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Yeah like I said, I havent followed that closely. Who confirmed their valuation? They wanted £10.3 million (which probably was over there normal valuation due to the Euro's coming up) and apparently we offered £9 million.

Not talking about being high profile, I'm saying that its not guarenteed for a players price to increase during a tournement. Had Turan had a bit of a nightmare today with Turkey crashing out of the tournment then I really couldn't have seen his price rising. definitely not, but it is worth his club waiting to see if it does, theyve nowt to lose. I agree they didn't have anything to lose given the current situation. But what this discussion stemmed from was the suggestion that Newcastle had taken a risk by not offering more money in the first place. Offer over the players valuation and Galatasaray do then have something to lose if they reject it.

I'm sure they would now.

He's played 20 something games before the Euro's, so a few games won't make much difference without a good performance or two to catch the eye. Obviously the more games for your country can't hurt. What I was saying is that if we offered over Galatasarays valuation of the player I couldn't see them telling us to f*** off because they know he'll be worth even more after the Euro's.

Not talking about being high profile, I'm saying that its not guarenteed for a players price to increase during a tournement. Had Turan had a bit of a nightmare today with Turkey crashing out of the tournment then I really couldn't have seen his price rising.

Could have gone straight in without the deflection to be honest, he struck it very well, we'll never know nor does it matter.

Eh? What gamble? They just didnt want to sell him before the euros as they knew that what ever happened they'd get more after it. Or are you whoooosing Where on earth does this idea come from that a player can be s***, break both his legs and still be worth more then he was earlier simply because he's played in the Euro's?.. Aye, cos that happens all the time. Even if a player is completely s*** in an international tournament, his club can and will say 'he now has more international caps - give us more money'. I was exagerating you know Dave. I just don't know where people get the idea that every players valuation will sky rocket after a tournement no matter what. It just doesn't work like that at all.

We need 5 or 6 players, so why waste half the likely transfer budget on him? Well why waste is on Modric? I know Spuds fans would disagree but Modric isn't 5-6 players on his own Newcastle seem to think we can afford to spend that kind of money on one player, so my question is if Modric was worth it then why not Turan?

Eh? What gamble? They just didnt want to sell him before the euros as they knew that what ever happened they'd get more after it. Or are you whoooosing Where on earth does this idea come from that a player can be shit, break both his legs and still be worth more then he was earlier simply because he's played in the Euro's?..

Agree with Kimbo, we put in a £16 million bid for Modric, so why not offer something similar for Turan before the competition, with Galatasarays money problems they wouldn't be able to risk turning down that kind of offer.

Turan wins it!!!!! Fuck!!

Bright shut the fuck up about Turan FFS!! Its a Newcastle secret!

Scholari's Chelsea's next manager?!

Fantastic turn and through pass by Turan.. and Tuncay fucks up the one on one. Why do people seem so eager to give the ball to Tuncay in the first place?? I mean he was the obvious option for Turan's pass there, but in general the team just seem to want to pass to Tuncay for to often.. its as if they think he's there star player or something

HAHAHA, what a spastic!! (the Swiss miss that is).

Wave goodbye. I knew it was gone as soon as the ball hit the post

Now the swiss score with the help of some water, bang goes £105, I hate posts and water!!

f***!!! Turan just hit the post, I've got a fiver on him to score first at 20/1

Lovely pass there from Turan.

Who even said we were in for him? Even if we aren't that's worse, he's on the radar per se, he's available for a good price (£6.3M) with a rival getting to him. How is £6.3 million such a good price?

I'd be tempted to place a bet if I knew for sure Turan is starting.

Where are you getting 20/1?

I don't know what UV has to say on the matter at all, I don't normally get involved. Just saw his comments and disagreed.. didn't realise at the time I was commiting a crime on this oh so up tight forum I think some people honestly spend to much time here, me included on occasion.

How about not trying to tell people what they can and can't comment on? This is a discussion forum yeah? Oh and don't worry, if NE5 posts I'll just run

What the hell has stadium enlargement got to do with transfer policy UV? How about buying numerous players in there late twenties to early thirties for millions upon millions on massive wages and long contracts? How about racking up £80 million of debt?, long term-ism that was it? I agree 100% with the policy apparently being taken. If you're going to spend big money on a player then you should try to find someone with quality who's young enough to play for the club for years but still have plenty of resale value should they want to leave or you want to sell them. Its no good spending £10 million on a 29 year old and paying him £60,000 on a 4 year contract. That's £22 million you're never going to see again on a player who might end up failing anyway. We should certainly be open to any age of player at the right price and the right wages, but when looking to spend big we've got to look at young up and coming players IMO.