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Chris cooper

Chris cooper

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1 hour ago, Convict Colony said:

hahahah yeah went on there as well and chuckled.

I have decided to convince myself Gakpo is on the 9.30am flight from Amsterdam which returns to Amsterdam at 16:00 from southampton.

Its 1hr 15mins from Eindhoven to the amsterdam airport and if Gakpo flew out of his home airport it would be all over the internet, in AMS its Ajax land they will care less.

The amsterdam private jet is from a top notch company and the other one from eindhoven is less nice, also the flight to leeds does not return today ours does with enough time to do a walk around staplewood, meet ralph and do a medical and photos.

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On strings 👌🏻😂

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Convict Colony

Convict Colony

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1 minute ago, Pamplemousse said:

Any flight tracker updates?

will check at around 9.30 wing commander - see if the plane for southampton has taken off 😉

Anyone know any staff at the airport when he lands?

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saintscottofthenortham

saintscottofthenortham

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This doesn't bode well...

Flew out from Doncaster last night. Looks Leeds bound.

https://www.flightradar24.com/TIE60AM/2d4b1c34

 

EDIT: May be hope yet...

https://twitter.com/AndrewHaigh/status/1565221873474052097?s=20&t=aFOcCDQ3pEnp19UnvSNRNg

“Reliable reports are coming in from Eindhoven Airport that Gakpo did not board the plane to Leeds this morning. Leeds United's TD Victor Orta flies back to England alone....” #lufc

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Sfcphilc

Sfcphilc

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Well it seems like we've done everything possible to get him. None of us would've expected a £34m signing this window. I'm guessing we'll know by midday one way or another, so we can move onto other targets if it doesn't work out. Something still tells me that Broja could happen late on, especially if we don't get Gakpo. 

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ErwinK1961

ErwinK1961

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2 minutes ago, saintscottofthenortham said:

This doesn't bode well...

Flew out from Doncaster last night. Looks Leeds bound.

https://www.flightradar24.com/TIE60AM/2d4b1c34

Vanuit Eindhoven Airport komen betrouwbare berichten door dat Gakpo vanmorgen niet in het vliegtuig naar Leeds is gestapt. TD Victor Orta van Leeds United vliegt alleen terug naar Engeland

Reliable reports are coming in from Eindhoven Airport that Gakpo did not board the plane to Leeds this morning. TD Victor Orta of Leeds United flies back to England alone

Sfcphilc

Sfcphilc

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1 minute ago, saintscottofthenortham said:

This doesn't bode well...

Flew out from Doncaster last night. Looks Leeds bound.

https://www.flightradar24.com/TIE60AM/2d4b1c34

That's the main reason Leeds fans have been so convinced he's joining them. Its been all over twitter since yesterday. 

I think I'd be more excited about our chances if there was a flight from Eindhoven to Southampton this morning! 

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gio1saints

gio1saints

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Not wishing to dampen the excitement BUT :

Gakpo essentially plays in the left wing / wide attacker position that both AA and Mara currently play - and who both have shown some real promise ( and scored ) from. Don’t get me wrong - I’d be delighted if Gakpo signs - but if I was AA or Mara I’d be thinking “ that’s my position”, am I going to be benched? 
What we do not have cover for is if Che gets injured. Im surprised there’s nothing solid on a Che back up or alternate because IF he is injured we will need change the way the other ten guys in team are getting used to playing. That’s not good planning. 

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Turkish

Turkish

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2 minutes ago, gio1saints said:

Not wishing to dampen the excitement BUT :

Gakpo essentially plays in the left wing / wide attacker position that both AA and Mara currently play - and who both have shown some real promise ( and scored ) from. Don’t get me wrong - I’d be delighted if Gakpo signs - but if I was AA or Mara I’d be thinking “ that’s my position”, am I going to be benched? 
What we do not have cover for is if Che gets injured. Im surprised there’s nothing solid on a Che back up or alternate because IF he is injured we will need change the way the other ten guys in team are getting used to playing. That’s not good planning. 

Maybe we see new Thierry Henry…

gio1saints

gio1saints

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Players like Belotti ( now at Roma) or Icardi ( apparently available) fit the bill as does Fulham’s Mitrovic. If there’s no one then somebody give Graziano, James Beattie or Rickie a call 😄. Push comes to shove would take Kane also. 😂
They don’t need to be super quick but they do need to be able to hold the ball and bring others into play. So probably physically strong is a good attribute and not short. 

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Appy

Appy

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Just now, gio1saints said:

Players like Belotti ( now at Roma) or Icardi ( apparently available) fit the bill as does Fulham’s Mitrovic. If there’s no one then somebody give Graziano, James Beattie or Rickie a call 😄. 
They don’t need to be super quick but they do need to be able to hold the ball and bring others into play. So probably physically strong is a good attribute and not short. 

Icardi? Be serious 

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egg

egg

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2 minutes ago, gio1saints said:

Players like Belotti ( now at Roma) or Icardi ( apparently available) fit the bill as does Fulham’s Mitrovic. If there’s no one then somebody give Graziano, James Beattie or Rickie a call 😄. 
They don’t need to be super quick but they do need to be able to hold the ball and bring others into play. So probably physically strong is a good attribute and not short. 

Icardi or Mitrovic 😂

gio1saints

gio1saints

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1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Are you implying that he was the least serious suggestion in that post? 🤔 

What’s wrong with playing Rickie ? He’s great. We love Rickie. 😍

Appy

Appy

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2 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Are you implying that he was the least serious suggestion in that post? 🤔 

I stopped reading after Icardi to be fair 

egg

egg

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1 minute ago, Pamplemousse said:

That Rik guy on Twitter has said Gakpo is staying at PSV

 

Don't they need the money though?

Who knows. It was also said that Leeds needed to sell to buy, but they haven't. There's a load of bollox in the media.

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Sfcphilc

Sfcphilc

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1 minute ago, Saint_Tony said:

Gakpo deal off. Good start to the day. Hopefully we have someone lined up who's gone under the radar.

Well at least we know we've got £30m burning a hole in our pocket. But now everyone else knows too 😂

Sheaf Saint

Sheaf Saint

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Just now, Ivan Katalinic's 'tache said:

Let's hope plan B is already underway of true...

I'd be amazed if we dont have a backup option. We must have always known this was a long shot and didn't bank on it actually happening.

WALK DMC

WALK DMC

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Cheeky bid for Traore ?   He is 26 years old so a little older than our usual targets, but Wolves want to get rid for around £20. He blows hot and cold, but still an exciting player. Could be an alternative to Gakpo.

egg

egg

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2 minutes ago, Chris cooper said:

Who’s next then ? Long night for nothing 

You stayed up all night to see if we signed a footballer?!

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warwicksaint

warwicksaint

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2 minutes ago, WALK DMC said:

Cheeky bid for Traore ?   He is 26 years old so a little older than our usual targets, but Wolves want to get rid for around £20. He blows hot and cold, but still an exciting player. Could be an alternative to Gakpo.

No thanks, one trick pony and his end product is woeful

beatlesaint

beatlesaint

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PSV have milked this superbly, even having some bloke from Leeds flying over there to be told “umm, no, we aren’t selling, and if we were according to some guy called Blackmore the kid wants to go to Southampton” 😏

Convict Colony

Convict Colony

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Yeah he looks like he has decided to stay at PSV for this year, bummer.

If we couldn't get him at least he didnt go to leeds either as apparently he was due to get on a plane to leeds this morning with 8 people but the director left alone

 

alehouseboys

alehouseboys

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17 minutes ago, LGTL said:

This screams of another ‘we did all we could’

I can't see the club being blamed for (if) this one falling through, PSV hold all the cards here. Maybe they've got the incoming required £s by selling Sangare?

Who can blame them for wanting to keep hold of this fella for as long as...

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hypochondriac

hypochondriac

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Just now, alehouseboys said:

I can't see the club being blamed for (if) this one falling through, PSV hold all the cards here. Maybe they've got the incoming required £s by selling Sangare?

Who can blame them for wanting to keep hold of this fella for as long as...

I don't think we can blame the club but we do need to get in someone who can improve our attack. If they don't get anyone in then we can blame them. Tick tock. 

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MAY-Z

MAY-Z

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3 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I don't think we can blame the club but we do need to get in someone who can improve our attack. If they don't get anyone in then we can blame them. Tick tock. 

That’s the thing isn’t it. He isn’t the only solution to our attacking options, but if taking this so deep means we don’t have time to organise / finalise something else then that’s a problem

Daft Kerplunk

Daft Kerplunk

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If he doesn’t sign, then there was no way we were actually interested in signing him.  All media speculation and the club knew all along that nothing about this deal was true, or they would have told us. 

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CWD

CWD

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Just hope we can secure whoever is next on our list. The issue now is every team knows we're desperate for an attacker and supposedly have £35m in our pocket. Feels a bit Carrillo-ey...

notnowcato

notnowcato

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2 minutes ago, Daft Kerplunk said:

If he doesn’t sign, then there was no way we were actually interested in signing him.  All media speculation and the club knew all along that nothing about this deal was true, or they would have told us. 

Blackmore’s Twitter post does kind of suggest otherwise. 

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