers, Elanga does nothing to help with that

British players tend to regard Newcastle as a big club because of our fanbase. Not sure foreign players would be that clued up about Newcastle.

You are arguing over semantics. Let me correct my poor wording then. PSG were NOT one of the biggest clubs in the world, but they always had the POTENTIAL to be that as they were based in Paris...which is definitely one of the most famous cities of the world. Hence why they got bought by the Qataris.

He’s been separated for ages