Sad that I’m never going to see skinhead Darwin do something mental in our shirt
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Now he’s even more too quick for his own good.
And here I was thinking that was actually a good thing
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There he sat,
Broken hearted.
50p,
And only farted.
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It’s his fart
It’s now or never
They aren’t going stay forever
…
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Decent point…
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I find it slightly (but only very slightly, this isn’t a massive deal for me) concerning that we may not get to sell Nunez and now it’s late in the window. This may well mean that he is priced too high by the club (I mean, I would never buy him for 50-60 mil +, so if the club demands such money for him, we cannot unload him, unless it’s to intoxicated Saudis).
Overall, the transfer window has been a dream for us (at least we have spent money like drunk sailors, so not a single soul can complain about spending), but it’s not ideal if Nunez remains a main attacking option for this club. In my view, anyway. I would have thought we would be willing to sell him for 20-30 mil. But seems not…
We have already signed Ekitike who presumably moves ahead of Darwin in the pecking order. If he stays as the primary backup CF option that is certainly not the end of the world - at his best for us he offered a lot as well as being a very different type of player.
I do struggle to see how we bring in Isak without Darwin leaving though… which would be the ideal window. Of course I’m shocked we are still in for Isak after buying Ekitike so I clearly don’t have my mind wrapped around the plan Hughes and Slot are pursuing.
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Triple CF Gambit:
Somebody
Somebody Somebody Somebody Somebody
Somebody Somebody Somebody
Etitike Isak Darwin
Somebody Somebody Somebody Somebody
Somebody Somebody Somebody
Etitike Isak Darwin
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There’s more than five weeks left. Most clubs still have business they want to do, including ourselves.
If he’s still here in four weeks time then we start to worry but right now his agent will be working all hours to find him a new club.
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Re-inverting the pyramid?
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Fair point.
Just voicing my “slight” worry, that is all 
If we have no takers for Darwin Nunez this summer, I would rather send him on loan than sell for a fee that is too low.
He has three years left on his deal, and a decent loan, where hopefully he would score goals and do well, would boost his value for a sale next summer.
If the loan is not successful then fine, we are selling a player at a low value next summer with two years left on his deal, rather than for a low value this summer with three years left on his deal.
Edit
I think he will end up going to the Saudis this summer. Most of the European strikers they may have been interested in are going to other European clubs, and Darwin might be one of only a few high profile options left at the end of the summer that the Saudis might turn to.
What we’ve seen lately is that the league isn’t necessarily a retirement league, as a few players are moving on to good clubs to further their careers post-Saudi, and that could be Darwin’s goal if he goes there too.
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When are these lads arriving… get on with it Hughes.
Our secret Norwegian billionaire has been unmasked! And he’s a tight-ass which already rules out a few of this list:
||Name|Net worth (USD)|Sources of wealth|
|1|Ivar Tollefsen|8.3 billion|Tollefsen Enterprises|
|2|Ole Andreas Halvorsen|7.2 billion|Viking Global Investors|
|3|Odd “Magnus” Reitan|4.9 billion|Reitan Group|
|4|Kjell Inge Røkke|4.6 billion|Aker ASA|
|5|Gustav Magnar Witzøe|4.2 billion|SalMar|
|6|Stein Erik Hagen|2.3 billion|Rimi|
|7|Caroline Hagen Kjos|2.3 billion|Canica|
|8|Katharina Andresen|1.7 billion|Ferd|
|9|Alexandra Andresen|1.6 billion|Ferd|
|10|Torstein Hagen|1.5 billion|Viking Cruises|
|11|Johan Johannson|1.3 billion|NorgesGruppen|
|12|Petter Stordalen|1.3 billion|Nordic Choice Hotels|
Many of the names on that list are tight-asses (a couple of them famously so, while others, like Witzøe who inherited everything, less so). If they threw 60-70 mil sterling to buy someone like Nunez for lulz, they would probably not be billionaires in the first place. Because after all, it’s an insane sum of money for a striker of Nunez conversion rate and akin to destroying money.
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I got a notification saying this was a reply to me, but I don’t know what the fuck you’re saying.
Remember the £140mil I leant you last eve.
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Me too. I’d rather invest that amount on:
Def: CB in particular
MD: LW (now that Diaz is gone)
I’ll pay you back tomorrow.. just waiting for my Norwegian billionaire to finalise his contribution
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