TRon

Howe wanted him when he was valued at £40m+ so if he's available on a free, then you could easily see it happening. `it would allow us to spend big on other areas so you can see the logic.

I do get the feeling Garnacho is going to go on and become a very successful player once he is out of Man U.

Agree. I think the deal would only work if he was going to be a first team regular. Is he better than Joelinton?

Think back to our last bald winger and it should be enough of a red flag.

People pretend like this doesn't matter, but I preferred Elanga for just this reason. It's not in hindsight either, I brought this up even when we were linked with him. It might be petty, but I just don't recall seeing that many succesful bald players.

Your jobs are not likely to be in a high profile job like DOF at Newcastle United with all respect. I mean it might be possible, but would be highly negligent on Eales part.

At that stage going after Liverpool targets they didn't follow through on probably seemed like a sound strategy. But we should probably have done some scouting of our own as well just so might have picked up that he couldn't actually defend.

Which is also a sign that a player might not have bought in 100% on a move and is hoping some other club might step in or offer more money. New thread or no new thread.

Because much though we like to think we are a fair minded nation, we are still as bent as most others. Just we are more polite and proper about it.

Murphy is 30 though. No one is going to offer £30m for him. Would be different if he was 25.

If he wasn't then you have to question why Eales brought him in in the first place. I know Eales is leaving or has left due to ill health, but you can't afford to get such important decisions wrong.

That would be Mrs Tonali then.

I'd assumed this had already happened already tbh. I said in another thread that he's probably already fixed up to be staying with the Tonalis until he gets his own pad in Tynemouth.

We fooled them into thinking Pedro was our main target when we were after Elanga all along.

No news is good news far as I'm concerned. All the media big hitters reported this as moving towards acceptance yesterday, and Forest haven't told us to do one today...so I'd say we are more or less there now bar a few details.

I think he just found himself in acres of space in one game in particular. You could say he showed he still has good movement, don't think he looked particularly quick though.

What a miserable twat he is.

I agree with you actually. I was watching a podcast discussing Elanga, and all three of these guys was saying he wasn't worth more than £45m, if that. These are Newcastle fans as well. We paid £20m+ for Almiron back in the Ashley days, and supposedly over £40m for Joelinton who was barely known at the time. I think people are really out of touch.

I just assumed that £20-30m price tags meant they were unlikely to be dogshit. But who knows? The mackems might have to pay double just to persuade anyone to venture into the wastelands.

Is anyone else interested in buying him for that much?

Not that I think they will FWIW. Before anyone starts hurling abuse at me for doubting our scouts. I reckon they've spent big to secure players who are ok but most ambitious teams would not really consider.

Would make our recruitment team look like a right bunch of whoppers if any of them turn out to be good.

I would have thought DCL's injury record would rule him out tbh. It's not much better than Wilson's and we'd have to pay him a big wedge if he's coming on a free transfer.

Tonali and his missus might have offered to let him bunk at theirs while he's settling in and learning the lingo. If it's chinks of light you are looking for then it could be true.

That's usually what kills it stone dead tbf