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28 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said:

Yeah, we’re well past the days of “having to sell” thank fook! Remember the joy at getting nil signings but consoling ourselves with “well at least we didn’t sell player X or Y”

So much to look forward to this window, and beyond!
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Yep, it's nice to be the circling vulture for a change, rather than the corpse

[Infatuation Junkie]

No more sitting until 12 on deadline day to push ketsbia through

[Danh1]

1 hour ago, r0cafella said:

Excerpt from the the athletic piece re impact of the champions league: 

 

 

“Similar to last seasons budget” when we spent £63 million on Isak alone.

 

 

[PauloGeordio]

5 minutes ago, Danh1 said:

“Similar to last seasons budget” when we spent £63 million on Isak alone.

 

 

 exactly! 

[Manxst]

3 minutes ago, Infatuation Junkie said:

No more sitting until 12 on deadline day to push ketsbia through

Ketsbaia was decent enough. You could’ve chosen much better from the likes of Khizanishvili, Ferreyra, Doumbia, Barreca, Bentaleb, Rose, Ireland, Harewood, Fitz Hall, Onyewu, Diatta, Kuqi, Gonzalez, Riviere, Muto, Ki etc…! Fuck me, we’ve had some dross over the last decade. 

[Keegans Export]

There is absolutely no chance of picking up a LB, RCB, two CMs and a forward for £80m. Even if a couple of those are "free" transfers, you've still got to factor in signing bonuses (always higher for out-of-contract players) and the wages (which seems to be more of an issue than the transfer fee judging by our wages-to-turnover ratio).

 

So either the reported budget is wrong, or the positions we're targeting are wrong.

[SUPERTOON]

Even Edwards in his piece yesterday reckons we will spend more in this window than any in of the previous ones. I reckon around 200 million spend.

[r0cafella]

2 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Even Edwards in his piece yesterday reckons we will spend more in this window than any in of the previous ones. I reckon around 200 million spend.

 Cmon, we can’t just start believing Baldward when he says stuff we want to hear

[SUPERTOON]

2 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

 Cmon, we can’t just start believing Baldward when he says stuff we want to hear

I didn’t say I believe him, I said that’s what he reported, and then what I think we will spend.

[Pancrate1892]

11 minutes ago, Manxst said:

Ketsbaia was decent enough. You could’ve chosen much better from the likes of Khizanishvili, Ferreyra, Doumbia, Barreca, Bentaleb, Rose, Ireland, Harewood, Fitz Hall, Onyewu, Diatta, Kuqi, Gonzalez, Riviere, Muto, Ki etc…! Fuck me, we’ve had some dross over the last decade. 

Bit harsh on harewood, never top drawer player but definitely helped get us up first time. The rest of them as much use as a pair of nuns tits.

[Manxst]

3 minutes ago, Pancrate1892 said:

Bit harsh on harewood, never top drawer player but definitely helped get us up first time. The rest of them as much use as a pair of nuns tits.

Yeah, that’s fair. I’d forgotten the job he did for us- just thinking back to those times is hard enough. 

[madras]

Newsagents podcast last night was in part about Johnson putting pressure on the Premier League to get the takeover passed. I'll be listening later when I get time.

[Likelylad]

Yeah i might give it a watch myself. There was a small clip on Twitter this morning. 

Tbh, i never understood the issue. The Saudi's heavily invest in many aspects of the UK and the Premier League were essentially telling them to piss off. 

I can certainly see why they were talking to the govt and saying If our money isn't good enough then we can take it elsewhere. 

I don't necessarily agree with that but can certainly see their pov. 

 

 

[GeordieDazzler]

They saw it as a way of achieving some of the ‘levelling up’ without actually having to do anything themselves.

[McCormick]

48 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Even Edwards in his piece yesterday reckons we will spend more in this window than any in of the previous ones. I reckon around 200 million spend.

I don’t think that’s an unreasonable assumption tbf. At least half of the PL teams will spend 100m+ this summer you’d imagine, with the top 8 (and Chelsea) probably spending over 150m. We almost have to spend that much if we want to retain our seat at the big table imo.

[The Prophet]

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/newcastle-united-fc-eyes-sponsorship-deal-with-saudi-events-company-sela-12887474

[FloydianMag]

 

[Guest]

Why would it provide a litmus test?

[Stifler]

1 minute ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Why would it provide a litmus test?

It’s owned by PIF.

[r0cafella]

1 minute ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Why would it provide a litmus test?

It’s more a test for the fair value rules than anything else. 
 

Unfortunately for some we’ve qualified for the ECL so we can pump pump pump it up. 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I’m sure we’ll set the value at exactly the level that it can’t be challenged. 
 

Related party, who knows. 

 

 

Edited May 24, 2023 by AyeDubbleYoo

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1 minute ago, r0cafella said:

It’s more a test for the fair value rules than anything else. 
 

Unfortunately for some we’ve qualified for the ECL so we can pump pump pump it up. 

 

[Manxst]

3 minutes ago, Stifler said:

It’s owned by PIF.

Is it? Can’t find anything PIF related anywhere? 

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[McCormick]

Re: Sela, I’m best friends with their CEO ffs and he watched the Leicester game with me. How on Earth did he keep that quiet, the bastard  .

 

Definitely PIF owned btw.

 

 

Edited May 24, 2023 by McCormick