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Hasn’t he got a long term injury, or am I thinking of someone else?

Pair JWP with Kamara and job done.

First comes the ‘monitor’.

Oh! I thought it was just a token value to deter clubs rather than be a serious amount (1bn €!)

Could take Alex with him as Social Media Manager/Fans Liaison officer. See what the Barca fans do when his dad is a prick to their club.

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-barcelona-ronald-koeman-21992475 mentions the possibility of coming to us. 33/1 at present.

Yep. But players are never sold for their buyout amount. Throw some cash their way and I’m sure they’d be open to trade. @Village Idiot

“The reported €13 million pay-off to end Koeman’s contract was also an issue for Barcelona, who everyone knows are already €1.3 billion in debt, and just took on a new €1.5 billion loan to rebuild their crumbling Nou Camp.” (Via The Athletic) blimey. They’re proper fucked. Unless some dodgy debt wiping takes place.

What’s the Spanish for “roll our sleeves up and dust ourselves down”?

Wonder if Koeman got £8m for doing a shit job….

90,000 drunken Aussies watching cricket would be painful. Hard pass. (Been there for a game, but it wasn’t Boxing Day!)

Got some good younger players, but REALLY need to sell/move on a lot of the older higher earners. Don’t know how likely or possibly that will be, but it’ll be key to any semblance of returning onto a good path.

Been 22 months- not THAT long. I’m sure he hasn’t permanently retired.

Poisoned chalice. The name alone is still a draw but any decent manager would need their sanity testing before taking it. The finances the way they are, there’s no way they’ll be competing near the top of La Liga, let alone the CL in the next few years.

Edgbaston for me, where a lot of my family now reside- spent many a day (and evening) there.

Big, inept, boyhood club, smells of cabbage… or it could be Ten Hag or similar. ?

Totally agree. I read that same article and thought that I could list several reasons why he’d come, although mid season is the worst time for all concerned and puts the potential spanner in the works.

One of Mikes schemes to prevent last minute transfer bids on deadline day- Charnley and Bruce weren’t clever enough between them to use it.

Absolutely agree. But not to the extent that we pay more than Klopp and Guardiola are getting! 11m is a canny wage for a Dutch manager who is up and coming and not yet the finished article. We’ve ‘only’ offered Fonseca 6m allegedly, and Ten Hag 11m- were already paying a premium for him to come if those figures are correct.

http://sportwitness.co.uk/gets-chance-goes-belief-dof-will-take-newcastle-job-start-january/ sounds promising for Overmars according to this fella.

So? A wage increase, sure. Highest in the league? Not a chance. He’s on pennies in Holland compared to what we’re allegedly offering.

You think Charners isn’t allowed use of the fax machine these days?

No chance. Why would he expect to be remunerated better than multi award and trophy winning Klopp and Guardiola? A high wage, yes. Over 15-20m? No way. 11m is hardly a pittance.

25/1 WH

Sky Sports didn’t show the Mackem penalties, so naturally, “the director's a mag”….