The College Dropout

Would’ve got shit money, no?

Still not registered Olmo. Dont see how they can afford £120m+ and wages. Don’t have to be ‘bling bling’ to get paid the amount other professionals of your quality do. Weird post. Like i said, the club don’t seem to be in a rush which is a bad omen imo for him being here beyond 2026. I guess the club may want to see where we are financially come the summer. I assume the club haven’t decided whether we will break up the band and rebuild or attempt to find a way to build on what we already have. Things change Quickly. But for most of the last 18 months we’ve been 2-4 players away from being a serious team. GK, RW, RCB + ST/another quality player. And keep who we want. That team challenges well in all fronts. I hope PIF think ‘let’s keep the core of this and build’ and find levers to make that a reality.

True. But we are at a point where Isak is underpaid and if he wants to stay, he would want a new contract on better terms. From the little i've heard/read Isak is more keen on a new contract than us. Which is somewhat positive.

Tbf the players are shit and don't get big club bias/rep.

We dodged a bullet there

They're replacing Philogene, no? Similar fees I think.

Who can afford him abroad in Europe? PSG, Real maybe Bayern. There’s as many options in the PL as the whole of Europe. The fee is dependent on our FFP and other PL clubs FFP. We should’ve signed him up again last summer. Now the wage demands are probably untenable but let’s hope. We don’t seem too pressed to get it done like we did with Gordon. I think the club might want to sell him in 2026. He’ll have £20m left of his amortisation costs. Massive accounting profits.

Contradicted yourself a bit. The key thing is salary. We've finished above Man U once in the history of the PL - thanks to Isak. We've not finished above Arsenal in the league for how many years? If they pay the money, Isak would entertain it.

Spurs-tastic transfer.

Wishful thinking in here imo. If Man U or Arsenal put up the money and we don't - he would consider it. I don't either will though.

Aye. With the possible exception of Chelsea. But like Chelsea - they’ll get to exploit loopholes others can’t.

It’s not a safer bet like. A lot of great PL sides were built off the back of ‘top’ sides buying the best players from the division from other clubs. Cole, Yorke, Campbell, Cantona, Ferdinand, Carrick, Tevez, Rooney, Berbatov, Van Persie etc. PL started losing recipes when the likes of Bale went abroad. He should’ve gone to Man U or Chelsea the first time he won Player of the Year. Go out buy the best the PL has to offer is a good strategy. I don’t think he ends up at Arsenal though. Chelsea are more likely to make it happen.

And Arsenal are one of the biggest 10-15 clubs in the world. After the tier ones (Real, Juve, Bayern etc.) it's them and the likes of Atleti.

The "£150m" is entirely dependent on our FFP position. If Arsenal have the money and ambition Isak would go. They would pay him (close to) £300k. That's sort of the level Isak is at and the money he should aim for. If he doesn't extend by the end of the summer, I expect him to be sold the following summer. He deserves the money and we'll need to cash in.

AFTV Robbie is a solid bloke from what I’ve seen. He just platforms the Arsenal fans lunacy. It’s some of the recurring characters that put on an act that I don’t like.

Game not available in the UK? At least I don’t have to watch a Madrid pasting.

Idc about Joshua Zirkzee pal.

2 of which I don’t expect to be here next season.

Havertz has missed some fucking gilt-edged chances this week tbf. Saka is their only killer. Havertz, Trossard, Odegaard- none of these are killers. One thing I like about our squad is that we have 3 or 4 killers.

Zirkzee? Utter shit.

Might watch the other match for the next 15 minutes. Very boring game.

Most one footed player I’ve ever seen. cant even trap the ball with his right.

When could he?

Having similar revenues sustained. And probably need top 3-4 revenues to sustain title challenges season on season. Without the revenues you can’t pay the wages. Without the wages you can’t keep the top players. Like I said - I suspect we’ll have to sell a top player to invest significant money in the squad to comply with current and future financial regulations. The well managed top 6 clubs don’t have to do that. What goal. Miley.

There’s no world where Newcastle United break the top 6 cartel as a concept through ‘organic growth’ An interest free new stadium or a world class academy isn’t organix growth.