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Happy with this. Don’t make me look a cunt, Chris.

Ta da.

If Wilson wasn't out, would people still be so downhearted? Cambridge was an aberration, but I feel like we've been playing pretty well before that, despite some howkings. I'd obviously love us to get some more business done ASAP, but as others have said we can name pretty much the XI that should have beaten Man Utd. Even if we don't sign anyone by Saturday, which I'd be amazed at, I'll still be heading to the ground feeling like it's a game we should be winning with these players. If no changes and Gayle & Lascelles are fit, I'd go: Dubravka Murphy Krafth Lascelles Schar Trippier Fraser Shelvey Joelinton Saint-Maximin Gayle

Hyperbolic nonsense. We draw both and we're likely in the exact same position we are now, and with a stronger squad. We could beat Watford and lose to Leeds and be in a better position than we are now, particularly if Burnley and Watford draw midweek.

I'd take watching Lascelles at CB over Krafth any day of the week!

Does he definitely still have a source? He hasn't posted a line-up for ages, which points to the fact that he doesn't. It was weekly at one point.

If people could start posting sources, that'd be smashing mind.

From L'Equipe via Google Translate: The meetings between leaders of Monaco and representatives of Newcastle have multiplied this weekend for a transfer of Benoît Badiashile. But the defender's injury could slow the case down. January 11, 2022 at 2:06 p.m Benoit Badiashile is going through a particularly dense period. The young defender of AS Monaco came out injured against Nantes on Sunday (0-0). A muscle relapse that will take him away from the land until the beginning of March. An injury that occurs in a particular context. As revealed in our columns last week, the international Under-21s (20 years old, under contract until 2024) is attracting the interest of at least two clubs in England. While Wolverhampton was positioned last week, it is Newcastle who have accelerated in recent days. Meetings between the leaders of AS Monaco and the representatives of the English club took place, in particular this weekend. The Magpies arrive with solid financial arguments. The potential offer listed would be for an amount of around € 40 million. Enough to convince AS Monaco? The Principality's club has entered into reflection. But can this proposal still hold up with the player's injury? Not sure. Newcastle, in great difficulty in the Championship (19th, 11 points) can hardly afford to recruit a player who will not be available for several weeks. At the same time, Newcastle, who positioned themselves without success on Lille's Sven Botman (21), remains attentive to several cases of right-handed central defenders (Issa Diop ...).

This is what's called elevating a pretty piss poor joke. Thanks man. Has the Reuben plane been used for anything that we know of? Trippier was on the usual Gulfstream wasn't he?

Getting Hoarau to play the Kuqi role, I reckon.

Keep the faith, everyone. Let’s hope today is a good day.

He’s an absolute gobshite man.

Luke uses Twitter like my middle aged aunties use Facebook.

Aye. Getting sick of the football ruining football.

Is there such a thing as a poor man’s Shola!?

Not to mention the fact that if he said the opposite, it probably wouldn't be the best negotiating tactic. Sometimes journalists are working with the club when they comment on stuff.

Is this not just rehashed old news btw? Romano reported €35M being rejected a week ago. I'd definitely be worried™ if we'd just kept bidding the same amount over and over in attempt to wear them down.

Can't respect the opinion of someone who eats like you, sorry.

"Lille refused English approaches for Botman, including one from Newcastle at €35M We will have to be attentive to the central defenders market between this end of the winter transfer window and the next transfer window next summer. Several important clubs in Europe are looking for this position. A significant demand that could drive up prices and do business for French clubs whose players are in great demand. This is the case with Sven Botman. Identified by several European recruiting cells, the central defender is probably the most courted element. But the LOSC is resisting, for the moment, all approaches. Newcastle are however very urgent and made several offers to Lille, the last of which is around 35 million euros. Except that the Lille leaders will end the 2021/2022 financial year positive on the economic level with the qualification in the knockout stages of the Champions League and the sale of Jonathan Ikoné to Fiorentina estimated at 15 million euros. Financial results which, for the moment, allow Lille to resist and to remain firm. Until next summer, when the door will open for Sven Botman." Loïc Tanzi of RMC, via Google Translate.

Merde.

Any fucking sources for fucking fuck's sake?

There's been nothing concrete for a few days, hence we're back to Sven Botman. I've cleared the decks everywhere in anticipation for a joygasm of signing news on multiple fronts.

Was waiting for the Sangare link. Would be very excited by that, should it happen.

I'm sure you used to know your stuff.

Waugh in the Athletic: ”The embarrassing FA Cup exit at home to third-tier Cambridge United has “focused minds” when it comes to securing signings, according to well-placed sources, and the board has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening the squad imminently. Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the club's executive vice-chairman, visited the dressing room following the 1-0 defeat, flanked by Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi, the co-owners, before speaking to Eddie Howe, the head coach. The hierarchy delivered a positive message, attempting to gee up the players, rather than lambast them for the humiliating loss, and vowed that better times lie ahead. Privately, Al-Rumayyan has also stressed the need for further transfer breakthroughs to be made quickly after Kieran Trippier arrived from Atletico Madrid last week.” And “Burnley's Chris Wood is on Newcastle's list of targets, although he is understood to be “one of many” they are considering, both home and abroad. Sven Botman remains Newcastle's top centre-back target, with Howe keen to pair the Dutchman with Diego Carlos, though both Lille and Sevilla respectively are demanding sizeable fees. As first reported by The Athletic, Monaco's Benoit Badiashile is an alternative to Botman, and talks for the 21-year-old intensified over the weekend. Ideally, Howe also wants a left-back and a midfielder, alongside two centre-backs and at least one forward before the window closes.” The critical excerpts.