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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.

low level football knowledge and RTG-esque bants

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

No value in Europe is a mad take. A player can have a sensational season in the European market (Akliouche, Diomande) and be worth £50-60m tops. A player who has a sensational season in this league will be worth twice that if he's bought at that price - literally all of our player bought from abroad are worth double what they were bought for minimum. It is the literal definition of value.

Counts for most players. Counts less than money though. Which is the bigger issue.

This way you find out if a players interested before wasting time approaching the club. Once a player indicates he wants to leave then normally the deal gets done.

No they weren't man. You need to let that one go. Man U are a sleeping giant. Liverpool were a sleeping giant. PSG ascension is only possible with the crazy investment they have received - that's not a sleeping giant. You were wrong on that point man.

The London factor counts more for foreign players. It's a cosmopolitan city with far more options for a foreign player. Newcastle is pretty good as well tbf, but they don't necessarily know that as we aren't as well known. Plus Chelsea will pay more so there's not really much we can do about that.

Nico Williams > Barca.

😁 Haha, yeah, that clearly turned out wrong didn’t it. But in my defence, literally that day I had seen them both together and they certainly still looked together.

Obscure is Mahrez from Le Havre for less than a million. Obscure is not a £15m signing from Juventus, having played in Serie A for Roma too. Capped at every youth level for Netherlands. That is not obscure. Huijsen was seen as a coup from the start due to his reputation. Obscure means little known. Minteh was far more obscure and even then, I don't think that's the right word. Within the game at least, Minteh had a big reputation which is why the fee was decent and he went on-loan to a fairly big club.

Some might say it's like a new signing.

Ooooft it was comical ali levels of denial that

You hope, but it's always the same, I'd love our fans on social media to start one of them viral things off, a bit like the Colos party or Nick Pope thing, only this time its Newcastle are signing Saka, or were signing Cole Palmer, etc.

But that sort of reinforces my original point that PSG were one of the biggest clubs in the world. Maybe in the doldrums but being the club of the biggest city in France they always had the potential to be big hitters. They were sleeping giants and Qatar recognised that.

Could he buy i into the team ethic and workrate that is expected in a Howe team? Can he understand detailed instructions in team shape and carry them out to the letter? He might have skills but that is not the be all and end all of what is required to work for our team

Wonder if PIF fancy buying it off us.