The Prophet

Ooof, Fraudizio in the mud again.

Scott Wilson is about as reliable as reliable as a chocolate teapot, but: "Forest are understood to be happy with Newcastle’s offer of an up-front payment, and sources claim discussions are now taking place over a handful of add-ons that will complete the deal. Those talks should not take too long to resolve, with Newcastle’s recruitment team keen to have Elanga in place before the start of pre-season training. The Sweden international is understood to be excited at the prospect of moving to St James’ Park, with talks over personal terms not expected to present any problems."

That's why I'm confident we'll be pretty active next few weeks. Think Howe will aim for two players for every position.

The bid is kind of irrelevant at this stage if all parties working towards an endpoint. Much like Tonali, when our initial offers were knocked back but we remained in talks until everyone was satisfied with the fee.

If we don't up his wages and his contract continues to run down, it increases the liklihood of him leaving.

Pros He's PL proven He's two footed He's a good decision maker He's lethal on the break He'll improve our Plan A Cons It's a fair chunk out the budget He's not the best with the ball at his feet It's an improvement on Plan A as opposed to presenting a Plan B

Sounds like there's still a fair bit of work to do, but nice to see some actual progress.

Exciting signing for sure. Get Trafford over the line and things really are heating up.

Can't see us leaving ourselves that short up top.

A reminder of why he's the GOAT:

Yay, FBRef.

You could say things are ramping up...

If the club are unanimous that he's out number one right wing target, just do it.

I'm not so sure we are.

Isak will be too busy finding a fountain pen to sign his new contract.

We're spinning plates.

Just wait until things heat up.

Didn't realise Howe was only just back from holiday. Hopefully that speeds things up a bit.

Aye, circa £22 million.

It seems our scouts have identified Elanga as the best fit.

You're right, always a bit mystified where the low block stuff comes from.

Please don't take this as a dig at you at all, but (BBC,) do we really require a live newe stream for this? Have some respect you absolute ghouls.