Thank you for the deft touch!
The notion of “forced” almost implies putting someone in an arm bar or holding a gun to their head! Intenet discussion thus gets polarized very quickly.
The truth is it is more nuanced than that, and you hit the nail on the head with the combination of factors.
Just want to say it’s a great time to be a red! Champions, strengthening from a position of strength, competent people at all levels of the organization, money to make our moves and set us up for the next cycle… presumably then only needing minimal attention the next few windows.
The signs were there that we might have a window like this, and early in summer we drafted out various permutations, but a lot of it felt fanciful. At this stage it looks like most of us weren’t bold enough!
I expected a CB, Kerkez and maybe a replacement for Trent.
Maybe an attacker but Wirtz was enough to get me excited as I’ve liked him for a few years now and was probably one of the footballers in the world I wanted to see in our red.
We just seem to be ramping it up. Lets bring 21 home for Jota.
I don’t think we’ve yet signed any over priced dross but we will see.
Would it be wrong to go onto a Newcastle forum and post a bunch of links to articles like this one just to watch the reaction?
If that’s wrong I don’t want to be right
Where’s the #FSGout folks gone?
It’s going to fuel their dissatisfaction at not getting the [insert position] in [insert transfer window]
It’s like you’re daring me to break out the Kenneth Williams meme again…
ignore him mate, hes just doing it just to get a rise out of you…
Well, we just won the league solidly… and are in the middle of obliterating the transfer window in a fashion never seen before…
So the FSG out crew is going to be very quiet until the first draw or loss of the season…
Adjusted for inflation we’re only having the 48th most expensive window of a premier league team ever. It’s not good enough! FSG out (with your wallets and buy Isak to get us even higher)!
Truly a chant that rolls off the tongue
If this is a euphemism for erection, then he has succeeded.
Ducking hell, who did we buy in summer 10?
The Leeds.
Guessing the winter window is included; Suarez and Carroll.
Either that or Konchesky cost more than we realised
I can’t believe this. He could end up living in Liverpool but he won’t be playing for Liverpool.
Brazil international Douglas Luiz, 27, failed to report for the first day of pre-season training at Juventus on Thursday as West Ham, Everton and Liverpool all have interest in the midfielder. (Gazetta dello Sport - in Italian)
