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He'll be here until January at least 'fighting for his place'. Can't imagine we'd subsidise his wages for a loan nor anyone pay any kind of fee for him. We might if Rafa really doesn't want him around clogging up the dressing room. We'll probably leave it as late as possible though in the hope of getting a fee. True but given the lack of movement on other deadweights it doesn't look promising. He still has to want to leave too. He has an easy life set up for himself here, why change it? I think that's why Rafa's giving him a nudge by taking his squad number off him. But you're right he'll probably decide it's still a canny life up here on 50 grand a week or whatever he's earning. Has he lost his number??

More than 10 you say? We're safe then.

Brighton want him on loan.

I'd be disappointed if we signed Paulinho tbh.

Former Man City? Where is he now? Inter. Well not followed his career at all since, but wasn't he like a 1 in 3 striker for City? Can't remember him playing the number 10 role though.

Do people think Gamez will ever get a game? Isn't he as fast as Neil Ruddock?

Former Man City? Where is he now?

Best we can hope for.

But he's also a Newcastle fan, so he does.

As if our wingers ever get that close to the byline. What's he like accepting a cross from the half way line?

I have to admit, I do love it when you talk about your pain of having to support Barca. Then I remember you're also one of us.

Monitored by 3 premier league clubs including spurs everton and palace. Hmm wonder which other PL club is interested. Arsenal IMO Fat Andy is there. Good shout. Have I been whooshed? 3 Premier league clubs including 1. Spurs 2. Everton 3. Palace, yet you're trying to guess another?

Were they asking him about how we compete with Man City?

Sounds like a proper football man. Used to be a Scunny legend. What a wanker.

Im not worried about GK, and we won't be bringing in any CB's better than what we have. Merino will be starting now the next few games.. I think the problem position is DM, Hayden showed his inexperience at the weekend. Didn't impose himself at all. We can't have a full season of that. http://www.themag.co.uk/assets/jack-colback-praying-newcastle-united-nufc-650x400.jpg

£990k which could rise to £6m

Moat was never gonna make it happen and that is why I moved on from him as a partner and tried to go it alone. I was making progress twards raising the funds (almost $20K) when MA pulled the team off the market. The funds are in escrow should the opportunity arise for me to bid again. I'm confused. You had 20k sitting there and this indicated you were on your way to matching Ashley's asking price? Please tell me someone else is gonna jump on this too. I've got £20k sat in the bank too, can I join in? Look at me! Look at me! I've got £20k in the bank! Got loads of cash dude. Tory init.

If we'd sold Mitro then brought this guy in, having already bought a replacement for Murphy and a new number 10, I'd be quite happy with this. One of Gayle/Joselu/Mitro/Riviera with Perez/DiameDe Jong in behind doesn't look like many goals does it.

I was hoping it was a typo, and it was $200m

Sociedad don't want the Port Vale player in July, as Real Madrid haven't signed their player yet (for £5m in might add, far too good an offer to turn down). I agree with you by the way, Nuts off his nut :-D

Moat was never gonna make it happen and that is why I moved on from him as a partner and tried to go it alone. I was making progress twards raising the funds (almost $20K) when MA pulled the team off the market. The funds are in escrow should the opportunity arise for me to bid again. I'm confused. You had 20k sitting there and this indicated you were on your way to matching Ashley's asking price? Please tell me someone else is gonna jump on this too. I've got £20k sat in the bank too, can I join in? My 20k, your 20k, his 20k, we're so close to our goal. would that run the club for 1 day? Come on man, there's more than 3 of us, despite the username consortium of one. Oh wait, his are dollars. What's that these days, about £15k? That's all I'm putting in then.

I'm still not seeing the logic. If a club is so desperate for money they can still sell and if they are desperate for money to use on new players then they just change the timing. Sell player on July 15 instead of August 15. He's saying that if Real Madrid buy a player from Sociedad, Sociedad then can't come and raid Port Vale for a replacement, even if Port Vale need £200k for upgrading the gents toilets.

Moat was never gonna make it happen and that is why I moved on from him as a partner and tried to go it alone. I was making progress twards raising the funds (almost $20K) when MA pulled the team off the market. The funds are in escrow should the opportunity arise for me to bid again. I'm confused. You had 20k sitting there and this indicated you were on your way to matching Ashley's asking price? Please tell me someone else is gonna jump on this too. I've got £20k sat in the bank too, can I join in?

The best part of it is that if things don't go well this season people will say 'Rafa isn't actually that good' or 'they were right not to let him waste too much money'. We've already seen it with the criticism of the signings of Sels amongst others. All designed to take the heat off them and load it onto others. See January for ultimate proof of this, Rafa wanted reinforcements to guarantee promotion and lead nicely into this season. They lied to him and fucked him over* but we won the league anyway, so people say they were right to hold back. Had we not won the league, people would have said Rafa failed. If we actually do well this season I'm sure people will say they were right to be careful with the funds. I'll be happy and wonder what might have been. *We're supposed to forget where the funds we didn't spend in January have gone. We had a £40m transfer deficit back then too, which has vanished since Ashley said Rafa could have everything the club generates. I can only assume that back in January they were counting the transfer for Sissoko, Thauvin, Gini etc as money we had, but now they've decided to count is as money we'll eventually have.

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