You think that’s bad! I’ve got gooners in my now wife’s family (all from Islington born and bred)
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Why was he fired?
The irony of Newcastle being a Saudi feeder club.
That will go down well with their fanbase.
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He’ll be loaned indefinitely back to Newcastle, this is just a way for them to get their cash into the club and beat PSR regs.
I can’t believe that it’s legal, but there you go.
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I think PIF’s interest is to raise the profile of the Saudi League more than making Newcastle United become more competitive.
They might well decide to give Isak back to Newcastle on loan but they’d rather spend more money at their home teams.
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Isak doesn’t seems to be the player who wants to be paid a hell lot like Ronaldo and forsake sporting achievements this early in his career.
PIF would want to raise the profile of their league but if they are unable to do that, then the next best thing is to go around EPL’s PSR and make Newcastle as competitive as Man City.
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I wonder if more deals, like our with the new goalie, will done where a player only moves in a year or 2 (or 3) from “signing”. For Isak, they could pay 100M (or even 150M) and say that the player moves across 2028… Everyone wins (except possibly fair play and the spirit of the game.)
surely its not going to happen though…
i know its a meme…but ill genuinely be using the phrase ‘games gone’ if it does
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I can’t see any other reason Isak would contemplate a move to Saudi at this stage of his career.
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CB is not surprising, still expect it to be Guehi.
Isak the only other forward we’ve really been linked with but I don’t see us getting him in when we’ve already outlaid so much on Wirtz and now Ekitike. Can see Mateta as a relatively budget option, but think Palace would want more than we’d pay. Dunno who else we’d be looking at. Then again, depends on Bayern stumping up enough for Diaz.
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Not liking the suggestion for either attacker or CB option from Ben Jacobs there. Arne was more of a midfielder in his day and I’m not convinced he has the pace to play on the counter or as part of a high line. Kenny Dalglish he is not! 
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He definitely lacks King Kenny’s prodigious backside in order to shield the ball
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Malick Fofana from Olympique Lyonnais and Rodrygo are the two names I’ve seen mentioned in rumours about potential Diaz replacements should he leave
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Guehi would be nice for being another good homegrown player and would save us from other clubs knowing we have to sell because we have too many non-homegrown players and trying to under bid because of it.
If we end up going for a different non homegrown center back, we might need to clear out two squad places first.
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I wouldn’t rule out an approach by Liverpool for Antony Gordon.
We did want him last year.
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I would hate it if that happens. He’s a snide prick.
But he ticks the homegrown and left winger vacancy.
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Gordon would be a lot of money for a homegrown player to back up Gakpo. Doesn’t feel like it would be worth it.
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