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There is no argument .

The only thing I heard was that his agents (and there were supposedly two groups) wanted a lot of money. That would make some sense. There's no reason why he wouldn't choose you guys, but that might have made a couple of teams back off. You're on level with Martin Lol now Long way for me to go tbh. Nah, just responding to a couple of people who were amazed at the low price. The agent thing was mentioned a while back - and not on Twitter. No idea if it's true or not, obviously.

Crazy how other teams see us. We're like a threat on there. Lest you forget, this is a team whose last two games have left them knocked out of the cups by Bradford and Millwall.

That's exactly how I've interpreted it. Mind you, I've said a million times that I don't like hyperbole.

Well they essentially make the point that some teams will have had the opportunity to play against Williamson twice, whereas others will not. That's the difference. It makes some sense, but then the first transfer window should end before our season begins. Then you get into the problem of different seasons starting at different times etc etc. Meh. The point of having a mid-season transfer window is that teams can make adjustments based on injuries/loss of form - which is (you could argue, broadly) what you've done. I just wish they would move on to ways in which they can attack the status quo, rather than preserve it. AFAIK it's not the smaller clubs that are protesting against the January window.

They were talking about it on here a few days ago. Southampton then bid more, but the player is supposed to prefer Liverpool. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jan/25/liverpool-internazionale-philippe-coutinho

The only thing I heard was that his agents (and there were supposedly two groups) wanted a lot of money. That would make some sense. There's no reason why he wouldn't choose you guys, but that might have made a couple of teams back off.

Which is precisely why I want him to hang around for as long as possible.

Made me laugh. I've spent most of the week laughing hysterically in disbelief tbf, a new class signing every day and keeping Colo too? FFS, where's the kick in the bollocks coming from? I'm looking everywhere and I can't see it yet. And I've got this funny feeling the end of the world may not be nigh. What is that called? I'm so confused. Villa away .

I agree that thread is an abomination. After N'Diaye who are the other three? Yes I did fall into the 'Poirot' trap. Perhaps I should have said French-based. But you knew what I meant and resorted to nit-picking.Surely you are not condoning the arrant racism of that thread because I got the numbers wrong. Akin to shouting racist abuse at a players mother, OK because it was only one players mother. Shame, you were shaping up as quite sensible and now you have to go back and start all over I thought his response was pretty fair. He said the thread was an abomination. You're the one who went over the top. Twice .

Little bit previous there. They might still get into the CL...again. Plus Man City, of course. Seven years ago, they were in fifth.

He certainly had that knack, though it seems to have gone wandering. He also is less of a playground bully than Ferguson, but that doesn't mean his whinging hasn't been really unpleasant at times. Throwing his toys out the pram at Jol was f***ing hilarious. The most glaring aspect of this is that Newcastle have simply copied his initial trick of picking up cheap, young players from France. It's that that bugs him. Oh, and as to his point about people who've already played you twice. Well that's only four teams, isn't it? Everton, Norwich, Reading, and....ah. I get it now.

Well, 10M really. If he does what he needs to do to make it 15, then it will be a decent deal anyway.

I wish we could just look at the line-up/squad for the rest of the season and not actually have to play anyone. Just in case we're somehow still s***. The thought of this board if you lose at Villa, are terrible and pick up a couple of injuries on the way. There will be actual blood. Can't see it. I reckoned you'd win this game even before all the signings.

One thing we can say now is that the allure of Premier League wages means that every player on every team in Ligue 1 other than PSG is someone that can be acquired by Premier League teams. This combined with the new tax policies coming down the pipeline mean dark times ahead for football in France. I'm not shocked that we got him from a French club, I'm shocked that we got him in front of everybody else. There are at least half-a-dozen clubs with more money than us who could have used him.

Still shocked that we managed to get Lloris, tbf.

1. Fabricio Coloccini The saga of the day. And the background is this. For quite a long time, the centre-half has been troubled by issues in his personal life. This being Newcastle, there are unsubstantiated rumours in circulation – which is not uncommon – but he has told the club that his discontent is connected to his wife being unwell, unhappy and matters related to do with that. He has a young family. As a consequence, Coloccini has informed Newcastle that he wishes to leave this month. Simultaneously, San Lorenzo, an Argentinian club that the defender played for, briefly, and for whom Osvaldo, his father, now works for, have conducted a very public courtship of him. They have spoken openly about not being able to afford a fee for Coloccini, but that they could pay him a decent wage if Newcastle rescinded his contract. Rescinding contracts is not the Newcastle model for doing business; it is about self-sufficiency. Coloccini only signed a new four-year extension in March (if his issues stretch back before that, as is believed, why did he do that?), and, at 31, he remains an asset. On the open market, he would be worth a chunk of money and Mike Ashley and Derek Llambias are simply not prepared to write that off. Why should they? In private, Pardew has been hugely supportive of Coloccini, urging him not to throw his career away, to remain on Tyneside until the end of the season, assist his team-mates in avoiding relegation and then reassess his options. The club, meanwhile, have brought in their lawyers to explain the contractual situation, to demonstrate he cannot simply walk. And yet he still wants to go. Amid all this, San Lorenzo have made no direct contact with Newcastle. None whatsoever. So when they announced on Wednesday that after “long negotiations” they had not been able to secure Coloccini’s signature and were now moving on, it is reasonable to ask who, precisely, those long negotiations have been with. It is fair to say that Newcastle are not impressed by their behaviour. So where do things stand now? On a knife-edge. Or a precipice. Or some other cliché. It remains extremely delicate. Coloccini has reported for training today, but whether he will be available, still here or in a suitable frame of mind for Newcastle’s critical match at Aston Villa next week is, at the time of writing, difficult to predict. And that, of course, would be another concern. Having just signed a desperately-required centre-half in Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Newcastle and Pardew would find themselves back to square one, because they insist that they have not been preparing for Coloccini’s departure. If he goes AWOL, they will pursue the matter as far as it can be pursued. The options, therefore, are he leaves and they chase him legally, he buys out his contract, or he stays. Depressing stuff. Everyone will end up looking like dicks if he just f***s off and we have to start legal proceedings againt an ex club captain. Hope Pardew can help get his head straight. I've a lot of belief that he's one of the few people who could. ? If he does walk, he is in breach of his contract, are we then entitled to cancel/block his wages ? Of course. In addition, you would retain his registration, so he would be unable to play for anyone else until his contract period was up. It might be that a couple of years down the line he could pay you a sum of money to get hold of his registration, but that's certainly not going to happen right now.

Me too, and congrats too! I would love to see Groo's posts if the boot was on the other rib, as it were...

Aw yeah, while the FA are looking at this, is Ferguson being quietly forgotten?

Don't his parents have shares in the club though? That article suggests that his Dad is a director. If it wasn't all so fucking hilarious it would be rather dodgy.

You lazy bastard!

Gagging order? Are those things still allowed btw (not that I think this actually is one)?

He's been really good tbf, and even has similar mannerisms to Bale. I suspect he's taking the piss a bit. You know seventeen-year olds, always up for a bit of mischief...

Be honest. Have Spurs cloned him? Did VI say that it was Reyes who was told he'd been cloned?

Astonished that we were so high despite not being in the Champions League, tbh. Bit irritating that Liverpool can generate so much commercial revenue, but I was surprised to see Schalke generating so much. Sponsorship? Both Real and Barca still get more from TV alone than we do in total.