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if it is what is going on then I don't see why we are engaging in Ashley style tactics just to piss clubs off and players to go elsewhere. Im still patiently positive about our dealings being concluded on the quiet but id expect to see some through the door in the next fortnight.

When do teams hit the PSR panic button? It sounded like we were waiting for that moment before doing anything.

Haven't had chance to get round to seeing that yet. I doubt many of the managers we had under the Shepherd or Ashley days would have had the level of detail of Eddie, plus the added pressure of ambition mixed with financial restraint. In the past they seemingly had one or the other.

Familiarity breeds contempt. I do think there's something to the psychology of it from a fan view that if the player is from overseas then somehow the club have tried harder to get a better player. Tonali had become a folklore before he had really kicked a ball. If he had been called Sam Thomas from Blackburn with a gambling habit, then I dont know whether we would have had as much love for him as we did for Sandro on his return. Elanga has international experience with Isak and presumably Krafth so you have a relationship already with the incoming player. Id wager Eddie has already spoken to the pair of them about the personality he is. Same could be said for Pedro with Bruno and Joelinton. Limited experience but has been in Brazil squads with them. It's not fantasy football, there's a load of human factors to consider with all of these signings and so far we've pretty much hit the bullseye every time.

It seems now the standard for a winger who can bag a few goals is £50-60m. I'd rather we went in for Adeyemi from Dortmund, we should have picked him up when he left Salzburg. Keith Downie suggests we are considering him, Kudus or Bakayoko

Didn't the Moores Pools money just bankroll them?

That Scalvini lad hasn't played at all in 24/25 due to injury.

Probably the most Newcastle-esque way in which to become the club with the world's richest owners. To think what the ambition was when they arrived, whilst the improvement has been stark on the field (down to Ed and his team), the off field stuff seems to be a continuation of the merry go round we've had since SJH left.

Don't worry, City's 115 charges might mean that there'll be a fire sale......

It's time we sold Hayden to a PIF sister club for £300 million.

I suspect that lad watched the video by The Athletic and came up with the story. Him and Sven with Tino and Lewis would be a quality back 4 though.

Looking at the pic of his Mrs, his surname must be doing some heavy lifting.

Im hoping the silence on transfers is because we are so busy trying to get deals done with players who aren't on the radar of the media. Throw them a few bones to chuck them off the scent while they get on with bringing in some surprise talent. That Marveaux character is half right when he's talking about bringing talent to develop in. We did that with Minteh and turned a tidy profit. We probably need to do it more often but again it's convincing players to come here. It seems that the likes of Chelsea can simply contact an agent and a kid is lining himself up a bedsit on the Kings Road to join the ranks of players who will hardly get a game.

Must be the weird London pull although I'm never sure how players want to go to Manchester either as the place is an absolute shit hole. It's closer to London and might have better transport links from the airport but I much prefer Newcastle as a city (and I don't live in it).