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Transfer Rumours The Great Summer Splurge Transfer Window

Discussion in 'Newcastle United' started by Magdad, Feb 3, 2025.

  1. It's_all_Greek_to_me

    It's_all_Greek_to_me Well-Known Member

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    The PL won't allow that.
     
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  2. Obi Wan

    Obi Wan keeper of the peace Forum Moderator

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    But plenty of players get bought and instantly loaned back to the selling club. Happens all the time.

    Means they can also boost his wages in SA. We can part pay his wages, which again is quite typical with loan deals.
     
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  3. It's_all_Greek_to_me

    It's_all_Greek_to_me Well-Known Member

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    Or they just pay his wages. Offer £1 billion and i'm fine with it.
     
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  4. Obi Wan

    Obi Wan keeper of the peace Forum Moderator

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    They should get 5 Saudi PIF clubs fighting over him and create a bidding war to publicly elevate the price.
     
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  5. ToonArmy1892

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    One of them could hijack the longstaff to leeds deal if they wanted, 70 mil should do it.
     
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  6. Obi Wan

    Obi Wan keeper of the peace Forum Moderator

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    Yes please.
     
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  7. Obi Wan

    Obi Wan keeper of the peace Forum Moderator

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    Then the papers would say: "Newcastle fail to sell Longstaff to Leeds".
     
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  8. Roland Deschain

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    I mean, you'd probably just about take that.....
     
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  9. Roland Deschain

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    ....well, I say that, but with our track record we'd just end up bidding for Hojlund, Brennan Johnson and Konsa. And not getting any of them.
     
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  10. Magdad

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    I'd take take that, would go some way towards repairing the ****ing damage they've done.
     
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  11. Dr Venkman

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    Waste of time because the player won't want go, it'll annoy him finding out the club entertained it and even if he went we can't persuade good players to join anymore.
     
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  12. Darren Peacock’s Ponytail

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    Plus we'd have to get the players in before it's announced so we don't get players at Manchester United prices
     
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  13. Kryptonite

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    As a club you can't turn down that type of crazy money but I can't imagine Isak would be willing to go to Saudi in his prime years.
     
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  14. Darren Peacock’s Ponytail

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    I'm sure his bank manager can persuade him
     
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  15. Magdad

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    No reason on Earth why an African ,born of parents in poverty that needed to emigrate to Sweden should ever want to earn enough money to set up schools, hospitals, water well's (£3 A MONTH)ETC
     
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  16. It's_all_Greek_to_me

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    The PL will never authorise it. Subject to their unlawful APT rules.
     
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  17. Magdad

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    They couldn't stop it....... If Jordan Henderson was worth £50m at 36 then anything is game
     
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  18. cronemeister

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  19. Dr Venkman

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    Newcastle can't replace Isak it's as simple as that. The time in this window will slip away and come deadline day we'll be in for fun on here and twitter, because we're getting nothing even remotely exciting.

    The early days the players that signed thought they were joining the next big thing, but now players know we're just Newcastle.
     
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