GeordieDazzler

Yep, as if we don’t sign him we are back in the position of having Wood as our only back up striker, for the next month anyway.

I honestly think their fuckery with Lingaard in Jan was an attempt to get us relegated. Most of us thought we were still too short upfront.

He has a load of folk running that account man

Loan only. 17m loan fee please.

My score app says no yellow cards issued, that can’t be right?

The club has been very exacting about trying to get value but I think they see the need for depth up front was pretty urgent. They could either wait for a unicorn deal where you got an exceptional player at a steal or bite the bullet and get a forward. Isak is still very young and has performed in two major Europe leagues, including one exceptional season. The entry level for that sort of player is about what we’ve paid. The big 6 and their continental equivalent have driven the inflation of this market to insane levels unfortunately. We’re likely going to pay £30m for an unproven 20 year old without the track record of Isak. Ramos similarly was about €35m for a player unproven outside of Portugal. Its hard to judge the value of these deals without being able to see into the future. Our scouting has been pretty good for these marquee players - I’m confident we’ve looked at the players in that price bracket and decided he was the best fit.

The striker market is so tough at the moment. 60m seems to be the starting point for most of the strikers with his profile and hype. We were quoted the same for DCL.

Do you guys know where San Sebastián is ffs. it’s like a five second google search.

Mallorca is like 500 miles away from San Sebastián

Quick… to the flight tracker!

that’s pretty decent

the only quotes I saw from him was tantamount to a no comment

If you got both any they hit their potential you could have solved the striker position for the next 10 years or so.

The brass neck of anybody associated with Barca accusing us of financial doping

Shows the quality of the job he’s done that I have faith Eddie can turn ‘pretty great’ into ‘elite’.

This is from his podcast yesterday - doesn’t sound like someone who thinks they are injured. Think we are just being ultra cautious with him for his and our sake.

I was thinking that the Harrison and Maddison interest might be a set up for next summer, they will both be in the last year of their contract then (I think?) so available at a better price. We are just letting them know we want them so if we come back in for them they can see they club has held a long term interest and has a plan for them.

Don’t underestimate the pull of Emile Krafth in getting this over the line

lights go out during the NUFC TV interviews. The sound of Samba music floats through Little Benton…HOLY SHIT THATS PAQUETA’S MUSIC…

https://theathletic.com/2611588/2021/08/24/the-athletics-10-euro-stars-alexander-isak-a-modern-footballing-unicorn/?source=user_shared_article don’t know how to remove the paywall

Double unveiling lads

Millar is Euro leagues correspondent for the Mirror

Could be an important signing, if he does well we can start to establish a reputation as a proving ground for young Brazilians. We were linked to a lad from Santos a while back weren’t we? We may get a few of those sort of direct from Brazil transfers if this goes well.

Didn’t PSG offer less for Ekitike?