Since Klopp, the fanbase has come on in leaps and bounds, re the songs and the adulation… it certainly has helped when it comes down to recruiting new players…
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111m 
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Take the Arsenal approach and add an extra pound - £110,000,001
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It actually is quite respectful.
We were offered to make a bid, we didn’t they rejected it out of hand and then moaned about it for 2 months.
As much as you want to create out of it, I feel there may have been some agreed pause to our work due to Jota so when they moved on Hugo it pissed us off slightly.
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The reporting at the time suggested we were giving them a choice…
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I just feel since he’s thrown his toys out the pram his value has declined- so we can offer 5 mil less every couple days until they panic and take it.
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That’s a crazy heel move
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Wait a minute.
IF JD MDonagh is a heel, and backs Isak joining us, does that mean
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Isak seems to be staying at NUFC for now due to Al-sandcastle’s piss poor recruitment strategy.
Our only hope is Chelsea sells Jackson to NUFC and they pony up for Wissa. Only then, we get the encouragement from NUFC which will make our transfer team go for a mad rush on deadline day to close it at a reasonable price.
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Our recent history has shown that we don’t panic buy any longer, especially for big money signings. We identify our target and are willing to wait.
I think this will happen in January. Until then it’s fingers crossed for no injuries to our forwards!
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Panic buying vs waiting for Isak are not the only two options though. We have shown we will wait, or refuse to make any move, if we determine the next best option doesn’t move the needle for us. If we think they do then we have a long history of moving on from a target we couldn’t get to the next on the list that we could.
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Original article: Newcastle only have themselves to blame for farce over wantaway Alexander Isak – The Irish Times
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Shameful to be bidding for a player so late in the window and not immediately giving the other club exactly what they want.
Talk about a scattergun summer.
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I’m beginning to question our approach more than Newcastle’s. We seem perfectly happy to wait until the last minute for Isak (and Guehi) as if it’s a sure thing.
If for whatever reason it doesn’t come to fruition, we’ll spend the next 4 months with a fewer option in the attacking lineup after our most expensive summer ever. Not exactly the hallmark of prudent recruiting, on the contrary, this is something that United would do and rightfully get ridiculed for.
On the other hand, this may be a risk we’re willing to take in order to land Isak; but on the outside looking in, it looks like an unnecessary gamble. Perhaps we’re starting to get too cute for our own sake.
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Sorry but I disagree. Apparently their terms for sale isn’t just the value but getting two strikers in.
What happens if we met their new valuation of 150m, remember it was 130m or was assumed to be before we made a bid.
They going reject that because they want to low ball Brentford on Wissa and have missed out on about 7 players. From what we know that bid was probably given as a start of negotiations only for Newcastle not to even entertain it. At that point we stopped bothering.
Man Utd would talk about signing a player, put a bid in that’s not even close to what the deal is, wail about it for months and then sign him the day before the window closes for far more than the original fee disclosed. If Newcastle were actually willing to do a deal for 150m I expect we would have been in dialogue about trying to get something like that but inclusive of add ons, but it’s not just that it’s also material to them being able achieve something they haven’t been able to do.
I do think we should have gone on elsewhere and let them two deal with it.
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As far as Isak is concerned, and Elliot is still around, I’d say that it is sound. Isak is a luxury player, and given the insane amount of money he’s apparently worth, we can wait until January if must be (but keep Elliot in that case, please!).
For Guehi, it’s totally different. We absolutely need him or someone of that stature before the window closes. So, concerning Guehi and the way we approach this transfer, I’m totally with you. Also, the season is now well underway, and he’ll have had zero preparation time with us. Not the best way to prepare us for the season ahead.
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One thing we all have to be aware of after reading this article from a reputable source is that this is NOT a replacement for Isak but for Callum Wilson, who was released a few months ago. Meanwhile, Isak is NOT expected to leave Newcastle and if even he leaves, which he’s NOT expected to, he’s NOT going to leave without a big name replacement coming in and he’s certainly NOT going to be cheap, even if he’s NOT going to leave in the first place.
I’d be pissing myself laughing if this whole situation and narrative fed by Newcastle’s mouthpieces didn’t impact my club directly.
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Honestly, there is (almost) zero percent chance that Isak joins the club before the end of the transfer window. In January maybe? We’ll see.
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First, I think it’s fair to assume that they are operating with more information than we as fans have. Secondly, they have a longer time frame in mind when building the squad, not just this season so are willing to risk not bringing in a player this window at all if it improves the odds of landing a player towards the top of their list.
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