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PS it's not an really an initial offer if they aren't going to bid again.

Far more actually.

Do these people think about what they're writing? Jesus

Perfect outcome if true, fuck Liverpool as hard as possible. I don't even care if Isak sulks for 6 months

Yeah we should be doing the other deals regardless really. Can't say I'm confident we are, but we should be.

We also have to drag it out at least until end of next week so he has to come back to training.

Surely the deals all have to be linked? We can't sell him unless we get 2 strikers. It would be way too risky to take the money without any confidence that people are about to sign.

We will sell him without replacements?

Liverpool are not waiting around? What have they been doing since the window opened?

I love you Luke, despite what I said earlier.

Quite possibly, but then he can't be sold.

We can do better than this. PIF is a vast sovereign wealth fund, every decision they make isn't with reference to Newcastle and it's stupid to pretend it should be.

I think we need someone as well as Wissa before we can sell Isak. Wissa alone isn't enough.

It will drag out in any event, because we need 2 signings before he can go.

In a way, but it's more a lack of expertise or decisiveness on the incoming transfers I think. That doesn't mean we're going to give Andy Howe the authority to accept a lowball bid from Liverpool for our best player. This decision will come from the very top.

My view too, even at £150m+ we have to see 2 strikers coming in. If that doesn't happen then he can't be sold.

We certainly won't be selling him until the end of the window if it relies on lining up 2 strikers. We're not close to any at the moment so we simply can't sell him even if we would like to.

Surely not, there's already been reports that Yasir is involved. Why would they settle for a low offer and make themselves look weak?

Yep. Really they shouldn’t be allowed to get him at all, but if they do it has to be a price that’s clearly excessive.

I just think it’s completely unacceptable to allow them all to get what they want now. The approach to this from Isak, his agent and Liverpool (and the media) has been so bad that we can’t possibly reward them with the outcome they want. If I was Yasir I would be absolutely foaming. I know he will go there eventually like, but it’s annoying.

Not fair enough.

I would honestly not sell him to Liverpool now regardless of the price. Spend some money on Wissa and a little more on another backup, put him in the reserves and look into the prospect of not paying him. Obvs won’t happen but that’s what I’d like to see now.

Cheeky little Friday afternoon unsettler bid. Not that he wasn’t unsettled already.

I literally said we shouldn't say stupid stuff about other clubs' ownership.

All the non-NUFC fans I know didn't have a clue about Mike Ashley and what he was doing. Especially the ones that supported Man U while living in London (ie they didn't really follow football closely). Other fans just don't follow ownership issues etc closely enough. Look at the amount of times we'll say something patronising about another club and how they should be happy to survive in the PL, be careful what they wish for and all that shite. Fans should really avoid those opinions on clubs that they don't support.