Benjamin Šeško (playing for Man United)

[Yorkie]

Ominous update from Yawnstein.

 

Cartel absolutely owns the market and we haven't got a fucking prayer. Would love for people to give the club a bit of a break in all this but I won't hold my breath.

 

Who else is out there who comes as close to plug-in-and-play in a Champions League campaign than the targets we've lost out on this summer? We're being cornered into taking the mid-table recruitment route and just hoping Eddie Howe can turn them into an A1 player.

[TheInfiniteOdyssey]

NUFC recruitment team.
 

[ryanegg]

1 minute ago, Pearljam10 said:

I wonder what delegation we sent to Germany. Andy Howe and his brother. 

 

You can blame then all you want. If we're strung by PSR, it's going to take Richard Bandler levels of NLP to convince a player to come here over an extra £50k or so wages. 

 

PSR needs to be re-written.

 

 

[LFEE]

4 minutes ago, gbandit said:

Let’s just get out of the race now please. He’s over-rated and I’ve said so from the start. The fact that he wants Man U over us is a major warning flag about his mentality and desire for his career

This. Not seen anything great about him so far. Felt he was always waiting for Man Utd also.

 

Isak will have to stay another 12 months.

[Magpie Mover]

1 hour ago, r0cafella said:

That would be an absolute disaster. 

Not if we keep isak.

[r0cafella]

12 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

Ominous update from Yawnstein.

 

Cartel absolutely owns the market and we haven't got a fucking prayer. Would love for people to give the club a bit of a break in all this but I won't hold my breath.

 

Who else is out there who comes as close to plug-in-and-play in a Champions League campaign than the targets we've lost out on this summer? We're being cornered into talking the mid-table recruitment route and just hoping Eddie Howe can turn them into an A1 player.

Why? Our targeting has been horrendous, it's as if we've no clue about the dynamics of the market. 

 

Literally the only club in the world to be pied off how many times in one window? Something is clearly very wrong. 

 

 

Edited July 30, 2025 by r0cafella

[r0cafella]

Just now, Magpie Mover said:

Not if we keep isak.

Even if we keep him, he wants out. Not expecting much other than half heartedness from him. 

[TRon]

1 minute ago, ryanegg said:

 

You can blame then all you want. If we're strung by PSR, it's going to take Richard Bandler levels of NLP to convince a player to come here over an extra £50k or so wages. 

 

PSR needs to be re-written.

 

 

 

 

Yep. No one wants to hear it, but as long as we are going up against cartel clubs for players, we've got virtually no chance unless we can somehow offer them more money. 

[TheBrownBottle]

1 minute ago, ryanegg said:

 

You can blame then all you want. If we're strung by PSR, it's going to take Richard Bandler levels of NLP to convince a player to come here over an extra £50k or so wages. 

 

PSR needs to be re-written.

 

 

Sorry, did the transfer team just learn about PSR last week or something?

 

This is incompetence on show and the world is watching.  I’ve seen folks talk about how selling Isak would damage the club’s image - this is far worse in my view.  We look like an ugly bloke trying to chat up the best looking women in the club, then looking stunned when they say ‘no’ to our charms.  

[Solitude20]

Just now, r0cafella said:

Even if we keep him, he wants out. Not expecting much other than half heartedness from him. 

It’s a world cup year. He has to play well to prepare for it. He isn’t the first player to be denied a transfer. There are many examples out there. 

[Ben]

1 minute ago, TRon said:

 

 

Yep. No one wants to hear it, but as long as we are going up against cartel clubs for players, we've got virtually no chance unless we can somehow offer them more money. 

 

Hopefully that's where out Trillionaire owners come in

[St1pe]

If this is this case - which I think everyone believed to be likely - we can’t let Isak go til the summer. We don’t have the time to pull in an adequate replacement as all of the major targets have chosen other options. 
 

Keep Isak and pay the Wissa money and we’ll be fine. Isak will have to lump it for a year. 

[r0cafella]

Just now, Solitude20 said:

It’s a world cup year. He has to play well to prepare for it. He isn’t the first player to be denied a transfer. There are many examples out there. 

Yeah because Sweden are going to leave him at home FFS. 

 

They aren't England, they don't have quality. They will be desperate for him to go if he has one leg. 

[TheBrownBottle]

Just now, Ben said:

 

Hopefully that's where out Trillionaire owners come in

PSR stops this from happening.  Which we all knew about - well, all of us except the folks running the club it seems

[sushimonster85]

1 minute ago, TheBrownBottle said:

This is incompetence on show and the world is watching.  I’ve seen folks talk about how selling Isak would damage the club’s image - this is far worse in my view.  We look like an ugly bloke trying to chat up the best looking women in the club, then looking stunned when they say ‘no’ to our charms.  

 

Don't get me wrong, this window is looking like an all time stinker, but I don't really see how it can seen as incompetence when we're making moves for players, and only losing out because they're picking other teams. Would you rather us just go for shitter players? 

[Novocastrian]

Is Frank Pingel still about?

[McCormick]

Had enough now, like. Embarrassing.

[Ben]

Just now, TheBrownBottle said:

PSR stops this from happening.  Which we all knew about - well, all of us except the folks running the club it seems

 

I think we need two questions answering 

 

Can they do more ?

 

Do they want to ?

[Yorkie]

3 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

Why? Our targeting has been horrendous, it's as if we've no club about the dynamics of the market. 

 

Literally the only club in the world to be pied up how many times in one window? Something is clearly very wrong. 

 

Can't be arsed with this. It's so uncomplicated to me and I'll never agree with the opposing view that it's all our fault so I'm gonna tap out.

[sushimonster85]

1 minute ago, St1pe said:

Keep Isak and pay the Wissa money and we’ll be fine. Isak will have to lump it for a year. 

 

Have honestly felt all along like one of the more likely outcomes to this whole mess is Isak signing a new deal, one with a slightly friendlier release clause than 150m, and going next Summer. 

[RUHRLYASLEEVESUP]

1 minute ago, Novocastrian said:

Is Frank Pingel still about?

Only ever wanted Sunderland Marra 

[STM]

 

What's he suggesting here?

 

 

[Menace]

I'm pretty sure Arsenal walked away because of his agent no?

[r0cafella]

Just now, STM said:

 

What's he suggesting here?

 

 

Talking out of his ass. His Agent has a highly rated player who will get his big move this summer or next. 

 

I'm sure Sesko will be beside himself he has to spend another 12 months at Leipzig.

[TheBrownBottle]

Just now, sushimonster85 said:

 

Don't get me wrong, this window is looking like an all time stinker, but I don't really see how it can seen as incompetence when we're making moves for players, and only losing out because they're picking other teams. Would you rather us just go for shitter players? 

It’s incompetence - everyone and their dog knew that several of these players were on the target list for Sky Six clubs.  We don’t have the prestige nor the wage structure to attract them - yet we’ve wasted months faffing about.

 

You don’t need to wait for the window to open to negotiate, and you don’t need to submit one bid at a time.  The same narrative has surrounded our transfer attempts all summer - it is absolutely ridiculous.

 

In terms of shitter players - what the fuck has our scouting team been doing for the last few years?  The players targeted (Pedro, Ekitike, Sesko, Trafford etc) have been linked for YEARS at this point.  There’s no-one else out there?  I don’t buy it.  Other clubs seem to manage to find players.