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They've seen the Savona link and drawn some goofy conclusions. That Savona looks very slow and cumbersome at full back. He looks like a centre back playing out of position. Replacing Tino with that guy would be laughable.

We also don't even know what negotiations are ongoing and how long ago they started!

Well, that's because we're not signing any more players and everything is bad forever ...

That Savona isn't really up to scratch I don't think. Can't see it being him we're after. I think if we're looking at a Juve centre back it will be Tiago Djalo, the guy that won Ligue 1 partnering our very own Sven Botman in France. I saw his name pop up as an option for us a month ago. https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/newcastle-united/news/newcastle-united-weigh-move-serie-defensive-star/6a7d5ab66c1c9fea74d1acaf We were strongly linked with him before he joined Juve. He got injured early on there, and it didn't quite work out. Think he was on loan at Porto last year. When all these expensive striker bids started going in for the likes of Pedro and Ekitike, it did make me wonder if we'd be saving money by getting Djalo in on loan initially, ash he'll likely be available on that sort of deal. He fits more the sort of profile people want in a Botman partner, and already played with him and won a title doing so in France.

You're right, but it will fall on deaf ears unfortunately.

Exactly, he's in charge of it all now

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This place is truly unbelievable during the summer transfer windows man

Right ... whose next on the list then. James has screwed this one up.

Or the random Kuqi or Sibierski signing!

It certainly seems to get some people really down missing out on players. If it got to me that much, I'd for sure just check back in at the end of August. I find all of the transfer manoeuvring really interesting though, and I feel confident we'll get in what we need at the end. It's far better than the silence during the Mike Ashley years throughout the window, with the confirmation on the morning of deadline day that we were closed for business! Was the absolute worst.

I don't really understand what Man United are doing really. Brentford asked for £65 million for a guy that just scored 20 goals in the Prem and has been a solid performer for a few years now. They aren't even being unreasonable with that valuation when you look at the fees for Elanga and Kudus. Think it's Man United ballsing that up. With the Wissa fee, I did wonder if that was so high initially because they were anticipating Mbeumo had pretty much left already, but now that's been on hold for ages, perhaps there's a bit more flexibility with Wissa, and maybe they then shut down the Mbeumo move altogether, which would be just brilliant.

Well no one knows that for certain. So far they've only received a £25 million bid for him, so we don't even know how staunchly they will hold to that £50 million valuation if a team bids higher than that with a full upfront payment. We'll soon find out.

Keep up man. Depends on how much is paid upfront.

That's an interesting wrinkle at the end there, regarding payment terms. Think our £30-£35 million valuation is spot on too, and if we pay most or all of it upfront, maybe we pull that off.

What makes me think there might be some merit to this, is how expensive the deal for Ekitike was starting to look, as Frankfurt were insisting on paying the full release clause.

Heard any tidbits on what we may do next regarding the sort of striker we pursue?

Hmmm. Maybe. Think Wissa is more of a striker/left winger though. Not really a playmaker in the Pedro and Ekitike mould.

Man Utd have lost their minds. Why sign another striker that wants to drop deep and get involved in play, when you have one you don't know what to do with already, as your manager's setup plays two 10s!

Both Delap and Wissa aren't really of the versatile playmaker profile either though, so difficult to say that is purely what it comes down to.

Added bonus of this signing would be further complicating Man United's move for Mbeumo, as they are not keen on losing both this summer

So what's the peak of what should be paid for Wissa then? £30 million? Considering he's also in the final year of his contract too if I'm not mistaken.

Yup. Arsenal fans were really irritating with the Isak thing. But Liverpool fans have been flat out condescending and disrespectful.