Kid Dynamite

Nah, Isak was well thought of at Dortmund and Sociedad then he had a poor season which probably made him less of a priority for other teams. He was also behind Wilson in the pecking order for various points in his first season here. It's only the last 18 months or so he's found some consistency again. Samu is a risk because he's had one good season in a league where Darwin Nunez looked like a world beater

Liverpool have fucked us. I'm not sure how Isak rows back from this now. He could have a couple of weeks ago, but the latest "leak" put him past the point of no return imo. I'm not sure PSR limitations allow us to buy an outright replacement without selling him though. Which means we either go into the season with Osula/Wissa as our only strikers, or we sell Isak to find a replacement. If it's the latter I would hope it was to anyone other than Liverpool. PSG and Barca seem like the 2 likeliest options. Maybe Bayern if we can convince Kane to come the other way. If City sell Mcatee and Savinho they might take the piss and put a bid in too.

It's also fucking pointless making us sell Anderson for £35m on June 30th to stay within PSR, when you can then go out and replace him on July 1st with a player worth similar or more (or 12 months later in our case).

DHgate pumping out so lovely vintage Barca shirts: https://www.dhgate.com/product/tkl/861221986.html?invitationCode=ff8080812a6a017a012a7c88abb957d1|-|861221986 Just got this one for £14 posted. More of a homage than a direct replica, but it's nice for knocking about in

Some journo's rowing back on how close this deal is now

He served us well, but he was fucking awful as a sub last season. And he was probably our 6th choice CM by the end of the season.

I never said he was dead wood as a senior pro. But if he's not starting every game for QPR in the championship, I'm not sure he's going to fare well in the Champions League.

Realistically, out of the starting XI, there was only GK, CB and RW to upgrade, and we've signed players in all 3 positions. The rest of the upgrades need to be getting rid of the ropey squad players (Longstaff, Targett, Vlachodimos, Ashby, Wilson etc) which is where Wissa, Ramsey etc come in.

I might be wrong, but I suspect we will try to move Willock on, and the Leicester kid still comes in as Longstaff's replacement.

It's not a bad window, but it's not Trafford, Guehi, Paqueta, Mbuemo and Ekitike/Sesko either!

Injury prone. Class

James Trafford is a dafty

Good player. The Villa forum seem to think £40m is big money for him as he's been off the boil for 2 years. They also think No.8 is his best position, so I assume he is our CM addition for this window.

I wonder if Trafford, Delap and Ekitike are rethinking their choices right about now...

LCM. Willocks replacement maybe?

This latest "leak" works in our favour. The tv and radio pundits are starting to turn on Isak, and it's a simple case of contract law now. His agent has been stupid enough to publicly announce through Ornstein that Isak is going to refuse to play for the club. That leaves NUFC open to seek legal recourse to either withhold his wages or sue him for his transfer valuation surely?

I'm dubious that Ornstein etc are getting paid by agents. But it's a mutually beneficial arrangement. He gets the scoop ahead of other journalists, which then drives clicks to his social media pages. Same with Romano.

Howe needs to call this out in his next press conference. "Journalists" and his agent doing to bidding of cartel clubs. He needs to say he would happily play him in the reserves for 3 seasons, but PSR means we can't afford to replace him unless we sell him. And what's to stop other clubs trying this tactic every window to unsettle players at other clubs.

Is there a precedent for a player of this value downing tools for this long?

I don't particularly want him to go, but with Krafth, Tino, Ashby and Sahar all specialist RBs in the squad, I wouldn't be surprised to see us accept a fee for him.

I suspect UEFA were given that mailbox by Palace at some point and didn't just google it

Didn't Parish get an email telling him how to circumvent the 2 club owner rules so they could both play in the EL, but he ignored it?

Yeah, I ride it to work at the hospital on sunny days (*used to ride it)

Fuck it. Sell him and use the cash to buy Samu and Paqueta.

3-0 loss today. Xhaka aside, they've spent 9 figures on a load of dross. They're heading towards a relegation and a fire sale all over again