LionOfGosforth

Christ. That might genuinely be the corniest, most embarrassing thing i've ever read

Depending on the length of service aye, sometimes it's understandable, but generally it's right up there with refusing to celebrate scoring (and making a big thing of it anyway) against some club you played for years back. Vomit-inducing most of the time.

Just the 4 so far, but was considering another watch

Smiles like Gattuso i'd say

I think Isak and/or Wilson are going to absolutely feast on the service Tonali provides from those half spaces he gets into and his accuracy with crosses

"Weldy" ffs. Probably the same scruffy nonce from St Albans who tried to kick Ramsdale and run off

I like Barnes but I don't see that happening at all without sales first, primarily i'd imagine he'd be an ASM replacement, one position we have depth in. Edit - what gbandit said

Someone posted something from IG, don't know if it was a joke or not, with hindsight i'm sure it was. Just tiresome craic, nearly as bad as the Greggs stuff

This bloke is focused like. Can't be arsed with all the analysis of his body language, his lass not being pleased about leaving Milan. This lad is here as a real professional, a winner. He might miss home, sure, but he's here to win and become part of one of the best midfields in the country. It'll take him a bit to acclimatize but I can't wait to see him play for us

You missed "What role did the amazing fans at St James' Park play in your decision to join the club?" Edit - fuck, probably should have read the subsequent replies before posting

It was disappointingly dry in the video though, I looked forward to him coming out against Villa with soaking wet hair like a real Italian

Aye, Targett should be in that list, his rare combination of boyish innocence and stability, puts him above some of the others

Newcastle United have signed AC Milan and Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali. The 23-year-old has signed a five-year contract, becoming Eddie Howe's first signing of the summer as his side prepares for Champions League football. The reported £55m fee would make him the most expensive Italian footballer of all time. Rewind time 2 years and imagine reading that

Aye. If he was widely regarded as one of the very best in his position, and had just had a brilliant season, you could almost understand it. Except he just had a completely trash couple of seasons back to back, looking like he couldn't give a fuck. Similar thing with the junk dinosaur managers who keep getting jobs no matter how poorly they do. Only football massively rewards mediocrity, what a time to even be a modestly talented professional footballer.

Only around double what we'd be even remotely capable of paying. Around 17m a year before tax. Utterly insane.

Besties

Loved a bit of Tijani Babangida myself, always had a thing for direct pacy wingers in the Overmars mould

Don't know exact figures but Diaz, Gakpo, Nunez, MacAllister and Szob have to be about 250-275m between them. MacAllister is a sure hit, brilliant player like.

Don't even recall Liverpool being linked with DS before the past week, might be wrong though. They seem to have come out of nowhere and just done the deal in a couple of days.

Well that's a bit of a shit sandwich to swallow going into the weekend. Maddison didn't bother me that much, always felt that wages-wise, we wouldn't be likely to break our structure. Szob though, was hopeful and excited on that one. Poor, unable to compete scousers penny pinching in the transfer market again eh Jurgen? I'm not concerned, we'll have other exciting options hopefully moving along but it is a bit of a disappointment, think he'd have been awesome on the right side of the attack.

We'd have been in for Winks and lost out to Leicester over wages probably

Funny how Romano doesn't seem to mention wages ad nauseam unless it's one of our deals

Got captured with that song on tape in my room, my mother played it for my dad and my embarrassment, fucking humiliating

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