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BR.
Ninja
Poe
Apparently the bid has been rejected though, West Brom must be mortal drunk.
Shola
Are people sure Doumbia is quick? He looks very old for a 28 year old.
Based Jorge
£12m for Shelvey is a lot better than £14m for Townsend regardless, you can guarantee the match commentary would be "long distance shot by Townsend, off target" non-stop for 90 mins
Shola
Based Jorge
Andrew♣
Shola
Honestly - I've always liked Townsend. - but he really does seem to get a a hell of a stick from Spurs fans.
Shola
Based Jorge
Probably because of these stats versus a world class winger
SirTAVARES
King Luis
Sam
Also racist cunt is leaving Chelsea at the end of the season.
Jason
Number 1
If only we'd spent stupid money in summer 2012, then we might be UCL regulars. Oh well. Let bygones be bygones and whatnot. Although equally as ridiculous/stupid are West Brom for turning down 2 bids north of £20m for Berahino.
Ninja
Aside from the economics of the deal (which I don't think are that bad considering that all Premier League clubs are loaded these days) I don't really understand why Townsend's drawing so much abuse.
I mean @Based Jorge what are you trying to prove? No shit he's not as good as Hazard, if Newcastle could have bought a player that was as good as that they would have, but he's good enough to be playing in the Premier League, and better than what they've got already. If one of our clubs had bought him then by all means, but I think its a good move for both Newcastle and Townsend.
Shola
Based Jorge
Proving the point that all he does for 90mins is shoot outside the box & not score and is the biggest waste of £14m I've possibly seen in a long time
He's worth about £5m max and that's including the trademarked English premium
Carroll.
Lucas is god
Ninja
By comparing him to a winger who was the best in the country that year? Just an odd comparison.
I think there's a decent player in there somewhere. Certainly not a Tottenham standard one, and certainly not an England international but decent nonetheless.
But on the fee, I reckon £12m is a decent fee. When average players like Steven Naismith are going for the prices they're going for its a pretty solid indication the markets shifted again. Absolutely anything ~£10m is the going rate for any half decent English player not playing in League One or below. Even Championship clubs are spending that sort of money on players.
Based Jorge
Based Jorge
Shola
Newcastle got £12m for Debuchy ffs.
Ninja
You'd have got similar reactions from United fans regarding Gibson, Cleverly etc... but they're performing adequately in Premier League teams.
A lot of people lose perspective and think if they're not good enough for a good side then they should be paying their £5 to play ametuer football.
I think thats where we're at with Townsend.
Based Jorge
The market for English players is absurd, just because Newcastle's scouting team is horrific it doesn't mean they should buy shite English players when there's better options abroad
Jason
He'll go to the MLS imo.
Carroll.
Well player sir.
Shola
Townsend will definitely be better than Thauvin who cost the same amount of money - and will almost certainly be better than Cabella.
Are you surprised Oxlade-Chamberlain has regressed? Pretty much every Arsenal player has, Wilshere, Walcott and Welbeck all have, as well as the likes of Chambers and Szczesny. Bellerin only became good because he was an accident.
Jason
Welbeck wasn't going anywhere before he joined Arsenal, though.
All those other players were signed from clubs lower than Arsenal at the time, and the others were from their academy's.