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sofatester said:
What that big heffa, Christ the sick frigga
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Yep she’s only 16 and knocking about with a load of blokes in their 40s and 50s so some have called him a nonce :lol: .
It’s the Holly and Steve show tonight :lol:
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Grumpy Old Man said:
It's called crap buying. Under Short, we were past masters at it. NUFC were simply shopping at sawyoucoming.com
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I agree but it’s still very weird that deal to me. It’s like there’s nothing about him or his record that suggests 40million was a suitable price at the time. If they had valuation solicitors like in a house sale there’s no way even in the current inflated market that anyone would sanction it. And this is Ashley. A man so tight and cost conscious. It just doesn’t stack up. I kind of see a player in almiron and why they might have spent what they did but Joelinton. Nowt whatsoever
 
Honess10 said:
I agree but it’s still very weird that deal to me. It’s like there’s nothing about him or his record that suggests 40million was a suitable price at the time. If they had valuation solicitors like in a house sale there’s no way even in the current inflated market that anyone would sanction it. And this is Ashley. A man so tight and cost conscious. It just doesn’t stack up. I kind of see a player in almiron and why they might have spent what they did but Joelinton. Nowt whatsoever
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Somehow. Hoffenheim have had their pants down. However, Hoffenheim had themselves signed him on a five year deal when he was only 18, so there must have been something there. Either that, or his agent is the most convincing salesman on the plane.
 
Honess10 said:
I agree but it’s still very weird that deal to me. It’s like there’s nothing about him or his record that suggests 40million was a suitable price at the time. If they had valuation solicitors like in a house sale there’s no way even in the current inflated market that anyone would sanction it. And this is Ashley. A man so tight and cost conscious. It just doesn’t stack up. I kind of see a player in almiron and why they might have spent what they did but Joelinton. Nowt whatsoever
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I looked at Bundesliga stats for the season before they signed him and there are no comparable, as in other transfer values, to get near that 40m. Newcastle love a six year deal so his 40m fee is ammortised at 40/6 = 6.67m each year. See summary of accounts here -
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. In fact for 2020 they earned a 3.3m tax credit.
 
Honess10 said:
I agree but it’s still very weird that deal to me. It’s like there’s nothing about him or his record that suggests 40million was a suitable price at the time. If they had valuation solicitors like in a house sale there’s no way even in the current inflated market that anyone would sanction it. And this is Ashley. A man so tight and cost conscious. It just doesn’t stack up. I kind of see a player in almiron and why they might have spent what they did but Joelinton. Nowt whatsoever
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According to various articles I read, Newcastle watched him around 30 times. No idea what they saw to justify £40m.
The feeling in Germany was that they couldn't believe the deal at that price.
And quotes from Ashley himself in an interview were that Benitez thought he was worth half that at most. Ashley said he would even put £20m in himself so it didn't come out of Benitez's budget.

Don't know why they were so keen to get it done tbh.
 
What A Waster said:
According to various articles I read, Newcastle watched him around 30 times. No idea what they saw to justify £40m.
The feeling in Germany was that they couldn't believe the deal at that price.
And quotes from Ashley himself in an interview were that Benitez thought he was worth half that at most. Ashley said he would even put £20m in himself so it didn't come out of Benitez's budget.

Don't know why they were so keen to get it done tbh.
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baffling. Perhaps there is a trail of money somewhere going out of football and back into big Mike’s pocket via some Brazilian agent somewhere. I think Ashley must be telling Bruce they have to play him aswell to try and keep his value somehow, as he seems to play every game. No wonder Gayle is doing his nut 😂
 
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Honess10 said:
I agree but it’s still very weird that deal to me. It’s like there’s nothing about him or his record that suggests 40million was a suitable price at the time. If they had valuation solicitors like in a house sale there’s no way even in the current inflated market that anyone would sanction it. And this is Ashley. A man so tight and cost conscious. It just doesn’t stack up. I kind of see a player in almiron and why they might have spent what they did but Joelinton. Nowt whatsoever
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This happens all the time in football. Its called surrounding yourself by people who dont know what they are doing and making very poor decisions. You're correct, he was never ever ever even close to being a 20 million player, let alone 40. Just a bad signing, made without any real thought or process behind it.
 
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baffling. Perhaps there is a trail of money somewhere going out of football and back into big Mike’s pocket via some Brazilian agent somewhere. I think Ashley must be telling Bruce they have to play him aswell to try and keep his value somehow, as he seems to play every game. No wonder Gayle is doing his nut 😂
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A blast from the past at the end....made of sticks and thought he was retired ages ago.
 
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