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**Official** English Football Season 2025/26

Thala_0710

Thala_0710

International Captain
Skipper Pup said:
Yeah it's a great deal for us. I love Lucho as a player but he's had four seasons at the club now and only delivered in one. He was making too much noise around his wages and contract so best to move on now and replace him while his value has peaked. He's not quite over the hill like Mane was when he went to Bayern so I expect Diaz to do well in Bundesliga.

I still think the funniest sale we ever made was Jordan Ibe. To this day I have no idea why Bournemouth went after him. Brewster isn't far behind but still has time to reach his potential, albeit unlikely.

Carvalho and Kelleher will end up good signings, likely so will Elliott, Doak and Morton whenever they leave.
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I really want Morton to stay, both him and Bajcetic I feel are quality players who haven't nearly realized their full potential as of now
 
Skipper Pup

Skipper Pup

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Bit over this Isak thing now... we don't even need him.

We should go spend the money on Rodrygo and Guehi instead. Let Newcastle deal with the mess of reintegrating the player and if he still wants the move then buy him next summer

It'll be annoying if this carries on until the window closes. We have other more important things to do.
 
Thala_0710

Thala_0710

International Captain
Skipper Pup said:
Bit over this Isak thing now... we don't even need him.

We should go spend the money on Rodrygo and Guehi instead. Let Newcastle deal with the mess of reintegrating the player and if he still wants the move then buy him next summer

It'll be annoying if this carries on until the window closes. We have other more important things to do.
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The CB is most important, but don't think we need another lw tbh... Already have Gakpo and Rio there... Ekitike can play that position as well.
What's great about Rodrygo though is that he can play rw as well
 
Skipper Pup

Skipper Pup

State Regular
Thala_0710 said:
The CB is most important, but don't think we need another lw tbh... Already have Gakpo and Rio there... Ekitike can play that position as well.
What's great about Rodrygo though is that he can play rw as well
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Yeah he covers RW and ST. He's a LW upgrade on all those guys you mentioned and his versatility would be far more beneficial to our squad than Isak. Just my opinion.

Definitely agree we need another CB, potentially even another DM.
 
Thala_0710

Thala_0710

International Captain
Skipper Pup said:
Yeah he covers RW and ST. He's a LW upgrade on all those guys you mentioned and his versatility would be far more beneficial to our squad than Isak. Just my opinion.

Definitely agree we need another CB, potentially even another DM.
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Maybe Wharton, and if we don't get Guehi, I see slot using Endo as the cover cb, who's done well there tbf to him
 
Thala_0710

Thala_0710

International Captain
Skipper Pup said:
No chance of Wharton this summer. Too expensive.

Someone like Douglas Luiz would be perfect. I expect Guehi deal to pick up steam towards the end of the window.
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Yup Wharton was the more long term solution, I think we can go till the winter, or even next yr with Gravenberch in the 6 with Endo (and potentially macca) as the backups.
My priority order would be CB, Isak, Rodrygo, DM
 
Thala_0710

Thala_0710

International Captain
Uppercut said:
It’s just so much easier to find a player like Rodrygo than it is to find one like Isak though. There are good wide attackers around every summer but you almost never get the chance to sign a proper top level 9.
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Yeah that's why I'd prioritize Isak, also we need a ST more.... Ekitike is young and needs to develop for now... We have Gakpo lw already playing at a good level
 
Skipper Pup

Skipper Pup

State Regular
Uppercut said:
It’s just so much easier to find a player like Rodrygo than it is to find one like Isak though. There are good wide attackers around every summer but you almost never get the chance to sign a proper top level 9.
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It seems he wants to stay at Madrid now that our interest has cooled.

I don't think Rodrygo is anything like these Mbuemo/Leao/Kudus/Madueke types that have recently been available. Rodrygo is a unicorn in that he can play both left and right to an extremely high level.

The last certified world class winger was Krava and PSG snapped him up on nearly £300 a week before anyone else had the chance.

I'm excited for Isak just don't know if it makes sense after buying Ekitike. The balance of the squad is off.
 
Skipper Pup

Skipper Pup

State Regular
On another note I've said it before and I'll say it again - MacAllister is everything to this team.

Decent enough team without him but our trophy ambitions hinge on his availability. Watching us fumble around in pre-season without him is scary.
 
Thala_0710

Thala_0710

International Captain
Skipper Pup said:
It seems he wants to stay at Madrid now that our interest has cooled.

I don't think Rodrygo is anything like these Mbuemo/Leao/Kudus/Madueke types that have recently been available. Rodrygo is a unicorn in that he can play both left and right to an extremely high level.

The last certified world class winger was Krava and PSG snapped him up on nearly £300 a week before anyone else had the chance.

I'm excited for Isak just don't know if it makes sense after buying Ekitike. The balance of the squad is off.
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We need 2 strikers though if we want to compete on all fronts. Nunez will leave and with Jota's very sad demise, we need both imo. For the wing spots we still have Gakpo, Salah, Rio and maybe even Chisea, with frimpong, ekitike, wirtz, szobo who can play on the wing as well. Ideally I'd like both, but for my first preference I'd take Isak
 
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