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The YouTube compilations of Bruno make total sense now.

Never seen a 4 minute debut get me so excited about a player.

I am actually fucking giddy

Can someone tell me what sportwashing would look like if this isn't it?

It was a cheap shot at the owners, not Newcastle United. If he'd said he's [Greenwood] a right fit for Newcastle United, then have at it, the reaction from the fans would be justifiable. But for us to set on him like a pack of attack dogs and defend the virtues of the Saudi fucking regime is sportwashing in the strictest sense; something I'm absolutely not comfortable being associated with the club. I'm not interested in whether it was right or wrong he lost his job, or the debate on actions and consequences of a crass comment made on a public forum, I'm interested in the fact that the reaction to the tweet appears to be the very definition of sportwashing.

If this isn't sportwaahing then what what fuck is?! The fact a load of Saudi bots are now celebrating it and saying stuff like "a good reason to buy the club" is a fucking tragic by-product of all that nonsense.

"because it's in Arabic?!" Are you alright?

It's fucking tragic. Ritchie over Lewis as well.

Apologies if already posted, didn't want to put this in the Greenwood thread but saw the below tweet celebrating the sacking of that guy and our fans orchestration of that and made me really uncomfortable.

I think people are being overly harsh here. I don't think there's an obvious weakness we haven't addressed and that's surely all we can measure this window by. Hoping to get better in areas we're already prem standard in would be a bonus but not a requirement. We're actually a really well balanced side now with a CM 3 of Willock, Bruno and Joelinton looking like they could be an absolute handful for anyone. Our defence looks 10 fold better and our forward line is good.

Solid 8/10. Massively disappointed we don't look like adding to our attacking options but our remit was to make our squad at least the 17th best which I think we've done. The rest is on Howe now.

Really surprised we don't appear to be going for loans at least

Where's he gone to? Edit: ffs

Cabral for the mysterious European striker?

GK's can transform a defence tbf, we've seen that ourselves. Improving in Dubs (who looks short of confidence at the moment) would be a good move imo

Quite excited for what loans we might bring in. You'd think fringe players from top top clubs who are less cunty to deal with would a no brainer for everyone, especially with the WC coming up.

What we gonna do if ASM gets injured like?

Carrasco wouldn't give a shit about getting relegated

Hope this is the signing that gives other players confidence to sign now. Pretty huge statement of intent.

Aye, I dont think £15m is a lot for a prem proven defender playing in one of the better defences in the league. Clearly rated by the fans who actually watch him play every week. Not sure whats not to like.

I think they'll be fully on board this move as I imagine he'll be the intermediary between PIF and the club that will speed up the decision making process for AS et al.

Nearly 5 months later and it's still all too surreal for me. I hope I never get used to this.

Even if Alli couldn't bring the goals with him, his quality on the ball would still be invaluable to us. Loan with option to buy could be a good deal for us.

I think he was closer to Ginola than he was Messi.