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Tbf, if that 20% to QPR thing is true, £40 Million doesn't look so bad considering the money Man U paid for Luke Shaw...

Groundhog day, but I will not have a bad word said about Afonso Alves' record in NL or its significance. He was a world beater in his time at Heerenveen. His failure at Middlesbrough and subseqent money grabbing in The Middle East does not take away from that. He simply went the way many Brazilians have gone before him and was more interested in coon than in his reputation, becoming the best player he possibly could or winning trophies. The PL isn't the be all and end all of football, even if it pays the highest wages. This is a great post.

I was waiting for the Anita one. Eriksson, Pelle, Vertonghen, Vlaar, Bony etc. It seems quite away from the bad old days. I'm sure I've missed some recent stinkers like.

Who are thr eredivisie players to England who have been monumental failures recently? The last names I can think of have all done reasonably well, no? It seems to be a worry (that I sort of share) but its starting to feel unfounded.

Cisse out is fine if we get 2 in imo. Scores but hasn't looked properly fit for a while now.

So that's sterlings career knacked. 200k a week is basically taking away all motivation or fear that might drive you on as a kid.

I feel uncomfortable with the idea of shipping out players who I want to see make up our squad. 1 in 1 out is not the way forward. Cabella is one of the only players we've got who can play wide. After him we're looking at Obertan and Perez in wide positions. Thavin in I'm fine with but swapping one for the other doesn't strengthen the team.

Would absolutely not sell Cabella for Thauvin. Madness. I'd really like a quality PL established CB who we won't have to worry about bedding in which would allow us to take a chance on someone like MYM again but for the life of me I can't think of anyone remotely sensible that we could get. Unless Jan Vertonghen fancies slumming it?

It would be insane to go into next season without a major defensive overhaul. 2nd worst defensive record in the league and only 4 competent defenders on the books. Still reckon it'll be colo and Taylor day 1 though.

We are never going to be the only club in for a player. It makes sense that he'd prefer to wait and see if someone else is interested. No one comes to Newcastle because they love the idea of playing for us, they come because the money will be better than the other options and they know we won't stand in their way when they want to leave.

Hell be brilliant for Stoke in 18 months.

Shame Martin Trinder is away in London. Which mad bastard will hang around the club gates now?

As long as crossing it into the man every time constitutes as 'best'.

We love to sign captains like. Cabs and MYM were captains of their respective clubs weren't they?

To echo the previous posts, these 2 plus a commanding CB and a pacey LW and I'd certainly panic less. After that we can look at buffing up the depth. I'd love to think we'd just crack on as a reaction to years of shite but we won't be signing 5 or 6 new starters like.our defence won't look too different to last year imo.

I like Evans, always thought he was a decent defender. Nowt special but good enough. Could do a job at most teams in the league but at 10m its a fair bit more than most would pay.

Do we check their DNA as part of the medical now? I'm worried he might fail.

I did think of this one, but because he is English he only had a choice of a few English clubs. He was never going to go to Germany or Italy so it didn't seem that weird at the time. Remy to QPR was similar to this I think. Maybe Kilnsman? 13 million on a 3 year deal...

3 years and then he will be off to MLS. He stands head and shoulders above anything they have at the moment, it's actually quite weird. I'm trying to think of a stranger transfer in terms of a player being so much better than the team he signed for. Especially of someone who would be considered in their prime. Tevez to WH maybe?

I hope he bans Ketchup on their chips. Players love that.

It looks like Mitrovic is younger and could potentially be a top and therefore the £15m for him could turn into £30m. Austin will never be worth more than he is in this window. I wonder who we're more likely to put our money into regardless of suitability...

As if Mitrovic is even considering a choice between Rome and Newcastle.

This move doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would purely because it's obvious how shit a move it is. It's just sad. No man is happy to be at Palace. You'd have to put up with Pardew and Puncheon for a start.

The only thing that eases my concern is that by and large no transfers have happened that I would have desperately wanted to be a part of, with the exception of maybe Ayew/Payet.

In the position Sissok plays once we sell him to fund this move?