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I mean she looks like she might be off her head on coke, but I probably still would 😂

Very calm finish from him, especially considering the occasion of a cup final. It hasn't been the best game to watch, but he's looked quality whenever he's managed to get on the ball. He's definitely more athletic, stronger, and pacier than Maddison. It would nice of course if it wasn't a case of one or the other if reports are to be believed. They could definitely both fit in the starting eleven. They're both flexible enough to fit in multiple midfield and attacking positions. One could start in the attacking three and the other could start in the midfield three. You'd imagine that now Leipzig's season is over things will start to move with regard to him leaving. Whether he's definitely coming to us or not is not entirely clear yet of course.

Supposedly the RB higher ups are open to selling him, with it being partly down to him being disruptive to the team with his comments in the interview he did in Hungary. So if we do want him the only obstacles seems to be agreeing a price, just paying the full clause and avoiding any rivals for his signature. https://sportwitness.co.uk/player-open-transfer-thanks-concrete-interest-newcastle-deal/ Edit. Having read the kicker article that Isegrim posted there's perhaps not much new info in what I posted above, apart from perhaps the assertion that RB are open to moving him on. Then again I suppose they don't have much choice regardless if someone meets the clause in his contract and he wants to go.

The good old days😉👍

From everything we've seen he seems like a pretty stoic, quiet guy, so it's nice to see him expressing himself in regard to the pride he feels for the teams achievements last season, and the togetherness of the squad and coaching staff.

That's the thing about these Ashworth hidden gem signings; you need patience. You have to wait a season or two of loans before they are ready for the first team squad. It was the same with Mitoma, Undav etc at Brighton.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12147537/Celta-Vigo-star-Gabri-Veiga-Newcastle-35m-deal.html The Mail appear to be saying that while the reports that we were close to signing Veiga are wide of the mark he could still be signed by us in the coming weeks, given we supposedly hold an interest despite not yet making a bid, which is understandable given the window hasn't even opened yet 😂 He has the same agent as Lewandowski, so if Barca want him, and more importantly can afford him given their financial troubles, we won't stand a chance obviously given he's a young Spanish kid. This of course seemingly somewhat contradicts Hope's tweet about us being used as a stalking horse, which given the timing appeared to be referencing the Veiga stuff on twitter.

Lavia off Southampton would be a better shout than McTominay. A 19 year old with ridiculous potential.

If I had to guess I'd say that Hope has seen all the Veiga stuff on twitter and that is what he is referencing. Marca who first reported the story are supposedly known to be heavily biased towards Real, so perhaps Real are using us to shake up the market for Veiga.

Maybe it's just a Twitter mirage, but there seems to be quite a bit of momentum behind this Veiga talk. Right, off to YouTube to run my expert eye over four minutes of the best things he's done over months of a season 😉👍

Seen Liverpool "strongly linked" to Thuram recently, the number 6 not the forward. We've of course been repeatedly linked to both Thuram brothers.

Seen us linked to this guy a few times. He played with Botman at Ajax and the Dutch under 21's, so it makes sense that we'd be after him. The rumour is that he's more than happy to stay at Torino for another year. So if we really like him, and that rumour is true, we could perhaps sort a plan to cover Schar for a season with a loan and go back in for him season after next. Assuming of course that he's indicated he'd be open to that.

Szoboszlai seems a more impressive athlete than Maddison and is certainly a bit more imposing physically. His stats on pressing to win possession back are also well ahead of Maddison's. Although I suppose the stats regarding pressing are from this season, so perhaps don't give a fair reflection of Maddison given he was in a struggling team. Howe also may be able to turn Maddison into a presser if that's not currently a big part of his game.

If Spuds offer him 200k+ that's us out of the bidding most likely. I think the current top earner at the club is on 120k or thereabouts. Then again it is rumoured that Bruno will crack 200k with his new contract, so I suppose if that's the case it then depends on how many players we can afford to offer those type of wages to.

If Sky Sports Germany are to be believed it's a case of one of the other between Maddison and Szoboszlai, which makes sense given that they're very similar players and would both command hefty transfer fees. If I had to guess I think Szoboszlai might end up being the one given what you imagine Maddison's wage demands will be. There were rumours a while back that Maddison would be looking for wages above our wage structure and subsequently Spuds was his most likely destination.

Apparently the guy was shouting racist abuse at Brobbey another Ajax player. If that's the case fair enough.

Hall is a very decent player. Great cross on him. We could do worse than him for LB in our team.

Almiron has definitely got the flip flops on already with shooting like that.

Fucking hell this could be bad for Chelsea 😂