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Ermmm...about the Elanga part......

Was Pedro even going to play week in and week out ? Just can’t see without a change in formation where he would have played, 50 million for a back up striker would have been a luxury. Go get Trincao, or the lad from Monaco and fill a position we need on the right and give us some creativity in the final third.

Is the exact thing we are desperate to avoid. Imagine paying 30m for someone who turns out to be Lloyd Kelly. This place would be furious.

Yeah, that's a fair point.

Stop bumping this thread. It's making me nervous.

Quite sobering that this thread went from titled Newcastle closing in on Pedro to Chelsea sealing the deal in less than 24hrs. We might be slow movers but they certainly aren't.

That's what I thought but then they described it as a broken bone in his foot so probably a metatarsal

Haha its all so morally bankrupt.

We need a RW first and foremost. Offering Wilson contract makes it look like we are sharing the minutes Isak is not playing with Gordon, Osula, 3rd striker. We are not going to bring big money striker, and we haven't even been linked with one.

Not more than a CB or RW. At least we have one world class striker.

I remember the opposite he was always saying during the conferences that he was ok apart from the Liverpool away game (when he was deliberately not used). I certainly agree we need someone, but DCL is certainly not that player

Not sure I can get excited about Elanga and Trafford. Oh well

Tough summer. Personally I hope it ends up forcing us into gambling on talents with higher ceilings that are more unknown rather than expensive known qualities. Mbuemo and Pedro in particular are highly unlikely to get any better than what they've shown the last couple of seasons. While good players that would absolutely strengthen us, I want more for less even if that means slower progress and the odd dud here and there Call it the FM-sickness if you will.

Striker is arguably now the most pressing position. We are hugely under resourced for a CL campaign but we could make do in every other area. We need a second striker desperately.

Today wasn't our day. But its coming lads, stay patient

Can’t wait to hear about the next bullshit transfer rumour this week.

How do we get this "striker of quality", when we have more pressing concerns in other areas of the pitch? Any examples who we should look for? If we buy GK, RCB and RW all of quality, we have no money for this "striker of quality". And this leaves us with 5 midfielders for 3 places, which is way too few. You can't understand people's thinking and I can't understand your thinking.

Think it was an ankle injury.

Didn’t ask Alex off you fuck

meh not going to shed any tears over players who would rather sit on a bench

DCL

Howe mentioned the groin injury/injuries a fair few times in February and beyond. It’s all findable. My initial post wasn’t an endorsement for DCL btw, just saying we need someone who can cover for Isak and not be injured as well.

This years Tosin