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He's 20, so he's no where near the finished article, nor has he nailed down his "position", so to speak. From what I've seen, he might be 20 but he's built like a man. Strong, quick, technical, plays between the lines but still quite rough around the edges and still quite inconsistent. Natural comparisons would be with Richarlison or perhaps a more physical version of Ayoze Perez. Apparently his work rate is top drawer too, so he's right up Eddie's street. In short, he can play anywhere across the front but he's not accomplished in any position yet but he's still probably going to offer more than Chris Wood.

81 pages man. Howe said "not entirely correct", in other words "its partially correct", which means we have pretty much agreed a deal. Don't fucking worry, we will either sign him or we will move onto another target. There's only 9 days of this shit left, so don't worry it will be over soon.

Gomez, Milner, Elliott, Henderson, Firmino, in the side is not suggestive of a club who's had a great transfer window. They haven't progressed at all.

It's weird isn't it. Even good journalists get 1 wrong occasionally, Romano just keeps getting them right.

It will be down to structure and fees etc. There's no way it doesn't happen now. Especially now that Sarr has fallen through to Villa.

Need an Ornstein or a Leventhal to throw their hat into the ring.

It's good because I'm not THAT invested in this, so it's kind of funny watching the journos contradict one another. Romano will be right though. Edwards and Burt have been on the blower to each other. Could do with Ornstein as a ref.

Romanos 100% record on the line here.

This would have to be the first time he has got something wrong and that's incredibly unlikely. We've almost certainly agreed a fee but are still discussing payments.

Get the yellow ticker going.

Cheers ON?

I'm aware of that but it's still a journalist putting their name to it.

Get in. Just need a few more to confirm.

I'd like to think some sensible meetings have taken place over the weekend, where they discussed the potential position we are in and the value of perhaps over paying slightly in order to maximise the chance of us getting European football. Surely any 10m we might over spend, will be quickly offset by the money we would gain from finishing higher in the league and potential commercial deals from playing in Europe? I'm not for a second suggesting caving in to demands and throwing money around but if there's a small gap between a star like Maddison or Paqueta, we should do it.

Trippier almost cost us the game against Brighton but I find very little merit in nit picking individual performances when the team performance is so good. Every player has moments but the real question should be; does their all round play contribute to a better team display? For every bad day that a Trippier, Burn... even Bruno might have, they will have 10 good ones and ultimately win us more points than they lose us. Just wait until Pope's first error, plenty will quick forget the two points he's saved us in the last two games.

Covering his bases nicely.

Hadn't realised that it's only 9 days. That crept up. 2 games on TV and deadline day all in the next 9 days. NUFC content galore. Great.

Rather helpful for us.

Compare that to what Klopp would have said/blamed.

He's been excellent so far, considering the games he's been in. He will come into his own when we are dominating the ball.

If they get their 2 signings, we will get 7th. Mainly because it means we have options from the bench.

Go and have another look at the free kick. Jesus, it gets better every time I watch it.

The good thing is that we have a core of reliable players who can come in; Dubravka, Krafth, Lascelles, Manquillo, Wood, Fraser, Longstaff.

Play like Almiron.