Dr Gloom 19840 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, Alex said: Signing for us by Friday Stevied your post 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Craig Hope is saying that our transfer budget is between £70m & £80m with the posibility of increasing it to £100m based on sales this summer or expected next. That last bit makes no sense to me unless it's something like players being loaned out for this season with a guaranteed sale next year. He also says that the caveat is that we've gone beyond our budget in previous windows. Chicken nonce levels of covering his back there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16734 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Not a lot that is it tbh with the amount of work we still need to do. Maybe just keeping fans feet's on the floor. Plus, who really goes out and says they have a budget of x? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19840 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 i'd be amazed if we spend less than we have in the two previous windows given the imminent influx of champions league and commercial revenue. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19840 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 it may be that the club are using the likes of hope and edwards to tell selling clubs we won't be having the piss taken out of us. tbh, i see us spending north of 150m, possibly close to 200m 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Aye I can't see it being accurate and the likelyhood of them letting reporters know a budget seems extemely slim to me. FFP is obviously a concern but surely they know what we have is way short of where we need to be to play in the champions league and compete for top four again next season. Surely they will be able to pick up more commercial deals over the next year to cover FFP. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19840 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 the mctominay links just won't fuck off will they 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30462 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 9 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: it may be that the club are using the likes of hope and edwards to tell selling clubs we won't be having the piss taken out of us. tbh, i see us spending north of 150m, possibly close to 200m Assuming he isn’t making it up, that’s the only feasible option. Because why would the club tell a journalist their actual budget? Especially the way we’re ran these days 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12462 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Aye this is what I’m meaning, it’s clearly what the club want everyone to think rather than being truthful. We’ve got far higher revenue coming this season, including a huge increase in sponsors, even an increased wage bill wouldn’t explain a budget half what we had when we were battling relegation. It’s the same as when Edwards was being told £50m was all we had. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12462 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: Tbf, I could see Walker-Peters just because of his ability to play both sides to a good level but he’d basically be an expensive utility player. Especially if Tierney came in to be the outright LB Aye that’s along the lines of where I could see it being a possibility, but it’s not what these reports imply - a £70m budget would mean Walker peters would be our starter I don’t buy it for a second tbh. As for Caulkin he’s a decent journalist but I wouldn’t say he’s more accurate than others? He’s more an opinion piece type than being right about breaking news. Edited June 9, 2023 by Howay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19840 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, Howay said: Aye that’s along the lines of where I could see it being a possibility, but it’s not what these reports imply - a £70m budget would mean Walker peters would be our starter I don’t buy it for a second tbh. As for Caulkin he’s a decent journalist but I wouldn’t say he’s more accurate than others? He’s more an opinion piece type than being right about breaking news. hope is about as reliable as anyone for accuracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12462 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: hope is about as reliable as anyone for accuracy Agreed, we do seem to have this exact same discussion about budget every window before splashing north of 150m mind . Additionally the Hope story states we have a 75m budget then proceeds to list a bunch of midfielders that would cost 75% of that or more As Alex mentioned the club would never put out a figure. That’s why I agree with your point that it’s likely smoke and mirrors. There’s a lot of gaming you can do with FFP, if we’re so restricted by it that we can only sign the likes of Tyler adams and Kyle Walker peters we can forget competing tbh . We’re also about to drop £7m on a youth prospect, so already down to the mid£60m range . Makes you wonder how we were okay in the prior 3 year period if we are so strapped for this one despite the massive increases in TV and sponsor money Edited June 9, 2023 by Howay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12767 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Hope wrote an article two weeks ago saying we’d spend £150 million. He knows fuck all 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12462 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: Hope wrote an article two weeks ago saying we’d spend £150 million. He knows fuck all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3472 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Per these reports then if we hadn't finished 4th we'd have a budget of around $20M this summer? Righto. Nobody knows shite. I think the club will have a list of minimal targets to get, and some to be monitored if a good deal becomes available like Isak last summer. We're probably looking at 2 top quality players like Maddisson and 2-3 decent ones to boost the squad and upgrades the likes of Burn/Murphy/Miggy. That sounds like $150M at least. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polarboy 2124 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 4 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: yeah, i can't see that impacting our budget. the only thing constraining us is FFP. I meant that players will look at the wages in the Saudi league and expect a certain level, while obviously not on that level, still at a premium level. I didn't mean that the Prince is suddenly going to run out of cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polarboy 2124 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 3 hours ago, Howay said: As for Caulkin he’s a decent journalist but I wouldn’t say he’s more accurate than others? He’s more an opinion piece type than being right about breaking news. Well I think he's less likely to talk shite if he hasn't got a clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polarboy 2124 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 (edited) https://sportwitness.co.uk/newcastle-preparing-make-staggering-offer-midfielder-club-will-make-good-use-money/ L’Equipe are suggesting that we're going in with a big offer for Szoboszlai soon. It apparently affects RC Lens in that Leipzig are after one of their players as a replacement, and if we give them a big fee they'll be able to make a good offer to Lens. Hopefully L’Equipe are more in the know than Caulkin et al. Someone on twitter posted this: Newspaper Transfer Budgets v Actual Transfer Spends January 2022: £50m v £85m Summer 2022: £60m v £120m January 2023: £20m v £48m In other words...they don't have a clue! Edited June 9, 2023 by Polarboy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3472 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Probably another bullshit rumour but interesting nonetheless, he really caught the eye in the last Euros but I think suffered a bad inury this season. From what I remember him playing for Italy seemed to have tons of pace and energy, can't say I've seen much of him for Juve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4229 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 He had a bad injury after the euros but if that price is true he's a no brainer, excellent player. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 2865 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 He's five foot nine We are in RobinRobin land 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9250 Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 4 hours ago, Dougle said: He's five foot nine We are in RobinRobin land Don't you fucking start 😡 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 86 Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 (edited) Chiesa is a risk As he had a pretty bad injury, though when he was fit he was well worth watching out for. . Is rabiot available on a free? Think he’s out of contract. Could be useful? Edited June 10, 2023 by tinofbeans Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19840 Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 i on't understand this mindset. surely you'd go to the club with the best chance of winning the leauge and and the champions league. he's not getting either if he goes to man u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 8 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: i on't understand this mindset. surely you'd go to the club with the best chance of winning the leauge and and the champions league. he's not getting either if he goes to man u In fairness to him, the scoring record keeps him remembered for longer. If he wins the La Liga most people would forget that in a year or two. If he overtakes Shearer then IMO he'd be somewhat relevant for maybe 3 years before Haaland goes past him 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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