toontownman

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/60113004 One for earlier in the window that was linked spuriously with us.. (seems like this January window opened 6 months ago!) Julian Alvarez from River Plate --> Man City

Definitely. I'd rather have CB, DM, CM, Striker, even RW in before a LB. Think we can do fine with Lewis, Manq, Dummett until season end if we really have to.

Willock must be absolutely gutted. Finally gets a chance and plays well. Replaced several days after with 2 players.

Thats a fuck load of money. But again not unheard of, Virgil was 26 when Liverpool spent 75million on him. We must rate him higher than Botman or at least that he would transition quicker to the PL.

Buckle up. This week will be likely madness and crank up day by day until deadline hits. Going to be a ton of misinformation. Re: Bakker - It was weird "all we needed to do was agree terms". That is the opposite to all the other deals we have heard about. If we want him it is not going to be a problem about money. Guess it is possible he didn't want to join with the team where it is but that seems somewhat unlikely too. Either it's still on but we might have found something better, or it was BS to begin with.

How many times do players with this type of narrative come back, turn things around and revive their careers? Even if we got half the player he was it would be an upgrade tbf

Tbf the Bakker and Zapata deals both seemed a bit fishy. Gosens too. If edwards is correct and we managed to get lingard and alli, I think that would rule out Zapata for sure.

Signed up years and years ago. Forgot about it. Then went back to lurk post takeover when I needed even more Newcastle talk, rumours and chat hooked into my veins. It looked very slow in comparison to here. Maybe just hard to manage for the money it takes to upkeep or maybe the owner saw things slowing down, you'd think now is the time it will pick up though. Shame.

He is on the outside of one of the most talented England squads, that has a chance at going the distance in Qatar. Got to think he wants to get back and be involved. That said, if he wants and England call up would mean not moving to Newcastle obviously lol Also just realised if we get Bakker, at 21 years old he shouldn't count towards PL squad limits should he? Another bonus.

Vitor Pereira would be an almighty gamble. A little Dejavu though- https://footballwhispers.com/blog/vitor-pereira-bring-everton/

And then say, "actually I think we will keep him."

Just had to drop off Lascelles, Clark, Gayle and Hendrick.

Lamps for Watford? They will likely throw at ton of money at him. This could actually finally be the moment for the man, the myth, the overlinked not really much of a legend... Fonseca.

Team is really rolling in the league and is starting to look too good for it. Is it only first that gets promoted though isn't it? Still achievable. Hopefully we apply to move up anyway!

Telegraph saying Howe is hoping for up to 5 more. Think we might get 3, 5 would be un-real. Not convinced we need two CB's though if we get Bakker who has played in back 3's and CB. Don't think we really need a GK right now either. Carlos, Bakker, DM, Lingard/Alli and Zapata. Dump Gillespie (or Darlow), Longstaffs on loan, Hendrick, Gayle, Clark, maybe Lewis on loan too if we get Bakker. Then a toss up with Krafth and Fernandez to make room.

Huge point for Burnley. Still alive.

Tarkowski has been mint. Cheeky bid going in for sure.

To be fair this is what we all get for watching an Arsenal game.

Arsenal are utter pish.

Apologies if already posted. Sucks for Comoros. https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/60104273

Feck me, only just saw that challenge. How is VAR not telling the ref its a straight red. That is unbelievable. So late and so clear, absolutely nasty stamp.

If there is one team we can consistently never rely on to give us a result when we need it, it is Arsenal! Hopefully they make the breakthrough next half.

I think the biggest factor is how little play time he has had the past couple of years. He is running himself into the ground every game but he doesn't physically have the same stamina he did when at bournemouth under Howe. Hopefully he just gets stronger. We know there is a player there from his Bournemouth days, IF his body let's him.

Again hoping the Zapata patter is true. It seems like we have identified strong athletic beasts to give us much more presence to assert ourselves in games. Carlos, Botman, Badiashile, Bakker, Bisouma, Fofana, Haidara, Wood, Zapata. Pretty much everyone linked is a big bastard or physically beastly in a non Luke Chadwick way. Trippier is a bit of an outlier in physical stature but he is an absolute terrier. Pace, power and physical presence. I'm fucking all here for it if we can bring it in.

Prefer Kamara as he can play at the back too but Bisouma is proven in the league. Provided not proven guilty in court it would be a cracking signing. Exactly what we need.