Now that’s a good point. January it is then but not before
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Scores more goals and way more smiles.
Yeh I saw that last time I was down there. Incredible really that an Egyptian who plays club football in England has a giant (dare I say beautifully rendered) mural in a prominent location in NYC.
It's a perfect illustration (pun intended) of the fact that he is much more than just a football player - and it's why we should not sell him now. When we do we should demand a fee that would make even the Saudis wince.
That he prays 5 times a day, posts on his social media how Saudi Arabia is the best, proclaims death to all homosexuals and attends at least 5 stonings a year
And he stops celebrating fucking christmas
I had a lovely supper...
Yeah none of that shit will happening in Saudi that's for sure. Otherwise it's a trip to the emabassy
Yes. And if you go to any Arab-owned business here you’re also likely to see a full-size Salah poster or mural on their wall too. He is an icon.
only 5? Sheesh, that's not *that* bad
Thinking about it if we wait to next summer our bargaining position is quite weak really isn’t it?
They’ll half what they’re offering now no doubt and we’ll have to accept or Mo could easily see out the last year to be able to name his own salary.
January is the only middle ground
They’ll half what they’re offering now no doubt and we’ll have to accept or Mo could easily see out the last year to be able to name his own salary.
January is the only middle ground
Agreed, but it also depends on how the season went.
In January
Don't think the Saudis are THAT stupid.
Going back to what I said before Salah is the poster child of the Arab world and they want him to come back "home" so to speak.
Exactly, so they might pay dramatically over the odds.
Everyone has a threshold of cost where there would sell him today, regardless of other business we do.
What is everyone's?
7th, but gonna feel like the 20th.
Who knows. Every chance we're lining replacements up as we speak. I'm sure we've known the interest since the start of the window, wonder whether we delayed it so make it look like we don't have 200m burning a hole in our pocket, and we don't get fleeced by others
I don't think we can sell right now regardless of the amount.
Last season was a disaster. Our rep took a battering, we missed out on the CL and long-term target(s) as well.
Can we afford another season like that with other teams around us improving rapidly?
It doesn't feel like we can.
If we had time to plan and already had his successor at the club or lined up then yeah, maybe. As things stand, the forward line is still "in development", the midfield will require time to come together and the defence is very light and creaky.
For me it boils down to the fact that I don't trust Diaz, Jota, Gakpo and Nunez to step up.
Last season was a disaster. Our rep took a battering, we missed out on the CL and long-term target(s) as well.
Can we afford another season like that with other teams around us improving rapidly?
It doesn't feel like we can.
If we had time to plan and already had his successor at the club or lined up then yeah, maybe. As things stand, the forward line is still "in development", the midfield will require time to come together and the defence is very light and creaky.
For me it boils down to the fact that I don't trust Diaz, Jota, Gakpo and Nunez to step up.
£200 mill for me
it was £150 earlier lol
We already have. Dan Neil from Sunderland.
Because there’s Newcastle connections here. Let’s not pretend there’s some imaginary wall or code of ethics involved on the Saudi football industry. We are a competitor. This weakens us.
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