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I'd be amazed if he wants to go to Saudi in the pomp of his career.

Probably a nothing story, at worst it's his agent trying to press us on the new contract.

Its £100 million more than the world record transfer fee

Because it's clearly not fair value for money.

It'd be worth zero book value with UEFA and wouldn't make it past the fair value for money test with the PL. Plus why would you want to sell him?

Wouldn't get past UEFA or the PL.

Debatable.

Let's wait and see. I'll always judge the window when it's closed, but we need to get a move on for sure. In theory if we're moving away from top tier targets, deals should be easier to do, but if we're going round in circles with the likes of Trafford and Guehi, we'll struggle to get what we need.

Cheers chaps, see you Monday I guess.

Any decent links today?

Total fluff is that.

Aye, going into the window, GK, CB, RW, CF were the priorities. With Longstaff off we could use a CM too, granted playing with two in the middle could negate that need a bit.

I'm getting a bit twitchy like. There's still enough time, but we need to put our foot down.

Elanga signing feels like a lifetime ago

I was just reading about this. Apparently he started out as a CB, but was used as a RB this season. Looked good as a RB like

Newcastle and Juventus are in talks over Nicolò Savona: the English club are interested in the defender. Juventus continues to work on the transfer market, and not only in terms of potential revenue. There are several Juventus players who are of interest both in Italy and abroad, and among these is the name of Nicolò Savona . As anticipated by Sky Sports UK, Newcastle , fresh from qualifying for the Champions League last season, are interested in the defender and have already initiated contact with both Juventus and the agents of the 2003-born player. Despite Savona's contract extension until 2030 being made official a month ago, he could still leave the Bianconeri and Serie A, but negotiations are only in the initial stages and also depend on the possible departure of Livramento, the Newcastle full-back who is of interest to Manchester City.

Isn't Savona a) a right back and b) injured?

Why would we leak that?

Horrible is a bit much like.

As for Hugo, apparently he went for a neck tattoo and was charged for a sleeve.

Wrong thread, my bad.

Time to move on. @Dr Venkman

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