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Keith Downie Understand Newcastle were offered Portuguese international goalkeeper Rui Patricio for £8m + Tim Krul but they said no. We said no to that?!?!

£1.35M according to TransferMarkt They paid?

Happy Bank Holiday weekend everyone

Rennes are going to get a huge chunk of that. Perfect time to offer them Saivet and Riviere.

Go with 3 at the back, Yedlin/Kenedy as wing-backs then we can either put 2 wingers off a striker or hoy 2 up front. Meanwhile: United linked to Stefano Sturaro Italian media report that United are considering a move for Juventus midfielder Stefano Sturaro but that Serie A champions do not want to sell.

Qarabag? Isn't that what flies around the Stadium of Light pitch?

Would still beat our current lot.

Surprised we're getting any fee for him tbh.

Between Nigel, Luuk and Siem, I'll be delighted to see the back of that name. Nowt against Siem personally.

Rafa certainly isn't untouchable anymore, mind. Of course Ashley is the huge problem, but I think other managers would have this team playing better. Sick of persevering with 1 up front, for example. We're just so stale

RMC saying that West Ham and Lyon are in for Ndong, who's one of their better players right now.

Hawksbee and Jacobs on Talksport . Radios version of Baddiel and Skinner Difference being we'd probably like to see three lions maul them.

Looks like things are finally starting to happen. I like De Jong but it'll never work for him here, hopefully it means a #10 is coming in (not Praet).

Must be the middle-class upbringing of their academy players.

If that forces us into getting a competent left-back, hallelujah

Wish things would just slow down a bit

Schick of this, like

Gut feeling says he'll flop here and he'd be a disappointing way to spend our 'limited' funds.

Very very tempted to wildcard but may just take a 4pt hit for the most severe issues.

Kinnear would be proud.

Can see Hull going for him as a replacement tbh. Maybe it's blind hope.

Our team should still be beating Huddersfield's, like. We were toothless & bringing on Diame was questionable. We managed to lost 10 Championship games too, which was concerning. We'd be in a really bad way without Rafa but I don't think his presence will automatically keep us up anymore, unlike before. The tactics are frustrating.

32 points. An absolute disaster.

I bet some of our deals would've broken their records too.