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Fanks Mike.

"yOu haVe mY fUlL SupPOrT¡¡¡"

I mean they have supposedly communicated it to him but yes, maybe.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6269182/2025/04/10/bournemouth-psr-premier-league-rules/ In which Bournemouth get around a cast iron breach of PSR by writing off a £70+m loan from a shareholder, and treating the write off as income to be offset against its PSR. This isn't a they might have breached or they might not. Take this one transaction out of their calc, and it's points deduction time. The Premier League: ✅ Nothing to see here.

We'll get back to you in the standard 6-8 weeks

I just meant replacing Bruno or Tonali might actually be easier, more players like them around, imo.

seeing as it's gemmill I'm gonna your original statement my full support anyway.

This is what I was getting at. I probably meant challenge Joelinton tbh not replace but as I said Willock is there for that. We will need to replace Longstaff though and it's going to need to be someone that's going to be content with being backup. I generally don't like signing players in that bracket, you want someone with first 11 credentials and aspirations.

Really? Tonali and Bruno might be ahead of him in the pecking order, but I think Joelinton is the hardest profile to replace. Big, powerful, tenacious, defensive instincts, decent technically and all that good stuff. But with the added bonus of his personality, friendships and loyalty to Newcastle.

Market valuation, according to Transfermarkt, is 55m euros. Not sure we will be spending that much on a rotation striker, but if he can provide cover on the flanks we might. his numbers since moving to Franfurt are decent. And crucially, he is similar profile to Isak

Importantly they can guarantee him that he’ll be their main striker. We can’t do that. At his age his most important focus should be on playing minutes. Saying that, any young player who goes to Man U at the moment needs their head checked.

From what I've seen the price seems much higher than that. I can't see Frankfurt giving him away for buttons (in regular goal scorer terms).

Aah yes 1-0 reverse both legs…correct to say they didn’t beat them over 2 legs

Liverpool beat PSG, (somehow) at Anfield France.

Yeah they did.

Yeah I think the first goal either way will be crucial. Had to work last night so didn’t see it but it sounds like another PSG masterclass. There again, PSG didn’t actually beat Liverpool at Anfield..

I think we might replace Longstaff and it could be a serious upgrade too. Though the obvious upgrade would be someone to replace Joelinton, we already have Willock that slots in there. There'll only be Miley as cover for the other two if SL leaves unless I'm forgetting someone. I want quality over numbers though.

Done.

We were going to spend 30 on him 2 years ago, weren't we? 40m two years later, when he's realised some of his potential, isn't that much of a premium.

i see we've been linked with hugo ekitike again. he'd be a good rotation option for isak/replacement for wilson. he's done the business since going to frankfurt and getting regular game time. whether he'd want to come to a club where he's not a guaranteed starter after wasting a couple of years on the bench at psg is another matter. he's also a similar profile to isak and could provide cover out wide. he went to frankfurt for less than £20m and is probably going to cost double that now so it could be that we missed the boat.

The urge to report this post is fucking crushing.

If he's given the option of Chelsea, Man United, and us, and picks either of those two, he's having a shocker. Arsenal seems the obvious place, but they might think they're better than him. No point in going to Man City other than to pick up medals for sitting on the bench.