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Schär is such a fanny

We are brutal on the counter

Maddison and Fofana are their biggest assets. It's one of those and Tielemans who won't bring in enough alone.

If Leicester need to sell before they can buy then I can see then being a little more open to selling after this start because there's no way Rodgers doesn't weaponise their lack of transfers activity rather than face into his own shortcomings as a manager.

Think the other thing that stood out is: It is not just about this window, it is about leaving themselves leeway in January, next summer and beyond We're the only club outside the top6 with open ambitions to win the league at some point in the future and so it makes perfect sense to have 1 eye on what resources we might need to eventually make that challenge.

Surely the point is we'd allegedly come very close to agreeing a price only for it to be raised late on which would suggest a 'newcastle tax'. It's not like it happened to us at any point in the previous 15 years. There was also talk that the £5m that Brighton were asking for Ashworth was far higher than the compensation agreed for an equivalent appointment at a different club (can't remember who), which again suggests a Newcastle tax. And finally, let's not forget that our own takeover was delayed because of alleged objections from others clubs who'd singled us out as a threat to their own success, something which lead to FFP rule changes which on paper look to be aimed squarely at us too. It would completely naive to assume that the opportunity to stick it to us has just flatly disappeared all of a sudden and moreso during transfer negotiations.

Not sure where this notion that's there's definitely not a 'Newcastle tax' has come from. There's at least 2 clear examples of times we've had the price raised on us after seemingly coming close to agreeing fees for players were after (Carlos and Botman) and they're the ones we know of. Also pretty sure the signing of Ashworth himself was delayed because Brighton were trying to charge us a premium too.

His dream was to play in the Premier League and that's the end of the matter.

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Age for context?

I would really like Gallagher but these links to midfielders all seem to suggest that Howe sees Bruno as a number 6 rather than the number 8 role he thrived in last year, either that or a formation change.

Not sure where people think we are as a club but if it's already at the point where we're genuinly disappointed, dismayed or even annoyed that we're not getting the CL quality players (emphasis on CL quality) we'd originally targetted then I'm not sure we have any right to ever be despondent when people call us deluded. Just because you have a differing opinion, it doesn't mean we can't point out it's a load of shite.

Could definitely do with more embedded tweets like but we signed 2, nearly 3 players in the last couple of days of the Jan window and I have seen absolutely no reason why that might be any different this year.

Reading bits his preferred position is left though? Edit: Direct quotes from him and Tuchel both saying LW is his best/favourite position.

CHO is primarily a LW no? Seems like we've been linked almost exclusively with left wingers. ?

Genuine question but how are people watching enough of Watford and Pedro to be able to fully assess if he's good enough for us? Have they been on TV much?

I personally beleive the rumours of a willingness to sell are actually true tbh and I'd not exactly be against it. Just looking at some of the most successful front 3s and the common theme seems to be an ability to link up well and it's not something I see with our 3 at all, not even close tbh and imo, ASM is bigger part of that than most would dare acknowledge.

I'd love to see him on the right a bit more. People talk about Almiron being 1 footed but this guy is not far behind. Giving him natural angles to pass and shoot with his favoured foot seems like it'd make sense for both our wingers tbh. Edit: I'm almost certain he's looked better on the right the few times we've seen him there as well.

A couple of players with real quality in the final third and we're in a seriously good place.

Wilson is such a fanny

Schär is such a fanny

ASM should play on right

English Diego Simeone

I think Maddison would be transformative in exactly the same way Willock was for that 6 month loan.

I'm not sure what PL coverage is like for that specific example but tbh it's just a generic point and tbf, it's the seller that get to value their player, not Barca.