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Means nothing. Football is not like regular employment where you get an offer of take it or leave it. There will be details and clauses to sort, and anyone who has ever dealt with an agent or solicitor will know it doesn't happen in a few hours

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19 minutes ago, BeloEmre said:

Could it be that it won’t be announced before July 1?

We tend to announce nothing until we've done all the media stuff. Wouldn't surprise me if we have to wait until he flies to Newcastle and does all the photoshoots before we hear anything official.

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5 minutes ago, Chris_R said:

We tend to announce nothing until we've done all the media stuff. Wouldn't surprise me if we have to wait until he flies to Newcastle and does all the photoshoots before we hear anything official.

We did with Botman last summer.

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Hope it works out but a young Italian kid who probably idolized Pirlo and Gattuso getting a big move to AC Milan, winning the league, getting to the CL semi final and then being told he has to leave for financial reasons must be heart breaking. 
 

thankfully we have characters in the dressing room like Trips and Wilson that will help along. Plus it SHOULD be impossible to fail with Bruno G in the midfield. Just don’t know about young Italians in the PL. the good ones come later in their career like Zola and Vialli. Don’t want an Aquilanni situation. Although that one was off from the start as he was pretty injury prone even before going to Liverpool iirc. 

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1 hour ago, BonesJones said:

Didn't Milanista say that there wasn't any issue with finances at AC Milan, yet that seems to have been part of this story?

old fashioned profit making rather footballing ambition.

ring a bell?

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Every AC Milan fan I've read refers to the 'Moneyball' project the American investors are trying to set up. 

 

And how all US investors are the same, only there for money whereas the Arabs are there for glory. 

 

I do get what they mean. 

 

It just seems wrong for a storied historical club with plenty of honours to be used in that kind of way. Brentford, Brighton I undersand. Even if it was a Deportivo La Coruna who have fallen on bad times, or a Fiorentina. But this is like taking Bayern Munich, Liverpool or Real Madrid and making them second rate, the odd superstar but everyone's got a price. 

 

Obviously we have nowhere near the honours roll of AC Milan but it was the same with Ashley, keep it tight, do just enough, let Graham Carr find gems, sell high etc. But don't do it at a club like Newcastle, do it somewhere where they'll actually appreciate dining at the top table and just being there, without competing.

 

AC Milan aren't used to having their crown jewels sold, they are used to buying others. crown jewels, Rui Costa, Shevchenko, Baggio, Lentini, Desailly, Papin, etc.

 

Don't know why the investors get this so wrong time and time again. 

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Just a thought - he's still got a couple of games to play with the Italian Under 21s. It's unlikely that he'll pick up a serious injury, but could the delay in completely finalising it be down to that?

 

Assuming we sign him and then one or other of Szoboszlai or Maddison, then we look well stacked in the midfield. I'd like us to buy another striker for a third option in the event of Isak and Wilson both being injured. That and a left back and we'll be sorted.

 

It's true that many Italians haven't done well in English football, but that's often down to a problem in adjusting to the physical side of our game. That doesn't look like a problem for this lad.

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You guys kill me with the wasted anger towards Romano and the like. The outrage was fine the first time. You’re literally conditioned now, you know what he does and if you like it fine. If you don’t, then you’ve had literal months if not years to accept this is his job and what he does. 

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8 minutes ago, alexf said:

Just reminded me of a pet peeve. Media people not understanding exchange rates and putting the transfer fee down as £70-80 million. Which it quite clearly isn't.

And the constant “€8m net” when it’s clearly gross. 

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1 hour ago, Kanji said:

You guys kill me with the wasted anger towards Romano and the like. The outrage was fine the first time. You’re literally conditioned now, you know what he does and if you like it fine. If you don’t, then you’ve had literal months if not years to accept this is his job and what he does. 

:thup:

People slagging him off for being a "tap in merchant", but then also give Hope et all stick for reporting nothing news.

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