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I refer the honourable gentleman to this Alan Pardew once said ... "I can’t say to you strong enough, Andy Carroll will not leave this football club in this window. 100 per cent."

apparently there's intrest for Mitrovic, Ritchie & Shelvey. Reports from France on Monday afternoon that Aleksandar Mitrovic has opened talks on a move to Ligue 1.

Ah well thats that then more time to concentrate on relegation survival than those "pesky cups"

Yeah right he's on £120k a week i can see Ashley going for that

So Andrew my bad it's £20 million. This from The Mirror on Dec 4th Rafa Benitez will demand at least £20m to boost his Newcastle squad in January. The United boss is unsettled by the club’s run of five defeats in six games, with a relegation struggle ahead. Benitez reckons he needs £20m to buy a new striker, No10 and left back, with goalkeeping options also being looked at. Benitez was promised a kitty of around £70m last summer for the following three windows, and he’s not got near spending it.

Rafa was expecting the £30 million shortfall that wasn't spent in the summer window. I think whatever he gets or doesnt get he'll be dissapointed.

Ashley must know if Rafa walks the deals off unless he's had second thoughts about selling up or never intended in the first place. He would then try to use Rafa as a scapegoat. Ashley "he walked away i dont know why the deals off"

If we still haven't got anyone in by Friday Rafa's presser will be really interesting.

1 January 2018 Viktor Gyokeres [IF Brommapojkarna – Brighton] Undisclosed Adrien Silva [Sporting Lisbon – Leicester] £22m Virgil van Dijk [Southampton – Liverpool] £75m 2 January Terence Kongolo [Monaco – Huddersfield] Loan 4 January Konstantinos Mavropanos [PAS Giannina – Arsenal] Undisclosed 5 January Ross Barkley [Everton – Chelsea] £15m Cenk Tosun [Besiktas – Everton] £27m

I'm already there i'm a step ahead of Ashley im waitihg for Rafa's reaction when he realises he's been taken for a mug again.

We all know the way this plays out Ashley will never change man

Ideally by the 15th the latest hy the 20th are Rafa's deadlines

We're 7 days away from Rafa's first deadline of the 15th. Yet even as late as last friday he was still waiting to see what/if he had a budget. It makes you wonder if Ashley wants Rafa to walk away

I'm here Wyki mate watching & waiting

Can't really afford replays through fear of injuries

Periscope maybe ?

Also he said he'd still like them all in by the 20th but would prefer the 15th.

All he had to say to shut the press up was "yes i know the budget" i believe he genuinely doesn't know & inside he's probabky seething .

Why bother doing a press conference then ?

He must be even more fcuked off not knowing the budget

Benitez on transfers I don’t know exactly what is our budget, so I don’t have any news. We have to keep working, make sure we have our targets, but all I can is prepare for the game. We had a meeting last week but I am waiting for an answer (from those above). Deadline set for transfers Rafa repeats that he wants his squad in place by “maximum” January 20, but he says he can say “nothing more” other than he had a meeting last week. Rafa says he won’t talk about “names” when he is asked about whether he has interest in Deeney & Ings #

West Ham after Ings

A decade under Lard Boy as taught me to "always expect the unexpected" also "anybody worth anything will be sold" & "anyone with an opinion will be gone" & finally "a kick in the nuts is never far away" He hates us just as much as we hate him. He's a 24 carat cnut & you cant get any purer than that.

Imagine how you'll feel if it falls through. I'm already there i've premptied this cnut if it goes through i'll be over the moon but i dont trust him as far as i could throw him

Nothing would please me more than to see Ashley waddle off into the sunset withbhis millions. But unless HE gets exactly what HE wants he's going nowhere fast.