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Over the moon with this if it comes off.

Omg something to feel good about after hearing the Rondon news.

Even if there was a buy back clause of a quid, they still wouldnt want him.

Such a grafter for a winger. Was easily one of the best signings we made for the championship. And equally in the premiership had good spells and bad ones like many but scored some vital goals Man Utd at home. Good lad will miss him and his passion and effort.

Hope we are there to sign Seri also

Ah right. Didn't realise I was to busy pleaing with myself over this.....

How much have you seen of him? I cant lie and pretend I'm an Eredivise regular, but what I have seen doesnt impress me a great deal. I guess it's just a bit of a gut feeling he wont be anything special. The other thing is he's playing for one of the best Dutch sides in a league where youngsters like Enes Unal has found it really easy to score and John Guidetti before him. Its not a difficult league to score in. Think Luuk De Jong ?? Infact I think I would prefer it if we contacted Villarreal over Enes Unal instead of him.

Jorgensen would be a poor signing for us to break our transfer record on. Can see him being another that cant make the cut, and us stuck with him like many other dregs clogging up the squad, with no real sell on value or clubs not interested in taking him off our hands. Kenedy on the other hand at least has been tried and tested and fans would welcome us breaking our transfer record on. We should just push over 20m like others have already said.

I like it. Three kings but not quite

They aren't claiming to be journalists breaking stories or an ITK. Wasn't claiming they were. More so in reference to most media atm just guessing and linking anything they can to clubs. The KI thing was as if to say the lot of them talk shit because his signing went completely under all their noses. You are basically just shooting the messenger Aye, but its their own fault for spewing the speculation the media push on us and helping it go further

They aren't claiming to be journalists breaking stories or an ITK. Wasn't claiming they were. More so in reference to most media atm just guessing and linking anything they can to clubs. The KI thing was as if to say the lot of them talk shit because his signing went completely under all their noses.

Didn't have a clue about the Ki signing until it happened though most of them. 360 are deffo young uns

Cant say im over the moon about this one. I was hoping it would be a smokescreen as we throw the media off our targets, a bit like the KSY deal nobody really having a clue...

360 is some teenager making up anything nufc related. Any of us could do the same but we are a bit more mature and like not to believe every single nufc related rumour and go public and tweet on any old story. The Chronicle are not far behind, the sad thing is though they actually are adults. Its hard to believe.

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I tend to agree but I can't bring myself to be confident. I'd be surprised if any Newcastle fan could based on what we've experienced in the past. And the additional fear that Ashley might now think we can stay up with a Championship squad as long as we have Rafa (which TBH we can). The World Cup will obviously push things back, and the window closes early, so it's going to be squeaky bum time. Rafa will get his way. I beleive one on one meetings between the pair him and Ashley would always result in Rafas favour. He has always maintained he has a very good relationship with Charnley. Fair enough if he does get turned over, he can walk away with pride and knowing hes appreciated. I just cant see Ashley wanting to lose Rafa. We will be fine, we all know right now not to expect any marquee signings or maybe not even breaking our transfer record, but we will definitely strengthen and likely have a stronger first 11 from last seasons. How can we possibly have a stronger 11 when we won't pay above 15m for a player?. 15m gets you a decent Championship player these days. Every club in the Premier League pays beyond that for playing staff No way can you be stronger when you are signing shite Our biggest signing under Ashley was Wijnaldum at 14.5m, you would think that season 80m was spent on a fair few new signings should our transfer record have needed to be broken it would have that season, but instead of spending more on one signing, we got a few through the door. Im not arguing you are wrong about how we spend money or go about our transfers. But you can get better than championship players under 15m. Hirving Lozano cost PSV around 7/8m only a season ago. And on the squad being stronger, it cant really get any worse. If we improve just on Dwight Gayle or Joselu alone, thats an improvement from last season. So far we are likely to lose Merino for 10m and gain KSY for free, its not an immediate improvement,but if the 10m adds to more funds for Rafa to improve elsewhere then im fine with it.

I tend to agree but I can't bring myself to be confident. I'd be surprised if any Newcastle fan could based on what we've experienced in the past. And the additional fear that Ashley might now think we can stay up with a Championship squad as long as we have Rafa (which TBH we can). The World Cup will obviously push things back, and the window closes early, so it's going to be squeaky bum time. Rafa will get his way. I beleive one on one meetings between the pair him and Ashley would always result in Rafas favour. He has always maintained he has a very good relationship with Charnley. Fair enough if he does get turned over, he can walk away with pride and knowing hes appreciated. I just cant see Ashley wanting to lose Rafa. We will be fine, we all know right now not to expect any marquee signings or maybe not even breaking our transfer record, but we will definitely strengthen and likely have a stronger first 11 from last seasons.

This scaremongering happens in every single window no matter what. Just come back in a month and it will be a total difference in posts and media negativity. Wouldn't waste my time with media gossip. Especially while Benitez is walking around with a smile on his face. Think im only prepared to take speculation more seriously perhaps when Benitez says any of it himself.

I think it's more that we refuse to get involved in bidding wars. We only go for players other clubs don't want. True but Ashley also thinks anything over £15m is crazy money for anyone. 15m wouldn't get you Messi's toenail clippings these days. He's a daft fat twat. You would have to consider us possible relegation candidates if no funds or records get spent or broken.

We will need to replace him though, with equal quality because Hayden is not Pl quality Not sure how many games Hayden got last season to justify him not being PL quality, but I do agree Merino should be replaced, Jack Colback was far worse than Hayden and will have miles more PL games to his name. I hear what you are saying though, we need quality, lets hope Rafa starts the negotiating this week.

Im not too bothered about losing Merino. He had a few good games early on then seemed to dwindle off, and on a few occasions his tracking back to do anything considred grafting cost us goals in a few games. He basically had a good start hence why he signed, but fell below Rafas standards, and behind Shelvey and Diame who both work harder when not in possession. Guess he might think he should be selected no matter what? Good luck to him

Didnt Charley Musonda have great spells in Spain with Real Betis ? Unsure how well he did while up at Celtic. He can play right accross the midfield, and im sure he was a 10 or CAM at Betis. Would be a decent shout along with Kenedy and RLC.

I wish we would be brave and take more risks in the market, like when Lozano went to PSV tons of elite clubs had a chance to get in there but they bottled it. PSV gambled and it will pay off. And PSV dont exactly pay huge wages. I know its a bit like what we did with the French market but it improved us for a while and all the fees paid out we gained massive fees back for some. The problem is we are also now stuck with a lot of shit that nobody wants also. ?

The best thing about our transfer activity, is not only are we shite at signing anyone, we cant even sell anyone. Pure shite.