Sounds like that TeamNewsAndTix guy posted our supposed midfield targets and they are Bruno Guimaraes, Amadou Onana and Joao Neves. I think we should take it all with a grain of salt since its hard to believe he's both this well connected and that the higher-ups would be okay at all with these leaks, especially since he's making some money off them with his Patreon. However, it's the first time I've seen a link of us to Neves. He's really intriguing although I am not sure if he would be ready to really move the needle for us next year in a title push due to his age and inexperience outside of Portugal. He certainly looks like he could be a big star sooner than later though and it's not hard to imagine him having an impressive Euros that puts his value even above Enzo territory. I'm surprised there's no mention of Zubimendi though...

    samthegooner the guys just repeating rumours, no one new in any of his lists. Its all speculation. Fair play if he can monetise morons with it but I've never seen anything to make me think he's got insider info on transfers.

        Claudius Have we? I've seen Joao Gomes links from Wolves but haven't seen anything with Neves.

        Qwiss Completely agree - once he started doing this Patreon he lost a lot of credibility with me but still wanted to pass along from what I saw being posted from it.

            samthegooner alot of talks over twitter from quite a few prominent ITKs claiming Bruno is the one we are hell bent on getting and negotiations is well underway but we won't pay the 100m release clause.

                Clrnc the argument is that it’s a one horse race, so Newcastle will eventually given in for less.
                It’s great to be THE team. Gone are the days of scrapping for Sokratis and Kolasinac.

                  Clrnc I still feel like we should be aiming for someone who is going to move the needle for us in the league and in CL. Bruno still strikes me as someone who isn't technical enough to push us up a level in CL but I do think he will make us better in the league. A Rice-Guimaraes pivot is definitely formidable and we would not be fun to play against at all, so I also wonder how much my own personal bias against him from the last two years of seeing him at Newcastle is overshadowing my feelings about signing him... The fact that City are also in for him makes me think my own personal biases are clouding my judgment.

                      Bruno is extremely technical. One of the best through ball passers in the world.

                      Just look at how freaking good he is. He’s basically a fired up, hungry to win defensively able Enzo Fernandez

                        Bruno would be great, I would just want us to add more of a traditional pivot to the squad as well, someone like Zubimendi, if Partey is going to leave. Ideally, to compete on both fronts, we have four top midfielders, any trio of which could play well together, making us adaptable to injuries and different situations.

                        Rice-Bruno-Ødegaard, Zubimendi-Rice-Ødegaard, Zubimendi-Bruno-Ødegaard, Zubimendi-Rice-Bruno – all viable units.

                        But don't think that's realistic if we're buying a defender in addition to a forward.

                          samthegooner At least that team news and ticks guy also says that Arteta loves De Jong (although he just seems to mention every good CM so that he can't be wrong).

                            Let’s just do this….

                            Partey in part ex for Frenkie
                            Nketiah and Nelson in part ex for Olise
                            Sell Zinchenko to fund the new left sided defender
                            Transfer war chest for Bruno G and Vlahovic

                            TambourineMan Dare I say, maybe even Sancho...

                            Or Olmo. Basically a no. 10 on the wing like Wenger used to do, so we can take some of the creative burden off Odegaard. Retain Martinelli as an old fashion winger for when that is needed and let Saka play 60 games again on the right.

                            It's odd how the transfer window seems to trigger a dopamine rush. Hate that I love it.

                              rice and bruno would never lose a fight, that's for sure. not sure he meets my expectation of technical pass-master world-builder, but im ok giving our recruitment guys the benefit of the doubt if he is indeed 'the guy' we want