I like him and hope we sign him, but I feel it’s everything that is wrong in football.
Newcastle should be on the up and up and he should be an integral part of that.
Now Newcastle have hit their glass ceiling and the next step in that is the best players then go.
I can see us getting him and it working for us and so I wouldn’t lose any sleep over it, but it shows the ultimate end game.
I always think with Newcastle, the cartel learnt from all their mistakes trying to stop City and have now achieved what they wanted, only we got in before the drawbridge went up.
See Aston Villa for next example, year in CL and straight back out as cannot invest enough to have a squad to compete in both without breaching FFP.