Polarboy

Hope seems to think he was just referring to Guimaraes, but nice to see that Eddie seems pretty confident that there will be more in the door after Bruno.

He could just as easily be talking about Guimaraes given he isn't official, official yet.

He's supposedly a bit like Lukaku, or at least Lukaku when he plays in Italy. Very fast and strong, has good shot on him. I don't profess to be a Serie A expert, but surely someone who's consistently played and got into high double figures, scored in the champions league, is better than a bench warmer like Origi. Not that I think Origi is shit by any means, but as Gemmill said there's something a bit off about an eternal bench warmer, regardless of how consistently he scores with the minutes he does get.

There was a rumour that Atalanta were after Origi as a replacement for Zapata should we sign him from them.

12-15m for a just turned 29 year old premier league proven centre back is probably fair enough in today's prices. In fairness he is in one of the best defences in the league. He doesn't seem to make many mistakes, which is a vast improvement over some of our defenders who seem to be auditioning for a Chuckle Brothers revival. Although I suppose it has to be said that if Brighton didn't have players like Bissouma in midfield, Burn and the rest of the Brighton defence would be under a lot more pressure.

I don't think it's possible to feel any more sorry than I do for the women he crawls onto.

Chicken boy had to put in his customary snide remark in the tweet about Guimaraes being confirmed.

‘Breaking news’ on Thursday night - Multiple sources confirm Guimaraes deal now agreed | NUFC blog – Newcastle United blog – NUFC Fixtures, News and Forum. Bruno confirmed 😍

The Trent Posse going for quality rather than quantity with their five posts in 11 years.

He's the fastest player in the Bunesliga, and Mainz would accept an offer of 12.5 million according to an article I just read. Bakker, St. Juste, Burn and Trippier could be a very solid backline.

We've been linked to every centre back in Europe at this stage.

The Newcastle United Blog | Brazilian Linked In 2020 Now Being Touted As A Diego Carlos Alternative - The Newcastle United Blog (nufcblog.com) Add Marcao to the list of centre backs we're supposedly trying to sign.

Apparently he was a favourite of Tuchel when he was PSG coach. It was only when Poch came in that he fell out of favour.

Yeah maybe it is just another stage of negotiation in his mind, but I'd rather we didn't blink first. There are other players we can get who will improve our defence enough for us to stay up. Even getting Guimaraes, knock on wood it's completed, will take a lot of pressure off our backline.

https://www.nufcblog.co.uk/2022/01/27/new-diego-carlos-hint-arrives-from-sevilla-as-transfer-chief-breaks-silence-on-nufcs-bid/ The Sevilla sporting director has basically said that they're likely to accept the bid we made in the summer, but not now. I suppose it's understandable given they aren't far off the top of the league at the minute. I can't see us bringing in a big money centre back now, we'll perhaps get a Burn, Philips or both who could then become part of the squad should we go back in for our first choices of Botman and Carlos in the summer.

As you say, it's circle jerk propaganda, if that isn't too strong a word to use for slights against our club 😂, that they create and then use as supposed evidence of us being delusional.

Reportedly if Leverkusen find a replacement in time it will go through.

There's supposedly a medical booked in for Friday, because he has an international for Brazil to play before then, so it's not 100% until the medical is done and everything is signed off, but it's looking good.

DVD (wearethegeordies.com) Seems like they do overseas shipping.

You can buy or rent it on YouTube.

Newcastle have made €20m offer for defender - Agents in 'north of England to try and close deal' - Sport Witness L’Equipe are reporting that Mitchel Bakker's agents are in Newcastle trying to finalise a deal. Chicken boy said that this deal definitely wasn't happening, so it would be amusing if he's proven wrong.

Big Joe was 39 million pounds, so he'll still hold the record.

Lyon will likely ask for 40 m in gold bullion to be hand delivered by the crown prince of Saudi the way clubs have been acting with us.

Yeah Romano said that the bid was accepted, but that there were a few things left to be signed off on before a medical could take place. That's likely where the confusion is coming from. Hopefully I'm correct, but it seems as if it's more or less done.