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He's very good but that's an insane fee. He's young and he could be there for years but that's got to be a risk going for that big a fee

Not that I’m aware of And actually I played against him on FIFA and he was Sunderland and I was Newcastle Because I’m shit at FIFA and he’s decent so he wanted to give me a chance. He still won

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Grew up in the infamous south London cages. It shows in his play

Isak the best/worst example of this. Early on. Fans and the media were making out like £70-80m would be enough

Eddie Koeman and the invisible PL trophy

Oh cool.

Thanks for the insight.

The only reason we are talking about this is because supposedly City like him. I'm sure they do, but that doesn't mean he wants to go, or that we will agree to sell him unless it's for outrageous money.

This is how we grow as a club. Hard to stomach but it's the stark reality. We have to grow our overall squad value by buying low and selling high. You can't just keep adding top quality players every summer, that's not how it works unless you're Real Madrid with few exceptions. If he goes for a decent fee, job done, we reinvest with hopefully money to get 2 future Tinos. If he stays, we reap the rewards of a player with huge potential and his value is only going to go up you'd think. It's not an exact science and it won't always work, but it's pretty much the only way we can catch up. No emotion either way on this one, I don't think we're going to be taken for mugs, the sale of Kelly has given me confidence in how we're going to manage the departures and the business side of transfers going forwards.

Aye @Andy out iyam. Woke nonsense this.

Not sure it obviously makes sense for a tournament winner to get access to the competition above it. I think it makes more sense for the winner to gain access to the same competition in order to defend their title without having to re-qualify. Also for the CL, there is no tournament above it, so the CL winner has to just get access to the CL again, and then the Europa winner does too, it's kind of asymmetrical.

Play off final v Sheffield Utd but let's make it about Newcastle.

Great news. Keeps them away from any of our players.

Insert your own "farmer's league" comment. Harry Kane has certainly been making hay!

Duplicity like this is why I've always got my eye on you.

Fkn hell, that's just mental. In what world is that remotely funny or acceptable. It's not even banter that. Just fkn pathetic.

If we sell Tino I'm gonna shit.

Howe said the club would only sit down at the table for any bids of 50m at the lowest.

Has Fender ever actually tweeted, said or sang anything anti-Sunderland?

He's a very good player clearly but crazy money if it's upwards of 100 million IMO.

€150m?!

The winner of a European tournament gaining access to the competition above it the following season just objectively makes sense. Removing CL dropouts from the EL was also a good change in the context of the old format. However there are new problems both self-inflicted and complicated: - Expanding the CL while removing EL consolation weakens that competition - There are 6 clubs in Europe that match England's top 6 in revenue. There's another four around Newcastle / Villa. After that you have the likes of Marseille, Roma, Napoli, etc. who are effectively no different than any mid-table PL club. This means the CL is the only European competition that is even remotely financially fair when looking at England vs. everyone else. - The number of extremely rich English clubs now outstrips the number of European places available. It's already off-kilter that any PL club could financially compete with Tier 2/3 European clubs, but when Europa and Conference League spots are being taken by Man United, Tottenham, and Chelsea (all top 10 in revenue) then you've completely distorted the fairness of the competition. All of that is why the ECL and even the EL feels like its lost its prestige. If you're looking at it from the perspective of an English club winning it I think you can absolutely argue that the domestic cups are more difficult at this point.

Give owa man try being around when we lost to them in the playoffs that’s sickening, would love them to lose tomorrow but won’t ruin my weekend if they do.

Where is the 50m coming from? Given we paid a lot for him and his standing is a lot higher now, 70m is a minimum.