Polarboy

60m with 5 in add ons for a 22 year old who's supposedly the next Ibrahimovic is potentially a steal in this market. All depends on how he develops obviously.

From the looks of him he just needs to grow into his body. He's only 22 but he's close to 6'4 and probably still a bit skinny for his frame. Given him a year or two and and he'll be a beast.

If Paqueta goes to the 'ammers we'll pick him up for a cheaper fee in a few windows when Moyes inevitably shits the bed.

So have we switched targets to Isak from Pedro after a last minute compromise from Sociedad, or are we signing both? Interesting to see how Howe will introduce him to the team if everything goes to plan. He'll maybe play him wide right when Wilson is fit, but I think he's more comfortable playing on the left so perhaps he'll play ASM on the right. It's fucking hilarious that this has dropped after the discussion about the window this morning 😂

Sour grapes from a Sociedad fan because of the potential agreement more than likely.

He's only 22 and has at least twice the hype that Ekitike has. He's unfulfilled potential obviously, but as far as young players who are expected to go onto great things he's up there.

If this happens you've won the transfer rumours wars hands down Diego. I will gladly step asside. 😂

In fairness they're flat out saying we've signed Isak for 70m. It's not the vague waffle I usually post.

How reliable is this publication Diego?

Martin Terrier and Mady Camara Gemmill. Happy now

I should add a caveat to my earlier comment. Debating the quality of the window over a week before it's over is even more pointless than me posting every transfer rumour going, and far less entertaining 😂👍

Burn, Targett and Bruno in the last three days of the January window.

Debating over whether the window has been good, bad or indifferent over a week before it closes is fucking pointless.

Thanks for the contribution Eddie Izzard but with better tits 😉

Newcastle United To Miss Out On Callum Hudson-Odoi, Winger Bundesliga Bound (insidefutbol.com) Looks as if we'll miss out on Hudson-Odoi if we were ever serious about him. Interestingly he's away to Leverkusen, Diaby's club, of course Diaby mostly plays on the left, so while you wouldn't expect Hudson-Odoi to join a club if he wasn't guaranteed minutes, it doesn't necessarily mean that Diaby is leaving.

No Pedro in the Watford squad tonight for their Carabao Cup tie.

Everton Keen On Newcastle United Star But Magpies Will Only Do Permanent Deal (insidefutbol.com) Fat Frank wants Almiron apparently, at least according to the guardian. Not sure how I feel about it. On the one hand if Almiron hadn't literally just scored I'd probably contribute to the taxi, but on the other our squad doesn't have enough quality yet to get rid of Almiron, unless we could be sure to bring in someone of similar or obviously ideally better quality out of the money we'd get for him. By the sounds of it Everton prefer a loan and we don't, so it's likely a moot point so to speak for a number of reasons.

Completely forgot they shit the bed. Go get Belotti then, fuck Mourinho 😂

He also said we'll have to see how long he's out for when asked if the results of his scan could change our transfer plans. Again it could just be Howe being extra cautious, but reading between the lines I think they expect him to be out for at least a couple of weeks.

He's more than likely going to Roma. Mourinho has expressed his wish to get him, and said that he's got his owner on the case. Just before a World Cup I'd be shocked if Belotti left Italy if he could help it.

Yeah but even if he's only missing for a couple of weeks it's just a reminder that he'll be lucky to play 25 league games for us this season.

Was reading there yesterday that it was perhaps not Benitez's fault that we lost Toney for so little. Supposedly the club was in such disarray when he was manager that when he asked if there were any players on loan that he should know about, anyone promising, the response he got was nah not really boss. Perhaps he should have done more due diligence on Toney before he was sold, but I'm sure he had plenty to get on with, and didn't have the time to go watch Barnsley, Shrewsbury or Scunthorpe where Toney was on loan. Not much point thinking about it now, but when you consider how injury prone Wilson is, we really shot ourselves in the foot with that one.

Going by Howe's comments Fab has definitely jumped the gun. I haven't felt this betrayed since my first teenage disco. As for Wilson hopefully they're just being extra cautious given his history, but even if it does turn out to be a significant injury, the window is still open. It would have been far worse if he'd gotten a bad injury just after it had closed. It may mean switching targets, but I believe PIF won't leave us short if they can help it. Especially when we've just been so impressive against Man City.

Fuck the Telegraph. This is the perfect story for them to put out and then say, there we told you it would go through if they paid the extra 5m when the transfer goes through, with no proof whatsoever what they were saying was actually true. Any paper that hires chicken nonce is obviously not a proper paper.