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I reckon we’ll go in for Veiga now that a lot of the other teams have seemingly stepped aside. Not sure I like the fact that he’s a bad passer but has all the physical attributes Howe likes in midfielder.

Passes the YouTube test. Ridiculously quick feet and loves a cheeky chipped goal too. I’m in!

Nelson would be quite an astute signing imo; he’s the kind of player that needs a run of games and good coaching but once it “ clicks” he could genuinely be something special. He’s got so much going for him. I do think though that signing a Nelson doesn’t exactly send the message that we’re really going for it. Seems like FFP is really hampering us otherwise we’d be trying for a more ready-made, world class winger.

Left wing is fairly stacked tbf. You’ve got Isak, ASM, Joelinton, Gordon and even Anderson or Murphy could be called upon if necessary.

I hate this take, if he was Italian, Dutch or whatever he’d get way less hate; of course English tax is a thing but being proven in by far the best league in the world comes with a hefty price-tag. He’s a very good player and is very versatile tactically.

Budget and needing cover in multiple positions I’m assuming?

@KaKaThat’s quite a lot tbf, especially for a first offer that will likely be rebuffed.

They’d ask ridiculous money for him, unfortunately.

Thats the one

Sorry. Poorly worded post. The German journalist said that- no quotes from DS himself.

For anyone who didn’t want Maddison due to him apparently preferring Spurs; Big Dom- according to a German journalist- says he would choose Liverpool over Newcastle after talks with his representatives.

He’s going there, like. Absolutely perfect for them. We won’t pay the release clause. I feel like we’ll end up in a worse position squad-wise relative to our competitors this season.

Others seem to disagree so I’ll concede I’m probably wrong about how he plays . The times I’ve seen him he’s just looked like a fast, one footed winger that cuts in from the right. Still stand by what I said about him not having the creativity or class we need in that position though, although -as others have pointed out- he’s seemingly not an out and out winger.

He’s a headless chicken type pacy winger with a high work rate. Kinda similar; but my point was he’s not got that nous/creativity/vision or whatever that we’re desperately lacking in the final third.

I’m sure there’s a lot to work with there tbf; I’d just prefer someone with a bit more nous and intelligence to their game. We already have Almiron and Murphy who are similar in play-style to him.

Fair enough. Whenever I’ve seen him he hasn’t stood out; pacy wingers with poor decision-making, end product and a lack of footballing brain are ten a penny these days. He wouldn’t represent a significant upgrade on Almiron for me.

Being 100% right about everything is a high bar to set for just some dude on twitter tbf.

He’s also painfully average in a weak league where talents don’t always work out in the PL.

Fair enough. I don’t know enough about our finances or Ffp regulations to say. I’m just quoting a few articles I read and that Fourfourtwo YouTube vid.

Not true. Most estimates say around 75-100m ish is the limit for this year.

Waste? You’d struggle to get a better player for double that, you mentalist

Meh. Not a fan.

I’d hate to miss out on him but 60m is a lot to spend when you’ve got 2, maybe 3 positions to fill as well. Can’t see us spending too much more than 100m if reports that we’re right at the FFP limit are accurate.

In the Bundesliga highlight shows I watch, he regularly gets touted as the next world-class Dutch talent. From the little I’ve seen he’s been really good, unfortunately.

Shame. 25m for him is very good business.