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Feck it I say yes! As things stand, it probably costs one of Gordon and Tino, but I want us to aim high. I'm more convinced by Tino at LB where we have Hall. We'll also have to see what the league can do against Man City's legal team as the charges come due. The related parties part of FFP may end up toothless, in which case PIF can just throw the money in sponsoring our training kit.

Liverpool didn't sell even though Arsenal offered the Luis Suarez release clause. There are various theories why, as in it wasn't a binding clause or Suarez' representatives didn't lawyer up and force the issue. John Henry reckons they simply refused to sell.

It puts Anthony Gordon at 80M. I doubt any of the others have scored against all of the Sky 6. Big players score in big games. 50M above our book value would create massive PSR headroom, say for Ekitike and Garnacho?

Maddison, Kulu (who I'm told is not an RW anymore) and now MGW? Are they trying to be another Chelsea?

Its a smorgasbord of talent!

Diaz' agent sounds hard at work, either at getting a transfer or at forcing Liverpool into giving him a tasty new deal. Jota played left quite a bit, which would be an extra factor if Diaz is indeed off. If they come in for Gordon, it needs to be early enough for us to secure a purple (super purple?) attacker with the money. No point in selling otherwise, whatever the fee.

Presumably no Mbeumo to Spurs then. Kudus is 25 next month, so its time for him to get his output up. He's very skilful but needs more end product. It's hard to judge Spurs after the Ange shitshow, but the main need is to tighten up defensively.

Captain Copium here, but Pedro never scored outside the box for Brighton in 29 attempts. Even in the box, he only scored once on the left side when positioned outside the near post, something he's just done twice in one match. Maybe some ex-player voodoo thing at play against the Brazilians. https://understat.com/player/8272

If he proves to be really good, can we slag off Brighton for not getting many open play goals out of him? I don't think their onpitch stuff is as good as their recruitment.

I do not see other CL clubs going in for Wissa. I doubt he's on big money at Brentford, so moving means pay day. Baziilions of players join Chelsea without being first choice. It doesn't have to be Wissa, but we can do better on PSR terms if we sign a player who is likely to go to Saudi, letting us recoup a fee that way. Almiron not going set us back replacing him by two or more transfer windows. Had Wilson been up for it, we could have got a fee for him too.

I think Wissa would be great, especially if he is up for a big money deal to Saudi if we ever needed to offload him for PSR. If we have a "Saudi quota" of only being able to sell a player or two to avoid whispers and suspicions, a real deal older striker willing to go there is the perfect way to use it. A Saudi "out" would make it low risk for PSR. Wissa himself would get to play in the CL and then have a payday to look forward to afterward.

I hope we sign a DM. Both Bruno and Tonali are 6/8 and both could be pushed up if we had a solid 6. We could have forgiven Longstaff his shooting etc. had he proven to be that solid 6. Look at what Sandro did at 8 in the first two minutes vs. Chelsea. We'd get more of that if we had a 6.

Against a low block, get Elanga, Gordon or Bruno to draw a foul. Elanga can then put it on BDB's head.

Understat is very good for this. Link below is for Elanga. Hit the "shot type" button. https://understat.com/player/9524

Cool by me. If DCL is a cheap option, which means him not making excessive wage demands because he wants to play CL and under Eddie Howe, I would say go for it. If he wants big wedge, he can go and get it in Saudi League. A Joelinton/Elliot combo would be very useful to play in an 8 position. I would rather have this than Szobo, for example. Buying a strict AM for AM purposes means Joelinton can stay for games and game states where his elite disruptor skills can be utilized. If we need attacking output from 8, Elliot is very good at it and likely to improve further.

Repurposing Mirandinha for more swearing on live tv by Bruno. Anthing Elanga He's faster than a panther He's mates with WIll He's fucking brill

Maybe push for another couple of mill, but yes, his time has come. If we need a homegrown mid for Europe, Statsbomb Kev thinks Joe White is the pick of the lads we have out on loan. https://www.editkev.football/p/loan-watch-how-have-newcastle-uniteds

Thanks Big Cal. Willock then him kept us in the league with Cabbageheed and essentially paved the way for the takeover. The goals in 22/23 under Eddie meant we finished the season strong and got back into the CL. In terms of instincts alone, as good as any I can think of. Also very good physicality for his size, though this may have cost him some of the injuries, certainly that chest one at the edge of the box in the final minute.

Scored 30 in 59 for Carlo. Scored in four consecutive games for Rafa, before breaking his toe. Both Carlo and Rafa is four years ago. One goal and one assist in 224 minutes last season under Moyes, so a flicker of hope there. Most of the rest of the time is under Sean Dyche or Frank Lampard, so mitigating factors. He's better than Wilson. If Eddie likes him, I say go for it.

That Joelinton chance in the away game at 0-1. Point blank! Even their opening goal was a scrappy thing with the ball advancing off weird bounces and scuffed passes.

Tragic. For his wife and their three kids, and his parents losing two sons. If we're their first away game, it would be nice to do something respectful, and I'm sure the club and flags folks will get onto it. It sounds like he was carrying an injury for most of last season and it was circumstances connected to the surgery that placed him where he was for the accident.

Hallelujah! We have a good player in that position already in Murph, and great to finally see some depth emerging for all the extra fixtures, the bench, and in readiness for injuries. I doubt anyone two years ago would have praised Murph for his shooting, but he's scored several screamers since then. You've got to give the lads time. We're signing Elanga both as a prospect and an already high achiever.

Offer 35M with a buyback. With Wirtz at #10 and them likely to go big when they replace Salah, Eliott plays right, it is unlikely they'll buy him back. Only danger would be them buying him back cheaply to flip to another team. He's a very useful player who covers multiple positions, is inexpensive, and gives us more time to build commercial revenue, including that stadium, to get to a point where we can aim higher. His record is way way better than Ibe or Solanke. They are not a valid comparison. He's only got two years left, which may partially explain the fee. If Howe really rates him, offer 43M or so for him outright.

That's certainly true, but the current rules have X lawyers defending them, versus the 10X Man City lawyers attacking them. The related party thing had a new vote because City's legal team proved the rules were invalid, and the vote passed because there are still enough status quo clubs out there. Every club that peels off from the status quo will make it difficult for any invalidated rule to be reinstated in a similar format. I'm not the biggest Villa fan, but them voting with the Sky Six on things like this struck me as weird. They can't keep coming up with a Grealish or Duran to sell every couple of seasons.