thomas Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Maybe they still had the old deadline on the calendar? I really hope people aren't gullible enough to fall for this one again. Its clearly just a lie the chronicle are gobbling up. I’m not sure. Didn’t the exact same thing happen in January late in the window? Was announced Rafa had the green light to bring in three players and we got Dubravka, Kenedy and Slimani. Can see us getting Rondon, the PSG kid and a centre-back in a similar sort of way. It did happen though. Dubs and Slimani were on the 31st, Kenedy came in a week before closing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Maybe they still had the old deadline on the calendar? I really hope people aren't gullible enough to fall for this one again. Its clearly just a lie the chronicle are gobbling up. I’m not sure. Didn’t the exact same thing happen in January late in the window? Was announced Rafa had the green light to bring in three players and we got Dubravka, Kenedy and Slimani. Can see us getting Rondon, the PSG kid and a centre-back in a similar sort of way. It did happen though. It can't possibly have happened because by the time the green light was given the players that Rafa actually wanted were gone. I agree that a green light was given or whatever, but when it's still limited to 2nd, 3rd, and 4th choice players, calling it the green light is a gross overstatement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 It's actually more than £10m more than our biggest signing under Ashley. £14m for Wijnaldum is the most we've spent under Ashley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 It's actually more than £10m more than our biggest signing under Ashley. £14m for Wijnaldum is the most we've spent under Ashley It's not really that surprising that we're toothless up front when we've never bought a striker worth more than £10m give or take... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Maybe they still had the old deadline on the calendar? I really hope people aren't gullible enough to fall for this one again. Its clearly just a lie the chronicle are gobbling up. I’m not sure. Didn’t the exact same thing happen in January late in the window? Was announced Rafa had the green light to bring in three players and we got Dubravka, Kenedy and Slimani. Can see us getting Rondon, the PSG kid and a centre-back in a similar sort of way. It did happen though. Dubs and Slimani were on the 31st, Kenedy came in a week before closing. January 16th, SSN broke with the news saying Benítez had been given the green light to sign three new players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Maybe they still had the old deadline on the calendar? I really hope people aren't gullible enough to fall for this one again. Its clearly just a lie the chronicle are gobbling up. I’m not sure. Didn’t the exact same thing happen in January late in the window? Was announced Rafa had the green light to bring in three players and we got Dubravka, Kenedy and Slimani. Can see us getting Rondon, the PSG kid and a centre-back in a similar sort of way. It did happen though. Dubs and Slimani were on the 31st, Kenedy came in a week before closing. January 16th, SSN broke with the news saying Benítez had been given the green light to sign three new players. BIT DIFFERENT THAN 4 DAYS BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE WINDOW INNIT AND THOSE 3 WEREN'T SIGNED THEY WERE LOANED Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Bas Dost still available?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Bas Dost still available?? no Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Hope one of them is Bryan or PSG kid. Although PSG kid can fill in 2 positions, so maybe we can focus on another midfielder. We desperately need one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 What about skjlbred or whatever he was perennially called Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 As if this green light thing is anything to be happy about. We are less than a week away from the end of the transfer window and Rafa has been give the green light to sign 2-3 cheap players when he has said that we are 4-5 players away from him being happy with the squad. Even if we were to disregard other transfer windows when Rafa has been here and not been fully backed, he should have been given the green light to sing players as soon as we had finished our game against Chelsea in May, and if not then, then certainly towards the end of the World Cup tournament. We only signed 1 player then and this was only because our clause to buy him cheaply was expiring, even then we still tried to shift a load on before we made that deal. Giving Rafa the green light to sign players this close to the end of the window with that budget is like giving someone the green light to join the motorway on their mobility scooter after you have asked them to sell their Honda. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 As if this green light thing is anything to be happy about. We are less than a week away from the end of the transfer window and Rafa has been give the green light to sign 2-3 cheap players when he has said that we are 4-5 players away from him being happy with the squad. Even if we were to disregard other transfer windows when Rafa has been here and not been fully backed, he should have been given the green light to song players as soon as we had finished our game against Chelsea in May, and if not then, then certainly towards the end of the World Cup tournament. We only signed 1 player then and this was only because our clause to buy him cheaply was expiring, even then we still tried to shift a load on before we made that deal. Giving Rafa the green light to sign players this close to the end of the window with that budget is like giving someone the green light to join the motorway on their mobility scooter after you have asked them to sell their Honda. Howling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Fucking woeful as usual. We won't even get all three of those greenlit players in. Still yet another window passes without getting the AM we are desperate for. While we did have a brief flirt with wijnaldum we still haven't bloody replace Kevin Nolan. So much hope. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Fucking woeful as usual. We won't even get all three of those greenlit players in. Still yet another window passes without getting the AM we are desperate for. While we did have a brief flirt with wijnaldum we still haven't bloody replace Kevin Nolan. So much hope. Not sure Nolan is a Rafa type player tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Maybe they still had the old deadline on the calendar? I really hope people aren't gullible enough to fall for this one again. Its clearly just a lie the chronicle are gobbling up. I’m not sure. Didn’t the exact same thing happen in January late in the window? Was announced Rafa had the green light to bring in three players and we got Dubravka, Kenedy and Slimani. Can see us getting Rondon, the PSG kid and a centre-back in a similar sort of way. It did happen though. Dubs and Slimani were on the 31st, Kenedy came in a week before closing. January 16th, SSN broke with the news saying Benítez had been given the green light to sign three new players. BIT DIFFERENT THAN 4 DAYS BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE WINDOW INNIT AND THOSE 3 WEREN'T SIGNED THEY WERE LOANED And it’ll likely be three players we’ve been linked with for a week or so and this is just ‘getting them over the line’. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Rondon, that N'soki lad and Reyes will be who we try for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubestationatmidnight Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Rondon, that N'soki lad and Reyes will be who we try for. Thrilling. About 4/5m for all 3. Cheers mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 As if this green light thing is anything to be happy about. We are less than a week away from the end of the transfer window and Rafa has been give the green light to sign 2-3 cheap players when he has said that we are 4-5 players away from him being happy with the squad. Even if we were to disregard other transfer windows when Rafa has been here and not been fully backed, he should have been given the green light to song players as soon as we had finished our game against Chelsea in May, and if not then, then certainly towards the end of the World Cup tournament. We only signed 1 player then and this was only because our clause to buy him cheaply was expiring, even then we still tried to shift a load on before we made that deal. Giving Rafa the green light to sign players this close to the end of the window with that budget is like giving someone the green light to join the motorway on their mobility scooter after you have asked them to sell their Honda. Howling. Stifler's analogies are something else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Can we loan Kenedy, Rondon and Ings? Thought it was limited to 2 domestic loans As it says there possible if obligation to buy. Dunno if that’s true but the northern echo seem to think so Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Aye I deleted that post after re-reading the tweet had a bit of a mare Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 I’d take that tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 I doubt we would go for an ‘obligation’ to buy deal, regardless of how he actually performs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Ings gets injured and plays 4 matches all season, we stay-up regardless, on the hook for £15mil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Isn't Ings permanently crocked? He’s had 3 fairly major injuries. I’d be more concerned if he was constantly picking up niggly ones. Hasn’t played much in 3 years though, so no idea how good he’d be. The obligation to buy is only if we stay up so we’ll just send him back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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