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The NUFC stream is dead. Long live Portuguese commentary.

Same as usual, Atsu LW/LM Never is in pre-season Blob won't give up #1? Probably thinks the #1 is more slimming.

Anyone who thinks Rondon would be any worse than Gayle needs their head examined.

You watching the match, or? I aspire to “or” watching this.

Nights like these make me wonder what I’m doing with my life.

£50m worth of a backpass then.

They hit the post. Was lagging a bit - did Yedlin throw the ball straight to their player then to put him through?

We should have scored really with that three on two break but Gayle played a crap ball into Atsu’s feet when a better ball (or one to Pérez) would have been a clear cut chance.

Such delayed commentary on the ‘NUFC’ stream Porto just had a shot apparently. Now sounds like the whole operation is under water.

“Good ball from that fella. I don’t know his name.” Glad he said that about one of Braga’s players rather than ours

A song for him would be easy at least. Is he a winger? Aren't we a bit overstocked with them? Isn't that what some people said when we signed Kenedy first time around? Can also play LB. Also Huddersfield are interested in signing him as well.

Completely inappropriate to post that much sense here. Begone!

Given the limited squad we have just need a striker who can make the ball stick higher up the pitch and bring others into the game. Hopefully Rondon can do that if he joins, with the likes of Perez, Muto, Kenedy and Shelvey potentially getting opportunities off him.

Was obvious this was going to be agreed. Else we wouldn’t have spent a few million on a defender or tried to sign a player who may not get a work permit.

Absolutely gutted to hear he’s had a really bad one. Is probably one of my favourite players at the club and really impressed in the second half of last season. Hope he can come back without losing anything as a player.

Feel like we’ll have a lot of this in the forthcoming season. Staying organised and reliant on Shelvey’s passing range and set pieces. Wish our full backs could offer anything going forward. Whilst Joselu is certainly not a top level striker, he really does have to work off scraps. Probably for the best so he looks less of a tit.

Signing a player based on a World Cup performance always works out well...

Ugh bloody hell, Clark starting first game of the season. Absolutely horrible stuff

Who has Yarney played for to give him senior appearances? Oh damn misread. Thought he had 4 cup appearances for Everton. So that's not a single senior game at the age of 21 Average starting age of a Premier League English debutant is now 23, so not really that bad comparatively.

Yeah definitely should play hardball here. Or sell them him for £16m, but actually send them Joselu in a Mitrovic mask.

Probably will turn out to be the loan fee for a year.

Apparently talk suggests he’s looking for about £7.2m a year in wages - hence why no-one has signed him so far. Somehow I don’t think we’ll be paying half that on a player’s wages any time soon.

Had a quick look and the record MLS transfer out is still Altidore to Villarreal for about £6m. So yeah, would be almost double that.

Longstaff got decent reviews for his performances at Blackpool last season so don't think he's miles away from being involved. Would imagine he'll end up on loan at a Championship club. Think Roberts and Fernández (the latter especially) just need to be playing football every week at a half decent level, be it League One or the SPL. Basically they're all better than Colback.

Are they likely to be in HD with high production values? Or one fixed camera with no commentary? Knowing our lot it'll be the latter with the bonus of a Sports Direct logo floating across the screen every 30 seconds or so.