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As I've said many times , he won't be going anywhere this summer as no market exists at a price which would make sense for us. Next summer it will depend on if he resigns, if he doesn't we will have to part ways, id still expect between 100-120m though.

Yep - £150m is the starting point - holding midfielders unproven in the PL went for over £100m two years ago! I hope he’s here forever anyway!

I had ITK info that Keegan was coming back in 2008 Also had ITK info that Alan Smith and Rob Elliott (the keeper not the full back) were signing. However, those are the sort of moments when you wish you weren't an ITK

I'm certain he also shared a bunch of things weren't true. It's entirely possible he got one thing from someone and then tried to trade off that. Anyone can get ITK info once. I got something once myself, but I'll not get anything again.

If Wirtz is the best part of £120m, discussions for Isak don't start until you hit £150m for me. Acclimatised to the PL, plays a massive role for his country internationally, and has proven his natural goal scoring ability over and over again. All the above come at a price, and a hefty one at that.

£80-100m has been somewhat normalized. Once that has happened £150m+ has to become the price for a player many have called the best centre forward in Europe.

I tell you one thing I can't wait till he signs a new contract/fucks off so the weekly rumours of him leaving are actually done. It's getting beyond a joke now.

Why? We definitely need a new RW, but behind Salah and Mbeumo we had arguably the best performing right winger in the country. Whilst we cant rely on Murphy having another season like that I also don't think we can expect Eddie to drop Murphy as soon as we get a new player in that position. A young player with a very high ceiling who wont expect to start every game but already has the experience and ability to be able to play in the PL sounds pretty perfect to me, particularly if we are looking at Pedro too.

+ the money they are spending on Wirtz, which is nuts. Like 130m, isn't it?

Odd, given he plays primarily from the right and they have that absolute alien for the next 15 years there.

Obviously want him to stay, one of the best strikers in the world. A bigger debate, but i don't think any player in the world is actually worth £150m unless you're talking Messi/Ronaldo levels where its a certain known.

Fernandes, Isak, Palmer, Rice, Mac Allister and Salah for PFA Player of the Year.

Aye. He broke Minteh weeks before anyone. Shame his patter was absolutely honking.

Daily non-update from the Chron https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-handed-transfer-plan-31892134 And for those who refuse to click on the aids of the Chron website

I haven't paid attention for years so I don't really know anything, but based on reading this board for the past few weeks I get the impression it's a case of when not if. I get why people are on edge based on past events. But like if history repeats itself, based on what I'm reading a whole bunch of people are gonna get fired So it probably will be fine.

The amortisation for both is no more than £11m. Salary we won't know for sure.

A fair amount will depend on bonuses. Salary will be 5m-7m - but CL, 20+ goals etc. might be worth £1-5m - who knows

Botafogo beat PSG 1-0 in the early hours. By my reckoning, assuming PSG beat Seattle, A Madrid will now have to beat Botafogo by at least 3 goals to advance.

Yeah I thought 10-15 would be way too low as soon as I posted it A bit lazy to do the quite simple math. Unsure about their wages but still a poor guess. Cheers.

Probably 18-20 mill pounds a year.

£10-15m/year amortisation, £6-8m/year wages I reckon. Assuming £50-65m transfer fee and £125-150k/week wages

What is the “yearly cost” for a player like Isak/Tonali when it comes to amortisation and wages? 10-15m?

I suspect our transfer strategy is broken due to the changes at boardroom level, and we may have lost the people that can force deals through. We’ll see though, I’d love to be wrong.

I’m 100% certain that he won’t want to leave this summer and that we won’t sell him. I’m pretty certain that he will leave next summer though. Because I don’t see us strengthening the squad enough this summer to be able to cope with both CL and everything domestically. I just don’t think we’ll get enough quality/numbers in this summer. I would say that we need at least 2 more or less guaranteed starters and then 3 players that are very talented that can start and be rotated with others as well as challenging for regular starts. Do that and yeah anything is possible. But I don’t see us getting 4-5 players in. Hope I’m wrong.