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Would have been good to have signed him last summer instead of chasing Guehi. Would be ready now, all being well, to displace Schar as first choice. I worry about Burn and Schar this season being first choice until Botman and hopefully Thiaw get up to speed. Watkins ripped them apart last year 

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2 minutes ago, Tiresias said:

I have a suspicion if we don't sign a midfielder we will see a lot of the 3-4-3 so one of our midfield can be tested a lot so may play with them anyway

Surely he will have looked at the fact that Targett and Ashby playing CM in pre-season as an absolute must to get a new CM in. 

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8 hours ago, KaKa said:

 

My God :lol:

 

Balague told BBC Radio 5 Live's Euro Leagues podcast: "What a deal. Everyone is amazed.

 

"We knew of the interest of Newcastle towards Isak. It makes sense in the way that Eddie Howe wants to run the team. This is a guy that is very fast, drives well with the ball, not the greatest finisher – he only scored six last season – but there is the potential there.

 

"I’m not sure you pay £60m for a potential player, but in any case it’s one of those. If you’ve got the money, why not?

 

"I don’t think he is worth that money, but he had a buyout clause. Of course Isak trebles his wages, so there wasn’t going to be any doubt from him."

Kristof Terreur added: "It’s what I call the Salt Bae effect.

 

"Everyone knows the famous chef who puts the salt on the steaks. He has a restaurant in Turkey where you can eat the same steak for 50 euros or for 60 euros, but in London you pay 900 euros.

 

"The Premier League is the same. You pay 60m euros for a player that another team might have paid 25m for in Europe."

 

Absolute fucking charlatans stealing a fucking living they should have to read these articles on air.

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2 minutes ago, Mike said:

 

Absolute fucking charlatans stealing a fucking living they should have to read these articles on air.

Every one of us on here could do what Ornstein/Romano/Edwards do just by keeping track of the internet...how do we get employed for doing it?

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Foreign signings are always a risk but IIRC we were pretty unequivocal on here that Isak was going to be absolute quality. Injuries aside, some players you only need to watch them and to know the environment they're coming into to just know. With him and Bruno (and Botman, hence the injuries point) it was crystal clear and it was obvious even at the time that the boohooers elsewhere didn't have a clue.

 

 

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