If I wasn’t invested in us signing Isak, I’d probably take a lot of enjoyment watching Newcastle and Man U fight over Sesko.
I am presuming that Sesko is leaning towards Man U by virtue of their bid. But it’s also possible that Man U saw Sesko slipping away last night and are making a last gasp bid.
Most analyses of their finances suggested they were kind of stuck as a default, but could potentially make a number of moves depending on how well their sales go, with a good summer being able to free up enough money to make substantial signings. So far nothing good has happened on that front, but maybe that’s all bubbling along now.
Problem is it’s in the arse end of nowhere. I always thought this might be an issue if they tried to replicate City but they don’t seem to be doing even that.
We sold Quansah a month ago and knew we’d need to replace him so it’s not like they’re sat around thinking “once we’ve got Isak we should probably think about CB”.
Personally I reckon Guehi is all but done. Newcastle briefing the media they’re back in for him is just bluster on their part. Once Palace play their qualifier and possibly the Community Shield I think it’ll all fall into place quite quickly.
Granted I’m not a Premier League footballer but give me Newcastle and the beauty of Northumberland over London any day. Newcastle also has an airport. If you’re making £100k a week you can stick the missus on a flight down to London once a week for her to waste money on designer garbage.
Both players came after Steve’s flirtation with Chelsea and subsequent shirt burning,but don’t remember either having their shirt burned. Could be wrong though.