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Bit of luck levels up the clear penalty shout they purposely didn't show a replay of. Kicking off now too. lovely.

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Looked like a fair penalty shout there, would have to see on replay.

Spanish defence is decent. They are well organized and physical in general. Pretty impressed. Our midfield is getting dominated out of the game and their full backs have our wide players locked down.

Really close from Gordon and then again. amazing work.

Yeah but apart from the the stats, the goals, assists, the two legs, the irrigation and the wine...what has Harvey Barnes ever done for us?

Definitely doing all we can to shift: Darlow, Manquillo, Fraser, Hayden, Hendrick, Lewis Shifting if we get the players in: Lascelles, Krafth Might shift if we get cover in the squad and the price is right: ASM, Dubravka, Murphy Could be some shocks on top of that I suppose. Could also see them pushing for Ritchie and Dummett to take pay cuts on new contracts. They seem earmarked to be guardian players in the squad and maybe to play in the reserves to help younger players.

Ahh the nausea when he ends up at Liverpool.. https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/07/newcastle-and-liverpool-interested-in-federico-chiesa-as-agent-travels-for-talks-19090441/?ito=newsnow-feed

Can @khay start a Chiesa thread? Still not sure that this transfer happens but looks good so far!

He has played through the middle before but predominantly on the left. Given the squad depth we need I hope this doesn't mean the end of ASM. I can also see Gordon impressing with England through the middle being a real boost and moving him into 3rd striker on our depth chart (I guess he was probably there anyway). Still need a RW though.

My first thought was.. inviting Nice as part of the negotiations for Thuram.

Dan looks like he is either about to pile on, is awkwardly waiting for a hug or just waiting to catch one of them, scared they will fall over.

Was pure class under Rafa. Versatile on the pitch filling in at RB and CB as well as DM. Sadly seemed to regress to broken and unfixable under Bruce. If Howe didn't want to keep him before then he must be too far gone. Can't see Eddie changing his mind. Real shame as he only just turned 28 a few months back, should be in his prime.

Luke Edwards will play it down and poo poo it

Clearly Mehrdad's F1 tweet has tipped him over the edge and he wants out.

Well Nmecha didn't work out. We had to move on to a different prejudice.

Leicester are good at rinsing so probably true but press have been saying 30m to West Ham this week. Reports us say 40m. Seems cheap but he isn't a full regular England international like Maddison. If that is accurate there is a good chance we can get 10-20m more than that for ASM. Especially if Saudi is the destination. I'd still rather keep ASM and just get a RW but if the Barnes rumours are true then maybe that's the moneyball thinking ?

Been long term linked to Juve but also linked to us back in April. https://www.caughtoffside.com/2023/04/27/newcastle-keeping-tabs-on-25-year-old-serie-a-defender/

Only reason I can see us getting Barnes is if we are shipping ASM away for a much bigger profit and using that to go for a bigger RW like Diaby.

Another one falls.

Would be in a right stew.

LW is stocked. We know Big Joe and Little Joe can operate there and Howe put Isak there. Then we have Gordon, ASM, Almiron, even Murphy at a push. The right side is more problematic. I think little Joe has played there hasn't he? Another young versatile right sided forward would be good.

52m? What happened to 35m he was going to Liverpool for lol. At 35-40m I could see us being interested but we aren't spending 52m on another CM when a creative wide right attacker and LB are bigger priorities, arguably a CB would be ahead of another CM. It's possible Eddie is thinking both Big and Little Joe can push out to wide left with another CM addition. Thuram would certainly be an immense addition just don't see it unless we are spending nearer 200m this window.