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Who Is Malick Thiaw And Why Is He Perfect For Newcastle United? The Germany defender is set to sign for the club from AC Milan and represents the missing piece of the puzzle in defence for Eddie Howe's side.

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On Malick Thiaw, yet another long-term chase, the fix he brings to the defence and relief of getting him in once he signs.

Also, is this a sign #NUFC are changing approach in time to save their window? More work to do.

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Image uploaded from tweet

Image uploaded from tweet

🚨⚪️⚫️ Malick Thiaw has completed his medical at Newcastle today, as planned. €40m package deal done with AC Milan.

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+ Isak stays

How would that work?

Gallagher links have gone cold but feel we need a defensively sound and hard working option added to cover for Longstaff leaving

#NUFC

Who are they negotiating with? coz it ain't Newcastle 🤣🤣🙃
#NUFC

#NUFC

Yeah, only upside about PSR for me is the growth feels more earnt and organic that just buying a new starting 11 and manager every year like Abramovich.

Until we're real Madrid that's kinda always the case with the top players. Depends for me how he performs.

yeah, just an excuse to float the idea I think. The window is now too short and there's too many moving parts for the Isak deal to be likely this window. Ekitike is top quality but I think your squad still light up front.

yeah, it's like this for us ALL THE TIME 🤪

I am not into this at all. Funnily enough I may have agreed last season but he is such a critical person around our club right now. And such a master of shithousery. Happy for him to retire with us. #NUFC

Just think actually this is LFC in the knows and talking heads trying to rationalise not getting isak this summer

Now there's too much briefing against the deal from the LFC side. Maybe they think this is a strategy.
#NUFC

if I didn't know any better I'd say parties with an interest were giving them info that suited them 🙄🤪

I've had some suspicion they actually were walking away after their 110m bid a bit relieved

They also knew it wouldn't get accepted (if it did, theyd get a bargain) but they'd pushed Isak too far to back out and leave him hanging without at least looking willing

the Real Sociadad training could be down to two things: 1) he said people back in the UK were handling all that and 2) they may have told him to train where he wanted while they were in the far east and he hadn't said where he was.

But no doubt some behaviour of his is bad. His agent even more so

a lot of what's been said about his conduct has come via media/agent

I found it odd that Howe said he hadn't been disciplined at all. Could just be waiting til later, but also could mean a lot of what he's done has been with clubs awareness - if not permission. The fact Howe didn't know he was at

yeah, hopefully we get a Thiaw announcement today 🤞🤞🤞

Well, seems simple

No encouragement from #NUFC = LFC no bid and inform Isak they won't = Isak reintegrates into the team

thanks, didn't spot that.

Less than 3 weeks til the window closes... gotta think our signings finally start happening.

me neither

this has legs it seems..

this is twitter nowadays:

for some reason this guy is like Tactico cat-nip

I haven't seen any of him but some folks are excited about this so maybe I should watch some comps or something..

#NUFC

bollocks #NUFC

the year is 3842 and fabrizio-tron sends his daily message into the depths of cold empty space:

》》》 Liverpool 》》》very interested in deal for Isak 》》》 player wants to move 》》》 ready to bid if Newcastle opens the door 》》》big week ahead 》》》

It's only in the Wrongicle, but interesting to see his agent being credited with turning his head, in late season #NUFC