Hugo Ekitike (not playing for Liverpool for a while)

[RodneyCisse]

Manchester Reds coming back to earth with a bang…

[black_n_white]

The inevitable Chelsea / Man Utd / Liverpool bid incoming?

[Miggys First Goal]

Deal agreed Wednesday. Medical booked for Thursday. Sammy the Skiver video recorded on Saturday. Announced Monday. Hugo’s first day at NUFC video released on Tuesday. 

[SteV]

Probably worth re-posting the Laurens article the thread title refers to:

 

49 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/45740144/newcastle-transfers-hugo-ekitike-set-80m-move-sources

 

Laurens seems to think it's further along than others.

 

[TBG]

The annoying thing is a lot of the club is in Austria right now so we have to wait an extra hour for the news to reach us.

[SAK]

5 minutes ago, Skeletor said:

 

Stress from genocidal maniacs is making Bob Vylan look old (no racist).

[Sibierski]

12 minutes ago, Keegans Export said:

If the €75m fee is accurate, that's how much Mbeumo/Pedro would have cost so if the plan was to get one of those and Elanga then there's no reason this should be out of reach financially.

 

The "Ekitike only wanted LFC!" from Romano is going to hurt but this has been a fun evening regardless 

It’s probably on higher end from those two, but I guess it’s case of he’s a trusted target with a strong body of research and we’re not keen on elsewhere. So better to pay £5m more on someone we’re more confident in then a lower cost alternative.

 

Probably a compromise needed elsewhere in our targets, but one worth taking.

[madras]

Just now, TBG said:

The annoying thing is a lot of the club is in Austria right now so we have to wait an extra hour for the news to reach us.

Alternatively with them being an hour ahead he might already have signed.

[mosstef]

Will he be our new number 9?

[madras]

Just now, mosstef said:

Will he be our new number 9?

Rumour is he wants 14.

 

[Sima]

Just catching up with this.

 

This just frightens me into thinking we’re selling Isak.

[BennyBlanco]

Just now, Sima said:

Just catching up with this.

 

This just frightens me into thinking we’re selling Isak.

 

We probably do eventually. But not yet. Not yet. . . .

[The Prophet]

Decent analysis from the Sherminator.

[Broadsword]

I remember when Owen signed, he was known to be at John Hall's mansion with Shearer and we still didn't think it would happen, it went quite for a few days and then he signed.  If his agent is in Newcastle and we have a delegation in Germany then this is as good as done imo. 

 

 

[SteV]

1 minute ago, Sima said:

Just catching up with this.

 

This just frightens me into thinking we’re selling Isak.

You’ll feel better when you catch up on the bit where every journo reporting the story says it’s to play WITH Isak.

[Colos Short and Curlies]

This won't land well but I'd like to see Isak drop into a free roaming role and this land as the spearhead. Unless of course this creates a Demba Ba dummy spit, then Isak stays upfront

 

There's 20 goals a piece in that partnership and I reckon Isak would really enjoy the freedom to do whatever the fuck he wants to whatever defence takes his fancy 

[Miggys First Goal]

“What’s all this talk about me leaving?”
 

[GEFAFWISP]

1 minute ago, The Prophet said:

Decent analysis from the Sherminator.

I'm so happy that Howe is our manager and he understands that possession is for fannies. High efficiency > tiki knacka.

[Displayname]

Even if it doesnt work out, it shows that our budget is huge this summer, just as I thought.

[Skeletor]

Trying to create an old strike partnership acronym like RAF (Rush and Fowler) SAS (Shearer and Sutton) but EAI or IAE sounds naff 

[wormy]

5 minutes ago, mosstef said:

Will he be our new number 9?

 

Maybe he and Isak can rotate it each year. 

[GEFAFWISP]

1 minute ago, Colos Short and Curlies said:

This won't land well but I'd like to see Isak drop into a free roaming role and this land as the spearhead. Unless of course this creates a Demba Ba dummy spit, then Isak stays upfront

 

There's 20 goals a piece in that partnership and I reckon Isak would really enjoy the freedom to do whatever the fuck he wants to whatever defence takes his fancy 

The potential havoc Isak, Ekitike, Gordon, Barnes and Elanga could cause if Howe can get them interchanging and drifting around is mouth watering.

[Sean]

Shows how little attention I've been paying lately that I saw the thread title and thought for a minute Frankfurt had beaten us to his signature 

 

 

[Dokko]

Fuck it, I'm on board. I'm in.

 

Probably fall through now.

[B-more Mag]

I'm not anywhere near a bathtub.