30 Jul 2025 15:28:14
Ornstein drops the Sesko bomb!

Cunha Sesko Mbuemo

Is a ridiculous upgrade on what we had last season.

I believe that once Antony, Sancho and Garnacho leave, there'll be one more big one, too.

1.) 30 Jul 2025
30 Jul 2025 16:28:58
Big hurdle concerning transfer fee first. Newcastle will pay over the odds to save face now.

2.) 30 Jul 2025
30 Jul 2025 16:33:12
Exciting if true. I know it’s a gamble, but I think he will go on to be one of the very best.

3.) 30 Jul 2025
30 Jul 2025 16:33:54
Newcastle not out of it yet by all accounts, could be bigging up our chances so they can salvage some pride by saying they beat us to his signing. Will see what happens. The fee will be the big issue, we saw how long mbeumo took ?.

4.) 30 Jul 2025
30 Jul 2025 17:33:41
Now being reported Rasmus Hoijland going the other way to Leipzig.

5.) 30 Jul 2025
30 Jul 2025 18:02:17
That would be ideal Wallace. If that was the case, they should still see if we could offload Garnacho to Villa and bring Watkins in.
I know transfers don’t always work like that but if the powers that be could pull that off then our frontline would be considerably better than last season .

6.) 30 Jul 2025
30 Jul 2025 19:14:30
It's rumoured that Sesko has a clause in his contract whereby his transfer fee is a reduced if an 'elite' named club (we are one of the named) approach.
Seemingly a bid of approx £70m would be the amount needed.
Vivell has flown back from the tour and of course his previous association with Leipzig should give him an inside knowledge.
It seems Vivell is pushing very hard for Sesko over Watkins.

We shall see. Clearly Watkins would be expected to have a greater impact short term, but Sesko has a much, much higher potential ceiling. Of course Cunha and Mbeumo are both proven at Premier League level so playing with those two much reduces the risk associated with a young player in a new league.
I personally hope we go for Sesko, anyway, who's to say he will struggle initially? he might hit the ground running and there is no absolute guarantee Watkins will deliver.

7.) 30 Jul 2025
30 Jul 2025 20:25:33
£60m for Sesko.
Leipzig buy Hojlund for £40m in separate transaction for PSR.
Sell Antony, Sancho and Garnacho for a realistic £85m combined.
Buy Baleba for £70m.
Buy Donarumma for £40m.

Net outlay of £45m.
Cunha and Mbuemo’s money went on 24-25 books.

If the above happened, we’d come top 4.

8.) 30 Jul 2025
30 Jul 2025 20:43:27
Would prefer Watkins and spending more on GK and CM. But more importantly, hope this is sth RA is on board with.

9.) 30 Jul 2025
30 Jul 2025 20:46:05
Downsie, Donarumma would be an outstanding signing. Can’t see it happening but he would be a massive character to have in the team. One of the top keepers in the world.

10.) 30 Jul 2025
30 Jul 2025 21:08:15
If that happened Downsie we'd be challengers.

11.) 30 Jul 2025
30 Jul 2025 21:36:01
It sounds like Watkins was the preferred option, but Villa are demanding too much and we've switched to Sesko now.

It would be very handy if we could agree a deal that sees Højlund go to Leipzig as Sesko's replacement.

However, we needed a striker to compete with Højlund. Effectively swapping Højlund for Sesko (while potentially an upgrade) still leaves us a little light on options up front.

I mean what do we do if Sesko takes a while to settle, gets injured, or flops entirely? Who do we bring in to the team for him?

If Sesko or any striker joins AND Højlund leaves I think we still need another striker as well. Definitely if the new striker is young and/ or unproven in the EPL.

12.) 30 Jul 2025
30 Jul 2025 21:39:53
Imagine

Donarumma

Yoro De Ligt Heaven

Amad Baleba Bruno Dorgu

Mbeumo Sesko Cunha.

13.) 30 Jul 2025
30 Jul 2025 22:09:07
Cunha and Mbuemo's cost will be going on the books for the next 5 years and only a very small amount of Cunha's fee will be charged to 2024/ 5.

14.) 30 Jul 2025
30 Jul 2025 22:13:24
Having no Højlund is effectively the same as having Højlund in the squad. Both scenarios will end with no goals for Højlund.

15.) 30 Jul 2025
30 Jul 2025 22:31:20
Watkins will go to Newcastle now.

16.) 31 Jul 2025
31 Jul 2025 00:18:49
I actually think Watkins will get more EPL goals next season that Sesko does. But it’s the seasons after that I’m focusing on. And I still think Sesko will break into double figures.

17.) 31 Jul 2025
31 Jul 2025 01:21:22
Anyone know what donnaruma is demanding for his wage?
Even PSG who has all the money can't find an agreement with him.

18.) 31 Jul 2025
31 Jul 2025 05:00:47
I think PSG have come to realize that having a team of players who fight for one another is more important than having eleven individuals who are only there for a paycheck. I’m sure they could easily afford to pay him what he wants. They just don’t want to.

I’m kinda torn myself. Players wanting to maximize their earnings makes perfect sense to me, so him coming in on a big wage isn’t necessarily an issue. But if he flops, we’re stuck with him. Plus the last Italian goalkeeper we tried didn’t really work out too well for us. RIP Taibi.

19.) 31 Jul 2025
31 Jul 2025 05:09:55
Sesko and Hoijlund are the same age with the latter having the benefit of acclimatising to a new country/ league for two years and the benefit of a pre-season under RA, the former reportedly having a very high ceiling but an inconsistent last couple of seasons albeit in an inconsistent team.

With Cunha and Mbuemo either side of the striker I have higher hopes for Hoijlund and higher hopes for a new ST (be it Sesko or anyone else) than I did when we had Garnacho and Rashford. I'd hope that we keep Rasmus as we need to ADD a striker, not necessarily replace one, however with PSR constraints and trying to get Sesko before Newcastle have the funds to sign him (presumably needing to sell Isak first) .

I just hope RA keeps and let's go of who he wants to and the club are trying to fulfil HIS vision of the squad. We need to back him, this may be me being more hopeful than logical, but I just feel he's the one who IS and WILL instill our clubs values back and do the much needed and delayed 'open-heart surgery' we ran away from under Ralf Rangnick.

If Sesko is who Amorim wants, then Sesko is who we should get. If Hoijlund is who Amorim doesn't want, then Hoijlund should be moved on to facilitate future signings.

I can see a lot of positive changes in the pre-season (yes pre-season I know) games in terms of attitude and tactics.

In Ruben I trust

In Ruben I trust.

20.) 31 Jul 2025
31 Jul 2025 20:33:34
AMPN, he wants 400k per week and a fresh virgin every Sunday.

21.) 01 Aug 2025
01 Aug 2025 01:52:08
Brighton will want closer to £100m for Baleba as they have zero need to sell. And £95m for Sancho, Antony and Garnacho is a bit of a stretch. Likely £15m for Sancho and perhaps around 20-25m for Anthony depending on who buys him and around 40 for Garnacho if a buyer can be found which doesn’t seem likely at the moment.

22.) 03 Aug 2025
03 Aug 2025 11:52:25
Donnarumma 40 million, I very much doubt that…… we give more for a clown, I think they be queuing round Paris if that was the case! He fancies a bigger deal one would expect and he in the perfect negotiating position.