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Having a laugh at £40m. Walk away.

Who wouldn't want to join the World Champions tbh. Glamorous club, in glamorous city, with glamorous pay.

I'm pretty sure they're developing a stadium design after seeing evidence that suggests so. Can only think the planners and Newcastle City Council are dragging the process out.

They seem to be taking it up another notch. Not just two starting 11's for domestic and Europe, but both of those also having a quality back up for each position. So basically 44 quality players. And then they have, what, 15-20 farmed out on loan. Fucking absurd.

If he's training alone after being sent home from Glasgow, that would suggest Howe doesn't see Isak remaining at this club. Just praying his move is not to a breakaway club.

Some clutching a straws here like. If he's training alone, I doubt he'll be on that flight.

Time to move on

When do we fly to Singapore? That should put this to bed, surely.

500k per week *basic*. Apparently over 800k per week with bonuses.

300K is out of the question unless the owners takes urgent action on sponsorships. But even then the PL will no doubt hold it up for months as they determine if it's a related party or fair value. It's fucking infuriating.

We basically missed our chance on this one last year. There's worse keepers than Pope, so not too despondent at him remaining first choice this season. It's that we at least a quality defender, midfielder and forward down that's got me anxious.

Christ almighty, that's crazy. Except for maybe Spurs, the breakaway clubs are operating in a different universe to the rest of us. Top 4 could be a closed shop of Pool, City, Arse and Chelsea. Just got to hope Man U, Spurs and Villa have a poor summer.

Lost count of all the new regulators and quangos Labour have set up in just a single year. After pledging to cut down on them of course.

Another article reminding us of what we already know https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/25328635.newcastle-united-need-start-tackling-challenges-psr/

Wouldn't that also be a related party transaction, so UEFA won't recognise the paltry £113 million in our accounts when it comes to financial compliance? Yep, this move would make absolute sense for the club

Just imagine if we go into the Villa game with a smaller squad than last season It's looking increasingly plausible. Was daft getting rid of Longstaff when we're already chronically short.

I don't think we've even reduced the commercial revenue gap on the breakaway 6, have we? I'm pretty sure they've managed to whack there's up to maintain the massive gap. The lack of activity on sponsorships, training ground and stadium are an utter joke. We're essentially at our limit - likely one decent season around 4-5th then maybe regress to 6-7th if the breakaway 6 re-assert themselves with their seemingly insurmountable spending power. Maybe PiF have decided this is now good enough?

It was £100,000

If you're already running a loss from day to day club operations, including player salaries, then yes, it would make sense. PSR isn't just about transfer profits and loss. We're always going to be struggling near the top unless we raise regular club income by 50% or so.

Well yeah, should have phrased it better. As in use a second string as much as we can. Longstaff would have been ideal for cup games.

I've been saying for weeks we need to abandon the domestic cups for 25/26 season. But with sheer strength of Liverpool, Arse, City, Chelsea, and potentially Villa, Spurs and Man U, repeating CL qualification will still be tall order with such a limited squad.

What a fucking calamitous summer this is turning out to be.

Definitely. Everything hints towards a want-away player. I think Liverpool will be back with an offer early next week. Hopefully not less than £140m. Next few weeks are gonna be super stressful, as we already need three top players.

The short career line concerns me the most. Suggest to me that Isak has told the club he want to play at the very top and/or earn at the very top, and we can't really offer either.

Jesus christ, the quotes keep getting worse I think he's off this summer unfortunately, probably to Liverpool.