Even Luke Edwards is reporting that we are now close to signing Ekiteke.
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Even Luke Edwards is reporting that we are now close to signing Ekiteke.
We sign who we sign and I'll be behind them, I just don't have a good feeling about this kid. Looks too flaky for the PL, all of his decent performances and goals have come against really sub-par opposition. When you're up at £35m or so, you've got to be getting some kind of guarantee of quality......
**glances at Joelinton's striker career**
.....or not. It's utterly obvious that Nunez has the dynamism/skill to excel anywhere, Izak is a powerhouse and whoever gets either is getting a real player. But then if you're up at £75m for Izak, isn't Haland £80m in four months?
Mind you, it's ****ing mental I should be even putting those names in a Newcastle transfer thread, so maybe I should give my own head a wobble.
I think all of the big English clubs have got together and agreed not to deal with us, and to be honest I don't blame them - even though it stinks of corruption if such a deal is in place. We will be direct competition to them for European places and a major source of their income. They need us to go down to postpone any effect for at least a year.
We would probably do the same in their position.
Don't get me wrong, I'd much prefer the finished article with our current position, but even though it's a luxury I see it as good business to get in a few prospects too.
Yeah, I'll disagree here when we're talking £33m - you should be getting something pretty ready to go at that point, not a punt. We do need a sustainable model of bringing in younger players, but we need to be signing the likes of Ekitike when he's 17 and £1m. Just feel £33m is a hell of a punt. But maybe he's a special talent, who knows, I don't exactly watch Monaco week in week out.



Yeah, I'll disagree here when we're talking £33m - you should be getting something pretty ready to go at that point, not a punt. We do need a sustainable model of bringing in younger players, but we need to be signing the likes of Ekitike when he's 17 and £1m. Just feel £33m is a hell of a punt. But maybe he's a special talent, who knows, I don't exactly watch Monaco week in week out.
I don't care a out the prices.. The higher the better if anything.. Just to see the tears
That's good - He plays for Reims![]()
Then the tears would be ours in summer if we weren't allowed to buy anyone!!
Its got to be a balance.
On FFP, put it out your heads, it's meaningless. We have no decent sponsors, stadium naming, training facilities, etc., and have three years to claw anything back if we overspend. You're talking about £250m-£300m straight off the bat.
It's on SSN 25 ms

Which would take our spending above £100M![]()
And Zapata and Botman to come!Which would take our spending above £100M![]()