Unbelievable

What if the accountants say we can't afford 65m?

Left to right for opening match thread starting: ?, Haydn, Disco. Who’s the question mark?

Two goals against decent opposition and this local lad’s thread is about to fall off the front page *bump*

You’re probably dog whistling me with that comment, but there is no way England have a better collection of center backs than Holland do at the moment. Marc Guehi wouldn’t have been in Germany this summer if his cradle was in Amsterdam or Utrecht.

Good runout, we look ready for the new season

White injured I think, so probably that Man City kid. Decent lineup

Trippier, Schar, Kelly, Willock, Bruno, Almiron, Barnes, new striker kid. Could be decent

Sanusi there

Hall has been exceptional again today

Excited to see what Sanussi can do in a strong team

Isak is absolutely useless

Isak is unreal

Penalty!

I think we are ready for the new season

3-0

2-0, great goal Murphy

Can't find a way to watch by the looks of it, so depending on your updates...

Him and Lisandro Martinez; not a fan in general of diminutive Argentinian hot heads in central defense. Feel especially Romero is always a foolish moment of dirtiness away from being sent off.

55m is as high as I'd go, which in terms of PSR adds 11m amortisation plus his wages (7m based on 140k/week sounds about right) would leave us with pretty much no budget for RW (assuming the estimated 50m current loss position in the PSR thread is about right, taking us to 68m of the cleared of the 3 year rolling period 70m 2021/22 loss). We'd be looking at loan to buys unless we manage to sell some players for decent fees. Edit: one and only PSR related post I'll make in here today as it was mentioned. If we buy Guehi we can do some calculations in the PSR thread as details emerge, but I doubt there'd be much room left if any

Hard to blame the Longstaff goal on anybody else like

That works both ways though. Should similar excuses be made for all the players we brought in from abroad under Ashley and who are mostly labelled "shit" on here to this day, despite often having decent careers before and after, the likes of Florin Thauvin and Luuk de Jong? We were after all an absolute basket case of a club. Which brings me to my point: it is not where a player comes from or how "league proven" they are, as long as they have the right mentality and are of the required talent, it's whether where they go have a manager, coaching team, tactics etc. that can get the best out of them. Then there is an element of luck involved (injuries, squad developments, adopting to new surroundings, not getting caught doing something silly off the pitch, etc.) To be more on topic: Marc Guehi is not a guaranteed success here. Like any transfer there would be some risk involved even if he has played a hundred odd PL games to date.

I didn’t say we have..?

They love that PL proven talent at a premium. They are the perfect example. Other clubs are far more cautious in overpaying for PL players in their prime.

Matheus Nunes (53m) Mason Mount (55m) Kalvin Philips (42m) Moises Caicedo (115m) Wesley Fofana (75m) Danny Drinkwater (34m) Romelo Lavia (62m) Marc Cucurella (55m) Richarlison (60m) Just some PL proven players that recently moved between PL clubs and haven’t worked out. There is no transfer without any risk or integration required. You pay more for PL players for a reduced risk, but statements like the above are a massive oversimplification.

I've done a forum search on mentions before the Euros: https://newcastle-online.org/search/?&q=Guehi&type=forums_topic&page=2&quick=1&nodes=5&search_and_or=and&start_before=1714435200&sortby=relevancy In fairness, he has been mentioned as a good option by posters more than I imagined, even at the >50m price range. Fair enough, maybe I've been sleeping over the guy. In any case, as I said, the club have shown numerous times they know far better what they are doing than silly old me, so if he indeed joins I have no doubt he'll be brilliant for us.