Kid Icarus

Downie saying if we miss out on Sesko, Newcastle are well within their rights to tell Isak he has 3 years on his contract and has to stay. It's like being in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, this.

Reminder that he took 3 weeks to choose between Arsenal and Leipzig

Can't enforce a deadline when Man United have also now bid. Us threatening to walk away and following through now only equals certain failure.

There's an increasing number of people on twitter posting about how sorry they feel for us. Do you know exactly what it takes for that to happen?

Almost had to sack his agent to make it happen. This window is sending us all a bit mental but it's hard not to get a bit conspiratorial.

Think whether I want this all hinges on whether the alternative is to do the unthinkable and still try and get Ramos or Jackson plus Wissa in if this fails, then sell Isak. If that's the case then I hope Sesko chooses us and saves us from ourselves If the alternative is to go with saying tough luck to Isak and getting Wissa then I'm okay with him choosing Man United and I'll be pleased that our inability to close a deal has saved us from ourselves.

It might be the 2 hours sleep but I think I might start crying soon.

AVB as your idol...

Common sense would say that that's the choice we should now make, but I agree that it's not a formality at all, this whole situation hasn't bottomed out yet.

If what you're saying had any substance, Kane would be at Man City, Suarez would have gone to Arsenal, Modric to Chelsea, Rooney to Man City, Ronaldo to Man City, Zaha to Arsenal, and countless others where clubs have simply said no, not happening. It does matter, you've just invented this reality where we simply must sell a player with 3 years on his contract specifically to Liverpool.

Oh well, better continue scampering around for dregs for Liverpool's benefit, there's no possible alternative

Means nothing if Sesko says it's Man United or no one.

Can't believe PSR would MAKE US do this

The number of reasons why people think it's a terrible decision to sell to a domestic rival in the circumstances have been described in excruciating detail and I'm sure you'll have read it. It's nothing to do with it being a 'flex' in the slightest.

Best to just capitulate and set a precedent then. Absolutely nothing else we can do with a player on a 3 fucking year contract. Honestly man.

Expecting to get maximum value from the club that engineered a lot of this, cockblocked us on Ekitike, then put in an official bid £10m below their informal one, all when we'll have already spent a chunk of the money, there's no chance he'll stay and they're the only club in for him/Isak wants. Wave goodbye to £150m.

His stock has fallen massively from when he left hasn't it.

Just been watching the clip of every shot he had in 24/25 and he seems clinical like, quite often only getting one or two shots per match and scoring.

Doesn't 150m potentially give us ~450m to spend because of amortisation and the 3 year rolling psr thing?

Absolutely no chance. Not only has he trampled over everything and everyone associated with Newcastle, he's done it deliberately just as a tactical move to get a move to another club, he's scum. I'll remember him as a very good player but won't feel a thing towards him. Not dissimilar to Andy Cole. Right now it's raw and gut wrenching, but in time he'll be in the unique position of being hated by a fanbase forever when he should have been a hero. What a legacy.

I thought that's what I was known for tbh. It's just my obsession at the moment ,especially with needing to be at home all the time at the moment and getting little sleep. I've always taken Newcastle far too seriously and let it affect my own mood though. It'll pass once my brain decides to drop the catharsis for my own good. Genuinely appreciate the concern though and appreciate its also probably irritating to see on here constantly.

I don't, I just cannot stand the thought of him being at Liverpool and being acutely aware of him week after week. Would much rather keep him and block a domestic move, despite what he's done than have to endure that, after the way they've cucked us. It would be like Caroll x10 for me because he's actually world class and so will they be.

No, but the assumption is that this ties in with Isak going to Liverpool

You don't spend £70m on a rotation striker like. He'll 100% replace Isak with Wissa being the Wilson replacement and the more likely player to start for a while.

It's obvious considering how we've caved with the Isak situation innit? Don't want to shit on everyone's excitement though, it's nice seeing some of us happy about the window for once.