Village Idiot

Souness said he's s*** today, so that's guaranteed now.

I haven't, but I have seen him play for Sevilla and that player would help NUFC massively.

Thing with Joselu is that he's always looked the part but he never had the consistency/workrate. There's a few games every year where he'll look ace (funnily, his best games last year were against Barça and Real Madrid), others where he just strolls around the pitch. Depor fans I met were really frustrated with him. Let's see if Benítez is able to keep the fire lit in his belly.

Well, he was at a top German club. Glad he's adapting quickly. Signing him was a really shrewd move.

Ah, Graeme Souness applying his sound judgment to Newcastle's playing squad. Fuck off

Pretty sure that's the La Liga debut for Zidane's offspring.

Mine too. Moreover, he's my captain in two different fantasy games

Messiiii

Oh FFS.

Yeah, but Iniesta really shouldn't play in the front three in 2017. His legs are gone for that. Alavés just have to sit tight and surround Messi. http://e01-marca.uecdn.es/eventos/marcador/futbol/2017_18/la-liga/jornada_2/ala_bar/images/messi3_630x446.jpg That's why we needed Neymar and why we need Dembelé. Very easy to shut us down.

Oh come on! That was a good one. Plus not far from reality given our attacking play has the guile of a toddler.

Deulofeu, Iniesta, Messi. Our front three is DIM.

Yes, no Jovetic!

I knew putting Hart in my FF team would have an immediate effect

Rumor that we are on the verge of selling André Gomes to Juve for €20m. There's lots of deadwood that I'd clear before selling him, tbf. Deserved another season.

I'm a month long supporter of Valencia since I visited their stadium in the summer, how do you think they will do ? They have had an uninspiring transfer window, but they now have a very good manager (with the caveat that his previous stint at a big Spanish club went very badly), so they should be looking upwards.

La Real have a great team this season, but Villarreal looked extremely dire yesterday.

Valverde's work in bringing through Iñaki Williams makes me think he can handle a player like Dembelé.

We absolutely needed a forward that can run at defences with pace. We could wait for i.e. Coutinho, but somebody in Dembelé's mold was a priority once Neymar left.

Hope it goes spectacularly wrong, purely because of the fee. I foresee an ACL in the first season.

He played second striker for Sevilla, or lead the line when they went just one upfront.

Levante have offered a €3m fee+wages to take Lucas Pérez on loan, according to Spanish press. Can't see this one panning out.

I think we'll land both for a combined fixed amount close to Neymar's cash, and then €80m more or so in addons that we'll figure out later how to afford Dembelé is confirmed as €105m upfront + undisclosed addons (rumored to be €30-€40m)

Ridiculous money that I don't feel comfortable with. Really exciting player putting that aside.

Random transfer of the day: Aquilani to Las Palmas.