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Man City are making the kind of cheap European buys I expected us to make under Mitchell

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very well run

They rarely buy top end and when they do it’s discounted such as Haaland 

The most important thing is to get players who may not have come without CL. That calibre. Tonali would never have come if we didn't have CL that season. 

Elanga and Joao Pedro would come to us regardless of where we finish as they'd be taking a step up to a bigger club. 

I'd love to see some ambitious names because everyone is majorly strengthening and to improve significantly you have to make up a lot of ground every season. 

6 hours ago, LFEE said:

Replacement for JP?

We were linked with him. Is expensive but wouldn’t mind him to be our back up CF. High ceiling player and could be an 80m player in a few years

I read an article which Elanga says he’s very close to Isak and they have very good chemistry on the pitch for Sweden.

could this be a signing to appease Isak? If Shearer in his prime had said to us to sign Jason Wilcox from Blackburn he knows my game and will get the best out of me we would have probably done it. So perhaps it’s not just Elanga himself, it’s Elanga plus what else he will get out of Isak

1 minute ago, joeyt said:

 

Looks like he's not worth keeping around for them

 

 

 

 

 

I wouldn’t mind him here for that price 

We were spoiled with January 22 window. It was like all the excitement was reserved for that window and that window only

Hope is the most oxymoron name for him

Do many players leave Brighton and go on to better things? Serious question. They seem hyped in their moneyball strategy but other than Caicedo and even he was a slow burn, who’s gone on to great heights after being sold for a huge fee? Mac Allister was sold under market value.
 

Bissouma and Gilmour and Ferguson are a few examples of those that have flopped or declined

33 minutes ago, Wallace said:

Personally think Isak is here for one more season.  Ideally you would want to bring a player in this season to share the role with him and then take over next.  If and when he goes, no doubt other clubs will be asking monstrous fees for any replacement we are looking at so we don’t want to end up desperate next summer.

 

There must be some younger players out there who are happy to learn from Isak knowing they are the future like Livramento was happy to learn from Trippier and take his chances when they arrived.

If that’s the case I would be making a strong case to Jonathon David right now to come and ease in, share workload this season with a view to taking over as first choice next season. For free we’d be getting a 50m player and would have a very strong pair, maybe the strongest in the league alongside Haaland and Marmoush.

Wouldn’t mind dropping 50m for Maignan plus either Thiaw or Tomori 

1 hour ago, Ronson333 said:

 

That would be a great upgrade on Pope. Perhaps worth getting over Trafford for for an immediate Alison esque equivalent for the first team

So Joao Pedro is our Josh King then?

39 minutes ago, TRon said:

Not really arsed, pretty sure we have done plenty of work already on this deal, if he's moving he's probably coming here. 

We also did that level of work on Tosin

8 minutes ago, gdm said:

 

Annoying this would be such a good move for us

this is this summers Hujisen deal mark my words

It’s just that we got Tonali for 55m and Isak for 63m. 60m in theory given our track record should get us that type of player. Mbuemo is a Gordon or Barnes level player so 45m max feels right. Of course sometimes you have to overpay etc but just makes you think what else would be possible for that kind of cash.

Wouldn’t mind Marseille being our Strasbourg 

Interesting that Doue was on Nicksons list before he joined PSG. What could have been

What does tifo mean?

Garcia was Mitchell’s choice

Trafford is Howes choice 

simple explanation guys

41 minutes ago, Dr Venkman said:

Aye. That’s why he’s on holiday. He said so in the post match after Everton.

During half term?! We’re paying him too much, how is he affording a trip during school holidays?

he should have waited a few days and the prices would have gone right down

hope it’s not been taken out of the transfer fund… 

5 minutes ago, Ronson333 said:

The best transfer negotiator we’ve ever had was Keegan, I think if he was leading talks with any player , they would sign for us.

 

 

 

I also think that he was pretty much the posterboy of his time, and in the 90's many people would have signed just for him.  
Similar aura to a Zidane, or if CR7 became a manager

14 hours ago, joeyt said:

Howe is the latest Magpie-related addition to the list of those afforded this honour, which now consists of:

2025 Eddie Howe
2022 Shaka Hislop
2017 Freddy Shepherd (Chairman)
2017 Bruce Shepherd (Director)
2005 Bobby Robson
2000 Alan Shearer 
1993 NUFC*
1980 Jackie Milburn
1966 William McKeag (Chairman) 

One thing that is definitely apparent, is that there hasn't been enough genuine appreciation and official recognition for what Keegan has done.
SBR got the freedom, plus got a statue
Shearer ditto
Howe has got the freedom

Keegan should be immortalised somewhere, in his lifetime. Everyone knows the club wouldn't exist in its current format without Keegan putting it back on the map

Nottingham Forest have got a statue, a road, and a stand - obviously he is the stand out legend that put the club on the map. 

Keegan may not have won the trophies but should get a stand at the very least - perhaps in the new stadium. 

At this point, I'll take Gordon Milne back

Delap probably going to Chelsea because of Palmer, who he would have known from Man City youth team

Guehi plus Harwood Bellis would be a good investment into CB for next few seasons

Especially given Burn and Schars age