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Fucking hell Kenedy is shite like.

Where's 28m been mentioned?

McBride was good. As was Landon Donovan for the brief time he was here. Claudio Reyna’s time was cut short by injuries but he clearly had what it took to play in the PL. Same with Stu Holden. Geoff Cameron was a competent defender for Stoke for a few years. I’ll go to the grave defending Yedlin as a PL-quality fullback. There really haven’t been a ton of players to make the jump from MLS tbh Thing is they were ok the names being mentioned but not a massive success which when your paying the reported 24 - 30 million for is what would be required Only for Newcastle, if we are being honest, though. This club's competitors are spending 20+ million on reserves and young players. Leicester spent 75% of Newcastle's transfer record for a 25 year old that would exclusively be their reserve keeper. Not sure any clubs that are our direct competitors are spending £20m+ on reserves like. But I do agree that £25m doesn't equal instant great in todays market, nowhere near. I mean when you think about it we spent 75% of our transfer record on a reserve as well (Murphey). You've got to start at £20m+ these days just to get a good player (unless you strike gold like for someone like Fernandez of course).

Class, offer 3 dollars.

Was just wanting to know exactly what was said. Seen it now like.

Anyone watching SSN?

Talk of £22m being the fee, coming from another Journalist/presenter over there. EDIT: Actually he's said the deal will make Almiron the most expensive Paraguayan Footballer in history. Which means at least £22m apparently.

The guy who's said this is a pretty well respected sports presenter in Almiron's home country isn't he?

I'm just clinging to the hope that he knows we're now at the most attractive we'll ever be under him (Rafa and Premier League), if he doesn't sell now, we lose both of those and bang goes his last chance of getting anywhere near what he wants for us. Pretty sure I thought similar this time last year Rafa is gone if Ashley is still here at the end of the season. I think the two of them both know they see the club as different entities in terms of what it is and what it could be. If Rafa goes, for Ashley to want to carry on his shite of spending minimally to get PL safety, he'd need to spend significantly on the playing staff as the twat brought in as manager will be some clueless cunt. If that happens, relegation will surely happen and no PL and no Rafa would equal a major drop in both value of the club and advertising for his horrid company. I think right now would be the time to sell in terms of maximising profit for the club, but you can never second guess that wanker. Also if we go down next season who would Ashley be able to cash in on to minimise his losses? Last couple of times he was able to sell big names to fund spending for promotion and still minimise losses. Couldn't do the same this time because we've got nobody that would be in demand.

Purely based on Youtube scouting, he seems to have a bit of Ben Arfa about him.

Yeah, would hate it if we signed Neymar :| Yep, absolute cunt and everything that's wrong with the game.

Or how about pay for those player upgrades with the money we bring in and it won't actually cost new owners anything. Especially if a new owner makes an effort to increase revenues, rather than siphoning it off like the fat cunt does.

Not really. He got the whole shebang for 90m which is less than even the stock on hand is worth. He can't lose in this deal. Less than the stock at full retail price aye, but he'll never get that for it. Also with the company continuing to make losses he'll be more than £90m in now.

Was Howe really moaning there because only 4 minutes stoppage time?

What the fuck was 8 minutes injury time about like? Just got in from work so didn't see the first half.

That's basically the modern day equivalent of Gazza wanting a sunbed for his sister etc tbh. Players are gonna try it on. It's up to the clubs to draw the line where they see fit. Not that big of a deal imho. He's allowed to ask, yes and its up to the club to draw the line, yes. None of that changes the fact the bloke is obviously a complete and utter tosser to be asking for a private plane with what he's on. What? You make it sound like he's risking his health ffs.. What long term health effects does it have vs people who actually work for a living?, what drawbacks? Its a short career, that already guarantees him £40m even if he never plays another game in his life. But aye he needs a plane.

£28m worth of Evans cycles stock is worth about £14m at best like. Still a profit like.

We played a lot better without Shelvey and Schar was a big improvement over the snake. Perez also played better than he has for a bit, needs to be dropped once in a while to keep his hunger up. Not saying Shelvey is shite or we shouldnt start him most of the time. I just think sometimes we need a more dynamic player who'll encourage short passing and movement rather than someone who's always looking for the spectacular pass. I think Ki did that today.

Or maybe, they are following his gameplan to a tee but it isn't working. Aye I'm sure his game plan is to not pressure the opposition at all, misplace every pass and constantly lose the fucker you're meant to be marking in defence.

Even if he is injured, its like 10 seconds till half time so why bother now?

Commentator "Mike Ashley in the crowd, hoping his presence will inspire a turn around in fortune". How fucking out of touch can you be?

Getting absolutely pissed on by Watford at home..

What Bishop wants is for fans to listen to the captain and think "yeah maybe we are just causing too much trouble right now, lets stop being so negative about the situation because the team needs all our support and attention". I mean I agree we should definitely focus on Ashley. But I certainly won't be showing any support for Lascelles, for me he's shown himself to be a twat and only deepens my hatred of almost everything to do with the club at the moment. Not bothered if he's boo'd or not right now, but I certainly won't forget that he sold us out.

I'd be very surprised yes, the Premier League already dwarfs every other Football competition in the world for TV money and even thats been slowed down a bit with the newest packages. Not to mention people do actually support other teams in the Premier league outside of the top few. Those fans aren't going to pay subscription fees only to watch a super league that has no involvement with them. So significant money will still need to be paid for Premier League rights. There's only so much cash you can gauge out of people. I think clubs from some of the other leagues going into a super league will see big improvements in TV money, but for instance Man United? No I don't see there TV money shooting up to a point where it would make the cash they get now look like a pittance, not even close.

A pittance compared to what they can make in a closed shop super league. People are vastly underestimating the money these clubs can earn by fucking off. Now, hopefully it’ll all burn to the ground if they do, but there’s very little UEFA can do to stop it if the clubs make the decision purely from a money perspective and not history/sporting perspectives. What's this based on though? The idea that they could earn so much more in a super league as to make the hundreds of millions clubs earn from the Premier and Champions League every year seem like a pittance.