£45m rejected without counter is time to move on. They're within their right to want silly money for him, but at the same time we need to be sensible too.
Need that Newcastle transfer rumour boom-bust transfer cycle diagram
Usual name linked -> Excitement -> Counter non-excitement -> Nothing happens and rumour ends up being BS until next rumour for the same player.
Well we stopped going after the Brunos, Isaks, Botmans and Tonalis in the past few windows so I'd say we are to blame for that as well. If all we want are established PL players the Sky 6 will continue to wipe their arse with our shortlist.
He'd bring depth up front, as a number 10 and would allow us not to struggle against mid-table low block teams. Definitely worth the price.
Also might actually beat Brighton for once instead of putting in shit non-performances every time we play them.
Any PL based player that would actually improve he eam is gonna be roughly £50-60m base fee, other than goalkeepers. That's why it would be madness to do all of our shopping in the PL market.