Transfers, 2024-25 season

[David Kelly 1328]

Just now, tooner said:

Fair point, but they work their asses off to get possession back 

I'd work my arse off but I'm not a premier league standard footballer either.

[tooner 243]

3 minutes ago, David Kelly said:

I'd work my arse off but I'm not a premier league standard footballer either.

 is it better to have an improvement on ASM's defensive frailty, or improve the lack of finishing from the other 3 (MA, RF, JM) same # of (5) goals and (5)assists produced by each side of the equation there.

[strawb 4614]

1 hour ago, tooner said:

Agree with all of this, but what if ASM isn't up to the standard they want?  His lack of defensive input drives me nuts.

Literally says in my post, “if Howe wants rid then fair enough, he’s earned the right”.

 

Not sure how clearer I can make it if I’m honest mush

[Howmanheyman 36280]

3 minutes ago, strawb said:

Literally says in my post, “if Howe wants rid then fair enough, he’s earned the right”.

 

Not sure how clearer I can make it if I’m honest mush from Shepherd's Bush.....bush, bush, bush, bush, bush, bush, bush, no income tax, no guarantee etc, etc 

OFAHYP 

[tooner 243]

17 minutes ago, strawb said:

Literally says in my post, “if Howe wants rid then fair enough, he’s earned the right”.

 

Not sure how clearer I can make it if I’m honest mush

you ok? thought this was footy message board, i wasn't disagreeing with you, was just entering the conversation.

[Polarboy 2317]

 

Edwards having a normal one by contradicting himself in the same thread of tweets. And what exactly has golf, which has an entirely different set of rules regarding spending got to do with anything. I'd say he was just trying to wind up fans for clicks, but I really don't think he's even savvy enough to do that intentionally. And of course this is coming from the guy who's all summer been telling us that we can't over spend because of FFP. 

Edited July 22, 2022 by Polarboy

[OTF 8314]

That's a train wreck of a thread for Johnnny Nobody let alone for an alleged journalist.

 

🤦‍♂️

[strawb 4614]

10 minutes ago, tooner said:

you ok? thought this was footy message board, i wasn't disagreeing with you, was just entering the conversation.

Yeah I’m fine cheers. Correct, it is a footy message board.

 

Not arguing either, you asked me a question I had already answered mate haha

[Polarboy 2317]

Newcastle given Memphis Depay green light | FootballFanCast.com

 

Sport the Spanish football paper, so perhaps Diego can tell us how reliable it is, are saying that Barca are willing to sell Depay for 17m, and we are interested in putting in a bid. We just have to convince Depay who's apparently already turned down Spurs for sporting reasons. The article assumes that Depay didn't want to be a squad player at Spurs. Again as I said earlier I would assume that Depay's wages would be prohibitive, but perhaps I'm wrong. 

[KetteringMag 11]

Edwards is clearly bored because he's no longer getting leaks from the club , pretty sure he was still saying Botman wasn't an agreed deal yet when 99% of other journalists including sky were saying it was .

[Howay 12496]

Agree with Strawb on the topic of selling ASM, I’ve mentioned how frustrating I find ASM but as things stand he’s probably our best attacker (Wilson would be the other contender with everyone else miles behind). We’d then have to buy a LW, RW and possibly backup striker. 
 

I will say mind, if we could sell him for some high fee like £50m we’d be bonkers not to take it. It gives us a massive boost in terms of FFP as that whole £50m is captured in this year, with any player we buy having fees and wages spread over their contract. 

[wykikitoon 22600]

That post about the money, doesn't have to do with Burnely repaying their loan rather than us paying it in instalments? 

[Ayatollah Hermione 14568]

With regards to us not going out and spending daft money, is it not sensible to spend a season establishing some foundations and sorting the total mess we’ve inherited out? Do that in the background and finish top half and you’re in a fantastic place going into 23/24

[Polarboy 2317]

Mark Douglas just retweeted a tweet alert from Red Bull Salzburg saying Sesko has scored in a preseason friendly. Seems like an odd troll'y thing to do from Douglas if this Sesko thing doesn't have legs. Why else would a Northern English football writer be retweeting an Austrian teams preseason score. And obviously this is coming after his agent being in Newcastle, and the social media teases his agent has done. Of course Salzburg have said they don't want to sell him given they've already sold their star striker from last season to Dortmund, so who knows. 

[Blastronaut 1368]

3 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

With regards to us not going out and spending daft money, is it not sensible to spend a season establishing some foundations and sorting the total mess we’ve inherited out? Do that in the background and finish top half and you’re in a fantastic place going into 23/24

 

I honestly think you'll be fine this season by just focussing on making sure your admin and legal staff are a step above their counterparts up here at Hibs.

 

On that note, your away top for this season is weirdly Hibs-y looking. Hope to fuck it's not an omen.

 

 

[Polarboy 2317]

 

Scamacca off to the 'ammers, but it does bring Broja back into play, and most likely on a loan given it seems Tuchel doesn't want to sell him permanently. Then again it's been written that he wants a permanent move, but it might be a case of beggars can't be choosers. Of course if we do get Broja on loan we can put everything into getting that one marquee signing. 

[wykikitoon 22600]

Meh got a feeling we've missed out there. 

[Polarboy 2317]

He has got some shot on him. He's scored some crackers in Serie a from outside the box and just inside it. So yeah hopefully he barely manages to score a handful of goals this season 😉

[Polarboy 2317]

Newcastle ask about Rennes winger Kamaldeen Sulemana having rejected Leeds' £35m ask for Harrison | Daily Mail Online

 

This one seems weird. 20 year old who's only made 26 apps for Rennes, scoring 5 and assisting 3, he can play on the left, the right, or at centre forward, but is predominantly a left winger. I know that sounds like the profile we're more or less after, but it's some real moneyball stuff trying to get players who you think are literally just about to mature, with comparatively little data to back up your analysis of the player. Although I suppose it's the same in regard to Sesko the young Slovenian kid. On top of all that Rennes supposedly value him at 30m having only bought him last summer for around 17m, transfermarkt say 13.5m and the paper say 17m. That's a lot of money for someone who's relatively unproven, but maybe the mail have got their numbers wrong. In any case surely we can find someone of equal talent to Harrison for less than the money Leeds are after in Ligue 1, La Liga, Serie A etc. And just to be clear, yes I know teams buy young promising players all the time, but they usually have a full season or two behind them. Ekitike, Sesko, and now this kid have literally just emerged in either major teams or leagues, having not even played a full season of games. 

[RobinRobin 12374]

11 hours ago, tooner said:

Fair point, but they work their asses off to get possession back 

From what I have seen, Murphy works his ass off not to get possession back in time 

[RobinRobin 12374]

14 hours ago, OTF said:

[OTF 8314]

10 minutes ago, RobinRobin said:

[Kid Dynamite 7566]

 

[trooper 940]

We still need a main striker. Tbh I thought we'd have had one in before the friendlies started. 

[Polarboy 2317]

Edu, Arsenal's DOF has ruled out a move for Paqueta. He basically said he admires him but that they are already well stocked in that position, which I've said and seems obvious after then spent 30m+ on Fabio Veira. So it would appear we have a pretty clear run at him if he's actually a priority this window.