Manchester City don't seem to be panicking too much about their 115 PSR breaches as they are about to spend £100m in the next few days.
Newcastle United have found themselves fishing in the same pond as the Premier League big boys with inevitable results, unfortunately.
The Cityzens are set to beat the Magpies to the signing of two players this month, although just how close Newcastle ever were to signing the duo anyway is another matter.
Abdukodir Khusanov was at one point heavily linked with a move to Newcastle, but Man City have won that race with a £33 million move from RC Lens imminent according to Fabrizio Romano.
Now, Fabrizio Romano has reported on X that Manchester City are expecting to have a deal wrapped up for in-form Eintracht Frankfurt forward Omar Marmoush within the week.
A fee of £67 million has been reported (via Newcastle World) which would take City's spending to £100 million already this January.
The Chronicle have also reported that City aren't inserting any relegation clauses in these contracts suggesting a confidence that whatever the outcome of the 115 charges, they don't expect to drop out of the division as widely speculated.
From a Newcastle United perspective, only the Khusanov link seemed to have any genuine legs, and even that seemed to depend on getting the 20-year-old for £25 million. When the price jumped to £33 million, that pretty much ruled us out of the running.
Omar Marmoush would have been a fantastic signing for Newcastle, but it always felt like it would end up being a pricey one which has now been confirmed by City forking out over £60 million for the Egyptian star.
It really is starting to look like there'll be no movement, at least incoming, for Newcastle this month. It's still early, obviously, but we're all feeling it, aren't we?
PL | GD | PTS | ||
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1 |
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23 | 35 | 56 |
2 |
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24 | 27 | 50 |
3 |
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24 | 13 | 47 |
4 |
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24 | 16 | 43 |
5 |
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24 | 13 | 41 |
6 |
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24 | 13 | 41 |
7 |
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24 | 13 | 40 |
8 |
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24 | -3 | 37 |
9 |
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24 | 4 | 36 |
10 |
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24 | -3 | 34 |
11 |
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24 | 0 | 31 |
12 |
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24 | -2 | 30 |
13 |
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24 | -6 | 29 |
14 |
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24 | 11 | 27 |
15 |
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24 | -17 | 27 |
16 |
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23 | -5 | 26 |
17 |
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24 | -18 | 19 |
18 |
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24 | -28 | 17 |
19 |
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24 | -27 | 16 |
20 |
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24 | -36 | 9 |