Joyce saying we’ve pulled out. Perhaps worth noting he said the same when we were in for alisson 
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I do wonder if Newcastle suggested being open to a lower offer and then just refused this and we went fuck off.
Does feel like it.
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No chance that Newcastle communicated that they were open to a lower offer.
If it is true that we bid 110, that sounds more like we took into account that Isak has caused a mess and Liverpool has already secured Ekitike. The pressure isn’t on us. The pressure is squarely on the Geordies and the PIF.
I won’t believe this is over until Isak returns to training and the window closes.
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It’s worth reiterating that Newcastle are still in Asia on tour. We can question the legitimacy of the injury excuse for him not travelling, but concern about his conduct and being AWOL are really on hold until Newcastle get back and we see if Isak shows up or stays in Spain. We still have 3 or 4 days before that (their last game is on Sunday)
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Theres no way isak has done all this for us to low ball an offer then walk away.
Lfc were never going in with £130m straight away.
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Completely unfounded speculation, but you wonder if their churn at the executive level has meant we’ve got bad information. Maybe we got a sign of encouragement from someone who thought they were close to the decision maker only for different people to step in and take a different position on the situation.
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This is what I meant when I said earlier that we have to see this through.
If we dip our toe in the water with one bid, and then don’t fancy fighting, we have messed the player about. The player has extended himself to get the move to us, making his situation very awkward at Newcastle.
I believe we will sign him this summer. Depending on how they do with recruitment, it might mean we sell a player or two to them. Let’s imagine we give them enough to buy Watkins from Villa, and also sanction deals to sell Nunez and Elliott, with Isak coming this way.
There’s a few more permutations and this isn’t dead, not by a long way.
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It’s possible, but not at a lower fee than what we originally proposed. That would be asinine.
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There were those stories about the owner not wanting to sell, and that Hughes and Edwards were on good terms with Howe, so you may be right. I think more likely though it was just an opening offer to see how receptive Newcastle were at this moment to a bid. That position may change as the summer progresses and Newcastle bring in players…or it may not…
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The figures will be probably subject to structural differences. Nothing wrong with an opening bid of £110m, it won’t have been a take it or leave it offer, and it is large enough to be seen as a serious offer.
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Glad to know, you must be at the board level as you know.
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Edwards and Hughes discuss Newcastle’s rejection
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I’d take a pinch of salt anything that bone saw bunch of cunts say or they feed their mouth piece.
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Everyone at Sandcastle crowing that the guy is worth £150m… Based on what exactly…?
He has never played in the cauldron of a CL final and performed out of his skin…
He has never slogged a full season chasing the PL title when every game was pressure pot not to drop points…
The guy plays in a Sandcastle side that bobs along week in week out… Scored a couple of good goals, shows he is an excellent player… BUT, at the end of the day… Surely he is not worth £150m to us… he is worth, exactly, what our final offer will amount to…! Simple really..
How can anyone say we have low-balled them with an offer of £110m… We are still kicking the tyres at the negotiating stage of discussions…
At least now, Isaak knows for sure, we were willing to pay this amount of money for him - so we could get him for at least some part of pre-season training and tactics…
I still believe they won’t want him in our hands before we play them on the 25th of this month, for PR reasons if nothing else. If they want to hold onto him until after that date… we may as well wait until January…
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They are claiming that he is worth £150m to them. Presumably, they hope to win the league and European cup with him.
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What an amazing article, what a stellar piece of journalism: Apparently, we made an 110 mil. offer to ‘save face’…
And the best part is the army of idiots in the comments falling for it hook, line and sinker.
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What the hell is it supposed to mean to “bottle it”? Such a weird take. Do these people not feel any shame for just carrying water for a club’s PR team?
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Aren’t we all at the board level?
The TAN Board, that is. 
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