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Can’t remember any instances of a player actually arriving in Newcastle and not joining. Remy got as far as London and joined a London club but hardly the same.

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Bloody hell lol, they've lowered expectations. Securing back-to-back loans (with no buy option) is a momentus cause for celebration now, to this mob.

 

Once upon a time we beat Barca, after a mid-table finish the previous season, to secure Robert's signature (on a permanent transfer). Now that caused a buzz around the city - still remember the reception he received, when he was unveiled at SJP (the Intertoto Cup 2nd leg). This loan signing, which the club are dressing up with enthusiastic emojis and exclamation marks, is just Meh to me.

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Presume he cant play against chelsea...the game im heading over to ?

He has only a year left on his contract by the end of the loan so maybe we might be hoping for a cut price deal then..but if he even has a half decent season with us there will be some competition which Mike doesnt like to get held to "ransom".

Merino deal was loan orginally and ended up getting him on a permanent transfer so fingers crossed be the same

 

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I'm probably just miserable as fuck but it's pissed me off no end it's only a loan. We had a chance to buy a really good footballer and blew it. He'll do really well for us, then go somewhere else.

 

Which tbf might have even been the case if we had bought him too. If we don’t actually spend the fees we get for our players then I’m not even sure it makes much of a difference whether we’ve bought or loaned him.

 

I’m just really pleased he’s here for the full year. That’ll mean he’s been our player for at least a season and a half, given how talented he is that may have been the case even if we owned him.

 

Let’s be happy, positivity really does make a massive difference as seen with the England run this past few weeks.

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Presume he cant play against chelsea...the game im heading over to ?

He has only a year left on his contract by the end of the loan so maybe we might be hoping for a cut price deal then..but if he even has a half decent season with us there will be some competition which Mike doesnt like to get held to "ransom".

Merino deal was loan orginally and ended up getting him on a permanent transfer so fingers crossed be the same

 

Papertalk suggested that Chelsea would insert a clause in the current loan deal (a heavy levy would be attached to any transfer fee during & after the loan period.... if there's no buy option with a specific number) in order prevent us playing that sort of bargain-hunting, waiting game.

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Based purely on this season I'm chuffed with this, we've effectively got back to where we finished the last and now it's time to build further.

 

If we can start shifting some players out (Merino, Mbemba, Mitrovic look to be relatively imminent) then still fairly confident we'll improve in the areas we need to.

 

We don't spend it before we have it, which is abundantly clear. It's not nice, but life gets easier if you accept that.

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Based on absolutely nothing, I believe we'll secure a deal to sign him when we get another tranche of cash; Rafa is just using the available cash we'll have this summer to sign the striker and few others.

 

(shrug)(blind hope)

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Based purely on this season I'm chuffed with this, we've effectively got back to where we finished the last and now it's time to build further.

 

If we can start shifting some players out (Merino, Mbemba, Mitrovic look to be relatively imminent) then still fairly confident we'll improve in the areas we need to.

 

We don't spend it before we have it, which is abundantly clear. It's not nice, but life gets easier if you accept that.

 

100% this, I also am just happy because we're going to get a full season out of Kenedy, who I think is fucking mint.

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