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He gets some good scoops but his NUFC network is bollocks. Would rather trust some of the consortium briefed hacks like Hope and Douglas.

Barry Venison. Definitely not Ray Ranson.

Euros that is. Exactly the £25m Dan Taylor quoted earlier.

If he makes as much as an impact as our last signing from Freiburg I’d be made up.

What a fucking freak. If he has a lass, guaranteed she’s going cock-hopping all week and he’s ok with it.

Lille’s ‘European ambitions’? They’re 8th in Ligue 1, albeit only 3 points behind Marseille but who’ve played a game less. They’ve no chance of winning the Champions League so might as well cash in.

Thems the rules according to Edwards. Bloke will be sat crying into his Pinot-soaked cornflakes.

Whole thing is insane. Holier than thou Barca fans will go berserk when they realise he’s flogged the family gold, silver and bronze behind their backs as collateral for the loans they’ve taken out.

Edwards was the only one briefing from the “sell” side of the deal. Unfortunately people aren’t going to forgive him for being the unofficial mouthpiece of Charnley, Bishop and Bruce. Can’t imagine his ties to the club are strong with the current set owners in place - compared with Hope, Caulkin, Waugh and Douglas. Also get the feeling that he’s watched protégés like Douglas and Waugh move past him and he’s stuck on a beat he’s exhausted when he should have moved on.

Throw enough money at it and everyone has a price. Nice manoeuvring by Lille. Rules Milan’s loan to buy option out too.

The bloke is a miserable tool. Ignoring his buddies at True Faith, the rest of our fan base seemingly despise the doomongering cunt.

Van Dijk, De Ligt, De Vrij and Botman would be a stupendous four. Don’t rate Ake at all.

Long term Kjaer replacement according to the chat in Italy. He’s 32 now, 33 in March.

Nathan Ake was ahead of him in the last squad and looks shaky as fuck. Definitely the chance to muscle his way in for the WC.

He’s giving up the opportunity to impress in a last 16 Champions League tie and the opportunity to showcase partnering Van Dijk at the WC - De Vrij currently is his CB partner - for a very risky move to us. Can understand why he needs time to think and why joining a Scudetto chasing Milan team would be more tempting. This is the ball ache Charnley, Ashley et al have caused us. Any semblance of stability, even as a mid-table club, and he’d probably be here now ahead of a big push for Top 6 over the span of his contract.

Does Botman want to join us? Playing devil’s advocate, the only sources claiming this are the ones close to the club, rather than the player. Severely burned by the whole Emery thing where the false confidence of the club briefings showed us right up.

Interesting that Castles is the only one in the U.K. currently doing down our chances of signing Botman. Plenty of Italy based one’s doing the same but he’s the first to break ranks in Blighty. Others like Craig Hope seem positive but wondering whether they’re getting the noises from the NUFC side, not the player.

Whopper dropped a few clangers about our next manager so totally debunked.

HP?

Definitely looks like he’s on his way. Steven Taylor levels of post-match clapping there.

Can’t compare to the ghost of Eusebio. Also, mega farmers league over there. I remember Chelsea fans getting giddy about Mateja Kezman (104 in 120) and Boro fans about Alfonso Alves (45 in 39), both with similarly obscene goal ratios in inferior leagues (Holland in their cases).

Can’t understate the psychological impact these current set of results will have. I thought we’d be miles adrift, 6-9 points - and fighting a lost cause but very much game on between 5 or 6 absolutely garbage teams currently. Bring in the cavalry and it’s game on. Hoping for a nice 0-0 between Leeds and Burnley, plenty of injuries and cards.

Joaquin Guzman Junior, staring into your soul.

I saw the Telegraph or Athletic linking us with Elnenhy from Arsenal but the simian-faced pundit Keown had just said he’s off to the AFCON. Seems to rule that one out.

Blasphemy.