Last update this afternoon from As (who broke the news this morning that it was nearly done) is that talks are still ongoing, and that the holdup is that apparently BenÃtez demands significant transfer investment since his aim is to transform NUFC into a PL top team again.
That's a pretty damn big hold up.
Fabio Pecchia at Napoli and Real Madrid (he's still at Real Madrid now)
Boudewijn Zenden at Chelsea
Mauricio Pellegrino at Inter Milan
Pako Ayestarán at Liverpool (but he and Rafa then fell out and he left with Sammy Lee becoming assistant)
Aye, paco hasn't been his assistant for years
I'm going to be the first person to call the "we tried" tomorrow after talks break down
Wouldn't expect any less from you mate
I was about to post "fuck off" but then realized that I 100% deserve whatever reputation I have as the board's worst pessimist.
Top man as far as im concerned
Who by? Us? Are these guys (Sun and Mirror) the media partners?
Sorry, I appreciate that makes me sound like I think you're the oracle![emoji38]Anyone, chip in...
Dave is as close as can be to an Oracle to be fair.
He's horrible defensively mind, I know some people subscribe to the running around like a mad man is a good thing but when your playing central midfield with job back then holding position and managing the space is much more important to prevent us being exposed on central midfield.