The Prophet

I have no worries about PIFs intent. They continue to pump cash into the club, including maxing out our PSR allowance on the first team. We're also potentially looking at a multi-billion pound project in a new stadium. I do think they really need to get the next CEO appointment right though. They'll have a huge say over any major infrastructure projects. The communication around these have been quite poor of late, after looking all set for an announcement around leaving SJP in June. The new CEO will also influence our approach to PSR. Rightly or wrongly, Eales has played things very safe, with our only gamble being to fudge the books over the Anderson/Vlach transfers. It'll be interesting to see if the new hire takes a bolder direction. While the commercial side of things continue to head in the right direction, I'd also like any new CEO ro review Silverstone's ticketing approach. Its a mess with games seeming less accessible than ever. It really is a huge hire for them.

Always felt our forward would come from abroad, someone with loads of upside in case Isak leaves in the medium term.

Didn't realise that, hugely different profile to Ekitike then.

Wasn't it our budget for Pedro? Granted his versatility was key and pretty much killed two birds with one stone.

It means nothing, he's just retweeting off the back of another journalist reaffirming his own story.

That'll be off the back of the Edwards article.

I know we rarely move away from targets, but I just can't see this at all. £80 million plus price tag. Carbon copy of Isak. Not guaranteed to be playing week in week out. Dicked us about before.

Suprised Liverpool haven't tried for Alvarez. He'd fit them like a glove.

"Ekitike has a release clause of around €100 million (£86 million) and Newcastle would almost certainly have to pay the full fee to get the transfer over the line." Seems like a non-starter based on this alone.

Has anyone done the "we can cross him off the list then" bit?

Fair.

Take with the usual dose of Spanish salt.

Life comes at you fast.

He's one of our best players. It'll feel harsh dropping Burn though.

I don't know what he's said or where he's said it. I just saw this in a group chat.

Getting this done over the weekend/early next week will now be the focus according to Hope, apparently.

Konde representing. If only ey...

Kit looks nice...

He looks loads leaner than he did when he first joined.

Depends, could be something as daft as image rights. It'd be very on brand though

While it's a relief to get the first one in, it'd be nice to press on and get a couple more before we start our pre-season camps.

I imagine we want to though.