Unbelievable

It’s the only reason he was signed permanently in the Autumn tbh. Precisely

While you were basking in the glory of knowing things could be worse Ashley has only gone and sold one of our best players. Thought you might want to know before you start your zen like snooze

We all know if they’ve offered Ashley a chance to double his money it’s something he couldn’t resist and Mikel would be gone, so therefore I have no trouble believing therr may be something in this despite how idiotic it would be.

Nah, even wor lot isn’t that ... Oh wait...

POTY decided before the end of January

“Clearly been active in the transfer market”

The two things are fine. You can question a player's potential quality and question why the club that presumably believes in his quality isn't willing to pay the asking price. Maybe they believe he is a 15m player not the 20m asked by Feyenoord? Then they should only need to look at our current striker situation to realise that they're idiots. It's never ever about how much it's worth as part of the bigger picture. If you're dying of thirst, you pay whatever it costs for a glass of water, you don't die while patting yourself on the back for not being held to ransom. It's quite obviously a ransom situation, pay what you have to pay to survive. I wouldn’t liken it to a ransom situation at all. There is just absolutely no intelligent planning going on; it’s all about the deal with Ashley. We are the tightest cunts possible in terms of fees and wages when we try and get someone in yet when it’s time to sell we want top dollar. The needs of the squad are completely secondary to making as big a margin as possible on every single transaction we do. Sadly what goes for players goes for the club as a whole too - we’ll only ever get rid if a buyer is willing to pay a massive premium over what we’re actually worth. The worst thing for me is us fans are letting him get away with it time and time again.

The two things are fine. You can question a player's potential quality and question why the club that presumably believes in his quality isn't willing to pay the asking price. Maybe they believe he is a 15m player not the 20m asked by Feyenoord? Like they did before with Aubameyang and Lacazette. They are undoubtedly masters of player valuation even ignoring the cost of another likely relegation due to our Championship squad.

They will blame it for another transfer window “failure” regardless

We must be near the top of the Premier League bidding table like

In the real world: Joselu and Ayoze Perez

Both Plus Messi

I hate the phrase “must win” for a game in January, but a good result here could be absolutely vital.

Good luck with that. Feyenoord have him on a 3.5 year deal and the World Cup is coming up. Why would they sell him on the cheap now with little to no time to secure a replacement because NUFC are pretending they will go for someone else if they don’t cave in? They’ve got us by the balls and the know it. If the deal falls through it will in all likeliness hurt us far more than it will hurt them. They already have a replacement in van Persie? Van Persie has been brought in as Kuyt’s replacement - the role of experienced talisman. He has barely played in the last two years and there are huge question marks about his current ability and fitness. They’re also letting go of another forward (Kramer) and only have an unproven 18 year old (Vente) beyond that. No way was Van Persie brought in to replace their star striker with practically no cover.

Good luck with that. Feyenoord have him on a 3.5 year deal and the World Cup is coming up. Why would they sell him on the cheap now with little to no time to secure a replacement because NUFC are pretending they will go for someone else if they don’t cave in? They’ve got us by the balls and the know it. If the deal falls through it will in all likeliness hurt us far more than it will hurt them.

Van Bronckhorst: Source: https://www.nu.nl/voetbal/5105336/van-bronckhorst-stelt-jorgensen-gewoon-ondanks-transfergeruchten.html

That’s from a very reliable source, so almost certainly true. Shame he doesn’t say what the second bid was.

Loan with option to buy apparently. If he can still cut the mustard we should be all over that.

? Over the past two decades they’ve barely had a pot to piss in. Lately the situation has been improving (winning the title and qualifying for CL will have helped), but they are planning the construction of a new stadium and this year it looks like they may miss out on European football altogether so I would say they’re still not in a stable situation financially.

According to a journalist

Suarez, Van Persie, Van Nistlerooy, Kuyt and many more. I think it's just more of a lottery than normal really. I think if you watch them as players rather than their league, you'll probably get a better idea. I think the only player who looked brilliant before arriving and then wasn't, was probably Kezman. Vincent Janssen. AZ. App: 34. Goals 27 Spurs. App: 27. Goals 2. Theres many. I think striker wise. Van Nistelrooy and Suarez are the exception. To carry 20 plus goals over into the EPL. It just worries me that league, equally scotland would if we got Dembele. I think the situation we are in and unable to sign proven, presents a risk, a gamble. Just dont be dismissive of that. I wouldn't be the kind of dick to say I told you so, I font know the player, but it still worries me. The drop is now ony 3pts. Is he our saviour? Equally there is no need to be so dismissive of the Eredivisie even though Dutch football is going through a very rough patch. It is my contention more world class forwards have spent their formative years in Dutch academies or learnt their trade in this league than in English ones in recent decades. I’ll simply say: Romario, Van Basten, Gullit, Ronaldo, Bergkamp, Van Nistelrooij, Kluivert, Mackaaij, Van Persie, Robben, Ibrahimovic, Suarez and that’s me probably forgetting a few good ones too. No need to go on like we’re some football backwater. Well we are at the moment, but plenty of players have been developed here, and plenty more will follow.

I have and I think he can be a success here, but he could also be a flop. For us to get in a striker who will be a guaranteed success we’ll need to spend a multitude of the 20m said to be available, and even then it could end up in failure (and probably would considering this is NUFC we’re talking about).

Suarez, Van Persie, Van Nistlerooy, Kuyt and many more. I think it's just more of a lottery than normal really. I think if you watch them as players rather than their league, you'll probably get a better idea. I think the only player who looked brilliant before arriving and then wasn't, was probably Kezman. Oh, plenty more have (Alves, Ruiz, etc), but many more players than the ones you mentioned from Eredivisie have also looked brilliant in the PL (Robben, Hasselbaink, VdV, Bergkamp, etc.) It’s just a strange notion that transfers from Eredivisie clubs are somehow different from any other player transfer from one club to another. Plenty of players have moved clubs within England and even the PL and failed. It’s almost like getting a new player in is always a bit of a risk.

Anyway, yous can all rest assured, because we’re not getting him or anyone in his price bracket