Gemmill 44495 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said: Craig Hope stating the obvious. Probably necessary when your job is to spend some of your day on #NUFC twitter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Probably for the best tbh 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19980 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Hope he sacks his agent tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21847 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7280 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 +30M to the Raphinha fund. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30369 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4721 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 21 minutes ago, Tom said: Probably for the best tbh Fully on board with that decision. That kids reps are going to greed him out of a top level career the way theyre going. Theres absolutely no fucking way madrid and bayern are after him, they don't sign "ten goals once" players, especially when theyre looking for the next benzema/lewandowski profile player 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44495 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Reminds me of Anelka when his brothers were representing him. Ah well, he looked a good prospect but we don't need that kind of drama at the club. His club will be livid about it. Maybe it gets resurrected later in the window if he bins his agent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13837 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) That’s a big testicled move from our lot, for sure. Sending out a fairly clear message to any other agents who want to fuck about. Putting that money to Rafinha is a great shout Edited June 23, 2022 by Ayatollah Hermione 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5186 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Yeah I'm kinda surprised by that but I can understand why we did it. Only slight annoyance is that I don't really think the other alternatives we've been linked with look particularly good - wonder who we'll move onto next. This may also help us secure Botman tbh, if Lille see we're not messing around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6544 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Aye. If that's true (big if) then if he wants to come then the player himself will force it. Not sure how you can agree personal terms with a player then agent demands more though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5186 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 The more I think about it, the more I think this window almost has to be a frustrating one if we are to avoid being seen as a Man City style entity. It's going to take clubs seeing us walk away from decent players because of them taking the piss, for this notion that we're easy money to be kicked off the table. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6544 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Just because we are the richest club in the world doesn't mean we have unlimited spending. Im sure we are just trotting out the line "we have a budget in line with FFP" on the negotiating table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) Is 90min.com very reliable? I thought it (and Bailey) were generally a heap of shit, Bailey always seems to be a pleb iirc. If it’s true then I hope the lad wakes up and bins off his agent, I personally don’t understand the point in having agents, especially ones that act in the manner this one seems to. They’d have to be pretty fucking amazing negotiators to make up for the 15% of player wage + egregious fees for their own pockets many seem to ask for nowadays. If all of this is true about his agent I’m leaning towards hoping we do move on, it’ll be like this whenever he needs or wants a new deal, and it’ll be like Almiron where every window he’s pushing for a move. Edited June 23, 2022 by Howay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10779 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 16 minutes ago, Rayvin said: Yeah I'm kinda surprised by that but I can understand why we did it. Only slight annoyance is that I don't really think the other alternatives we've been linked with look particularly good - wonder who we'll move onto next. This may also help us secure Botman tbh, if Lille see we're not messing around. One of the issues with the rumour mill running 24/7 and the emergence of sofa-analysts is we build up every player we're seriously linked with. We read articles about him, looks at his stats, watch compilations and a lot of it leans whichever way our bias wants. Ekitike maybe a great prospect, and everything I've read and seen suggests he is. But maybe, he's not. Maybe other options would fit better in the squad, or adapt better to the PL. The alternatives we've heard about are the likes of Raphinha, Hazard, etc. but, for all we know, Ashworth and the scouts have 3-4 other young kids with potential that we've not heard a real peep about? I do think this is another example of the club proving that, despite our attributed wealth, we'll not be held ransom. We won't pay the Newcastle tax. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21847 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 whatever happens, it's good craic just having these conversations. last summer's transfer window thread was tumbleweed town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19980 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 32 minutes ago, Howay said: Is 90min.com very reliable? I thought it (and Bailey) were generally a heap of shit, Bailey always seems to be a pleb iirc. If it’s true then I hope the lad wakes up and bins off his agent, I personally don’t understand the point in having agents, especially ones that act in the manner this one seems to. They’d have to be pretty fucking amazing negotiators to make up for the 15% of player wage + egregious fees for their own pockets many seem to ask for nowadays. If all of this is true about his agent I’m leaning towards hoping we do move on, it’ll be like this whenever he needs or wants a new deal, and it’ll be like Almiron where every window he’s pushing for a move. Another thing Cloughie was right about. He never worked with players with agents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10779 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: whatever happens, it's good craic just having these conversations. last summer's transfer window thread was tumbleweed town. No doubt, when we were linked with Choudhury on loan, I couldn't give enough of a shit to pore over anything. He might have been a decent player but because of a decade of Ashley and underwhelming transfers I knew he wasn't going to be great. Fucking Hell even with Saint-Maximin I knew that even though he was an exciting talent, the expectation that he'd have a suspect attitude, or not great end product or he'd be inconsistent came so easily. # Now, with Bruno, and Burn and Targett I had genuine faith that they'd, at worst, be good and certainly be better than what came before them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19980 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Bruno, Targett, pope and wood deals have all come out of the blue in some of ways. So I have faith. Also funny how all the ITK have quietened down since Ashworth arrived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 2 hours ago, wykikitoon said: Apparently two medicals booked in today according to nob on the tyne 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19980 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Chicken shagger said we haven't pulled the plug on Ekiteke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 14 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: Chicken shagger said we haven't pulled the plug on Ekiteke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Workrate Unmatched 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44495 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) I've seen nowt confirming the end of the Ekitike deal from The Athletic. We usually get the straight dope from the great Hope as well and he's said nowt. So 90min.com and that Graeme Bailey can a-fuuuuuck a-hofffffff. Edited June 23, 2022 by Gemmill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9737 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 7 minutes ago, Gemmill said: I've seen nowt confirming the end of the Ekitike deal from The Athletic. We usually get the straight dope from the great Hope as well and he's said nowt. So 90min.com and that Graeme Bailey can a-fuuuuuck a-hofffffff. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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