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way bigger than slim. I’d go 50/50 right now given the size of deal and potential signings and sales needed to facilitate it.

I think thats a reasonable assumption tbf. Not sure Liverpool have offered anything though

unless this has been going on behind the scenes for a while without our knowledge. They may be waiting for clarity before committing to options based on budget a) or budget b)

fair

absolutely, and thats the ideal outcome IMHO - however, I’m convinced Howe would prefer to back himself with 200m than risk isak moping and destabilising a squad built on togetherness.

No way Howe wants him unhappy in squad next year. I bet my last £ he’d be happier seeing 130m accepted than £160m bid turned down.

Has it dawned on you that Howe and club may feel sale to liverpool is now the best option?

I dont get this assumption at all

or he wraps himself in cotton wool

That's the nightmare scenario

Is it life and death, absolutlely not, but it's a big deal. It's an absolute kick in the balls for Bruno and Dan and the fun is completely sucked out of the tour. They will be saying in a whatsapp group "why the fuck are we dealing with this shit, screw Alex", it's all trickle stuff.

They can manage every inch of this on the tour. It's absolutely within the gift of the club to go dark on it

spot on - this is the kinda scenario that sucks the moral out of the squad and why Howe needs him gone.

https://archive.ph/HiiJQ

he will go for > 130m now. I complete agree with you in terms of relative fee to Ekitike, but reality is he effectively took 50m off valuation yesterday by removing our leverage

Eddie howe will prioritise speed over extracting value. The Levy example of extracting the last cent is precisely what we cant do. If he goes it needs to be early next week and we need players signed and ready to join the team the day the return. time is far more valueable than cash right now

it's a marker of where we are on the priority list. If he goes there & we've been bullied, we are way down on the list and there is no real interest in growing the club from a Saudi excellence POV

reasonable argument that keeping him now, with the baggage and now further signings limits the season even more. im convinced Howe wants him gone now and backs himself to strengthen squad with 4 or 5 quality additions

unless they now want rid. Mad as it sounds, by buying Nunez, they are moving money into NUFC via a mad back door. The assumption however is a big one and it’s that NUFC / Howe have decided he now has to go

what if…… we have now decided he needs to go, I firmly believe Howe is in this camp and the bid for Nunez facilities this now.

Would love to see some sort of shameless power play here, sponsor the training ground or something ridiculous and offer Isak the cash.

Glass half full take is our mess in the absence of a proper recruitment structure might mean we freeze and dont sell this summer, but it feels like clutching

I dont think Rooney ever wanted to go though. He knew every time he threw his rattle out of the pram the would get another cheque.

That's their entire business model, get fans on and try to humiliate them. C*nts

applying that logic, he wont want to win against everton. As I outlined in last post, I really think we care way more than Howe about where he goes. He just wants resolution and quick