James Maddison (now playing for Tottenham Hotspur)

[The Prophet]

The good news is that the Twitter ITKs seems to be in agreement that a deal is close. Phew!

[Lazarus]

23 minutes ago, sushimonster85 said:

 

Aye. He's a bit of a mess like. Has he ever actually been right about anything? Even times where he thinks he has a tap in he ends up looking stupid. Takeover goes through and every day that week Burnsie is like 'have it on good authority Bruce is packing up and saying his goodbyes right now'.... Bruce ended up staying on for a good week past that.

 

To be fair - it would take a while to pick up all those crisp packets and Greggs wrappers.

 

 

[UpTheToon]

9 minutes ago, Max Cherry said:

Be interested to see how much we bid, especially given the reported Mac Allister fee. 

That was a release clause so has no bearing on other deals?

[Ben]

Is he with England this week ? 

[Max Cherry]

Just now, UpTheToon said:

That was a release clause so has no bearing on other deals?

Ah was it, my bad. 

[Matt1892]

Maddison is a better player than Mac Allister.

[gdm]

12 minutes ago, Ben said:

Is he with England this week ? 

Yes

[David Edgar]

Max Cherry missing a glorious opportunity to go with Mr Burns.

[Scoot]

https://twitter.com/terryflewers/status/1668182625805037568?t=pRcH1rNZK-u6iEAw0OgH6A&s=19

 

James Maddison to Newcastle on & close ✅⏳

 

 

 

Not sure who he is but has 100k plus followers.

[Max Cherry]

2 minutes ago, David Edgar said:

Max Cherry missing a glorious opportunity to go with Mr Burns.

Thought I had to distance myself from Monty to be fair 

[SteV]

Just now, Scoot said:

https://twitter.com/terryflewers/status/1668182625805037568?t=pRcH1rNZK-u6iEAw0OgH6A&s=19

 

Not sure who he is but has 100k plus followers.

Some kind of Man Utd YouTube/podcast type person isn’t he? Not really sure why he would know anything in relation to Maddison?

[Nucasol]

1 minute ago, Scoot said:

https://twitter.com/terryflewers/status/1668182625805037568?t=pRcH1rNZK-u6iEAw0OgH6A&s=19

 

Not sure who he is but has 100k plus followers.

Unless it’s Fabrizio the tap-in merchant slapping a ‘Here we go’ on it, I’m not buying. Fully expecting the slapheeded fraud Edwards to come steaming in with a denial.

[jack j]

1 minute ago, Nucasol said:

Unless it’s Fabrizio the tap-in merchant slapping a ‘Here we go’

Joao Pedro likes this

[GWN]

Fab is the ONLY one to trust till then I ignore 

[Max Cherry]

I reckon when Keith Downie starts tweeting about something it's fairly reliable like 

[KetsbaiaIsBald]

6 minutes ago, Nucasol said:

Unless it’s Fabrizio the tap-in merchant slapping a ‘Here we go’ on it, I’m not buying. Fully expecting the slapheeded fraud Edwards to come steaming in with a denial.

 

He missed an absolute sitter for us with that Watford lad.

[sushimonster85]

13 minutes ago, GWN said:

Fab is the ONLY one to trust till then I ignore 

 

I tend to go with Ornstein. When he starts talking about it as a goer then 99 times out of 100 it tends to happen. 

[Keegans Export]

1 minute ago, sushimonster85 said:

 

I tend to go with Ornstein. When he starts talking about it as a goer then 99 times out of 100 it tends to happen. 

Wasn't he the first one at the UK end to report the Isak deal? 

 

 

Edited June 12, 2023 by Keegans Export

[The Prophet]

6 minutes ago, sushimonster85 said:

 

I tend to go with Ornstein. When he starts talking about it as a goer then 99 times out of 100 it tends to happen. 

 

Ornstein is the Don, the only thing I can think of him getting wrong is the Wilson contract extension. 

 

Generally if any of the locals (Hope, Waugh, Downie) are reporting something is done it's a good sign. They're slow, but reliable. 

 

 

Edited June 12, 2023 by The Prophet

[GeordieDazzler]

4 minutes ago, sushimonster85 said:

 

I tend to go with Ornstein. When he starts talking about it as a goer then 99 times out of 100 it tends to happen. 

I tend to think Fab and Ornstein and Athletic in general are the favoured source of a lot of clubs as they both tend to just present news or deals without journalistic spin or hyperbole. 

 

 

[RobsonsWonderland]

1 hour ago, Max Cherry said:

Be interested to see how much we bid, especially given the reported Mac Allister fee. 

I think Liverpool had this sorted a long time ago that nobody else had a look in ... A bit like the young lad from Fulham the year before.

 

Both benefitting from lower transfer release clauses then their true market value (you wonder if the agent tipped them off) and then I guess Liverpool / Klopp do still have a massive pull for a lot of players.

 

 

Edited June 12, 2023 by RobsonsWonderland

[Collage]

I think this will happen, feels like it’s been on for at least 6 months.

[Tiresias]

9 minutes ago, RobsonsWonderland said:

I think Liverpool had this sorted a long time ago that nobody else had a look in ... A bit like the young lad from Fulham the year before.

 

Both benefitting from lower transfer release clauses then their true market value (you wonder if the agent tipped them off) and then I guess Liverpool / Klopp do still have a massive pull for a lot of players.

 

 

 

 

In fairness it is also how Brighton attract all their talent, come to us we will look after you will then won't fight too hard to keep you after you've been in shop window for a while

[Geordie_once_removed]

2 minutes ago, Tiresias said:

 

In fairness it is also how Brighton attract all their talent, come to us we will look after you will then won't fight too hard to keep you after you've been in shop window for a while

I've read this several times too.  It's just another example of how they are a really smartly run club.  As an emerging player this must be a major draw.

 

If Leicester really are asking for £60 million for Madison consider how that approach differs. They won't get that, it'll drag on so they can't buy to replace and people who they might buy will be questioning if it is a good idea to go there as they too might end up trapped. 

[Yorkie]

I've a feeling this saga might be over quite soon.

 

Leicester's bargaining position is about as weak as it gets, imo: the player wants to leave; everyone knows he's going to leave; he's only got one year left; they're in desperate need of revenue; and they're an EFL club. 

 

The fee will only get smaller the deeper we go into the window; but us and Spurs can afford to pay a little bit more in June, moreso than Leicester can afford to accept a greatly reduced price in August. Spurs need the good news, and NUFC has a manager who's earned the right for his board to deliver early signings. 

 

On balance, it's in all parties' interests to get this done sooner rather than later, so I think there'll be a fee agreed soon. Then it's a case of Postecoglou's oration vs Eddie Howe's intensity.