With the transfer window closing tomorrow evening, there appears to be a lot of business for Rafa and NUFC to do, both in and out of the club. Newcastle fans are rightly cautious about dealings over the next few days, with us let down on many deadline days in the past. Andy Carroll’s departure or that bogus helicopter ride for Bryan Ruiz spring to mind. So just what may happen and where do we need to strengthen?
Departures
There has finally been some departures of squad deadwood this week, meaning valuable wages off the wage bill and hopefully more room to bring new faces in. Here are who has left recently and who we can expect to depart:
- COMPLETE- Siem De Jong – Ajax – anywhere between £2-4m
- COMPLETE – Riviere – Metz – nominal fee
- COMPLETE – Hanley – Norwich City (3.5m)
- Lazaar – loan mooted back to Serie A
- Haidara – loan moote
- Colback – left out of Rafa’s plans, Hull and Villa interested
- Gayle – Bid from Fulham for £15m
- Krul – Likely to complete move away from NUFC, linked to Benfica
- Saivet – appears to not be in Rafa’s plans, could return to Ligue 1
The news this morning on Gayle is a bit of a shock after such a good season last year. There are doubts he can deliver at this level though and the fee could be used to bring in the extra quality we need. You would hope though the departure would not be sanctioned until we had a replacement lined up.
Potential arrivals
Let’s look at some of the most recent links for inbound players. Could any of these arrive tomorrow?
- Origi – NUFC have been credited with an interest and Klopp wants regular action for the Belgian striker, seems unlikely at this stage though.
- Perez – Appears to be the most likely option should NUFC pursue a Gayle replacement. Wants out at Arsenal and Rafa is clearly a fan.
- Batshuayi – With Llorente seemingly on his way to Chelsea, could Newcastle pull off this impressive loan signing?
- Kenedy – A loan deal had been agreed but now looks unlikely unless Chelsea add to their squad and can therefore sanction his exit.
- Reina – Long held interest and Rafa wants an experienced keeper. A reunion between the pair may be on the cards as Reina appeared to wave goodbye to fans last week but would a place on PSG’s bench be more appealing than move to the North East?
- Praet – The talented Belgian can play in the number 10 role or right wing but with the asking price at more than £20m, you would expect funds would have to be raised from outgoings to finance this deal. We also face stiff competition from Everton.
There looks set to be many twists and turns over the next few days but let’s hope this window isn’t as disappointing as we fear it is beginning to appear. We need a striker and number 10 as a minimum to give us the best chance of staying up.
Who do you think will leave and who do you want to see arrive?
My prediction record has not been that great either:
1. I thought we would draw 1-1 against Wet Spam
2. I thought we would break our transfer record (19 of the other 20 PL teams have in the last 18 months).
3. I thought Alan Pardew would say “over the line” more than 1,000 times yesterday, when, in fact, he only said it 999 times.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Stuart
I know that.
That is why he speaks empty words when it comes to potential buyers.
Troy Stavers(Quote)
I do believe Rafa has been given the profits of the club but I believe Rafa has overestimated how much they would be.
He should now get on with the job and hold Ashley to his promise next season.
Troy Stavers(Quote)
We sort of agree Troysta. Temples have been razed and cities have been burned before we agreed on anything. Sort of, anyway.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Do you think Rafa was told there’d be £11m to spend and he’d have to sell 9 players during his meeting with Ashley? Rafa gave a thorough business plan which Ashley agreed to. I think it’s highly unlikely his business plan was the following;
1) I only need £11m
2) I will sell or release 9/10 players to free up the wage bill and I don’t need them replaced.
3) I don’t need a left back as Dummett won’t get injured and he’s a brilliant left back.
4) Don’t do any business early as the closer we get to the end of the window the more desperate sellers will become in a sellers market.
5) I will let the players know whether they’re in my plans. Whatever you do, don’t let me bring in replacements for them as they’ll be dedicated and will perform brilliantly when I need them after we fail to replace them.
Stuart79(Quote)
Well Hi there Missus Pardew, do you want to go over the line? What do you mean Alan, you are not talking about an Obertan are you? Only if you are, now bend over and get me the jellied eels.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Stuart
I don’t know his business plan as much as you.
I do know Ashley came on TV and said Rafa has all the profits the club generate.
Rafa is still here and never said he hasn’t.
Whether Rafa didn’t take into account the way the club operate in that they incorporate the full contract as well as the transfer fee I don know, but that’s my guess.
Clearly Rafa didn’t ask enough questions and he feels foolish now that he didn’t, but he realises Ashley didn’t volunteer the information either.
Rafa needs to get on with the job and hold Ashley to his TV promises next season as he has a better understanding of the situation now.
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Anyone see Merino’s goal for Spain U 21’s? Very decent. Jabba will be making tents watching it on YouTube!
Stuart79(Quote)
And I don’t care If the tea lady likes it that way, I like Typhoo not Tetleys. Now, do not go over that line.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
We all know Jabba never lies… 😯 😀
Stuart79(Quote)
Jack Colback named in our 25 man squad. Blimey. He’ll be motivated won’t he…
Oh and how bad are England!
Stuart79(Quote)
Kane scores, had to be him didn’t it.
Eric your mate got arrested for drink driving, did you see ?
kimtoon(Quote)
Ice is gonna flip, oh and what about Gayle, he knows they weren’t fussed if he stayed or went too.
kimtoon(Quote)
Not to mention Darlow and Elliot.
Stuart79(Quote)
The players were looking forward to a couple of quality additions too as Elliott said so a day before deadline day.
kimtoon(Quote)
cheers for that info mate
kimtoon(Quote)
https://twitter.com/antongould/status/903580619204157440
kimtoon(Quote)
To think a lot of people on here were slagging off the press for “negative stories” earlier in the season when reporting Rafa’s unhappiness at transfer progress. Mmmm, turns out they were right all along…
Stuart79(Quote)
Kim is there any way of copying the content of your twitter links?
Need an account to see what you are posting..
shamrock(Quote)
His mates – Neville’s G&P, Keown, Stevie G etc. will all claim it was a case of mistaken identity. How could ROO be found driving in a VW? The policeman must have been unsighted when ROO allegedly drove by – ask Manchester United’s Howard Webb how that works before you fill out your report, copper. There are plenty of other people in Liverpool who drive around with bits of carpet on their head, M’Lud.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Sham most are funny pics but I don’t know how to post the actual picture only the link to it.
Most are taken from NUFC index and NUFC 360 , just google them that’s all I do Sham.
kimtoon(Quote)
Paid all that cash and he is too cheap to take a cab or have a designated driver. He must have loads of hangers on would drive him. Cannot abide drink drivers, potential murderers all of em.
kimtoon(Quote)
I really hope Rooney wasn’t drink driving. The most recognizable man in Liverpool is drink/driving? He may as well have had The Beatles, Jimmy Tarbuck and Ken Dodd in the back seat.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Sham, I don’t have facebook or twitter so I don’t chat/tweet like , I just go on the twitter feeds of those two accounts via google and read them if that makes sense.
kimtoon(Quote)
He’s been arrested so must of failed a BT mate. No doubt he’ll get some hot shot brief to get him off or the least punishment possible. Luckily no one ended up under his wheels, daft ****.
kimtoon(Quote)
https://youtu.be/Lu2mEkhcrQA
Sharpy17(Quote)
The Daily hateMail say Roo was pulled over in a VW Beetle with a “brunette, 29”.
How did they find out her age? Rooney, 59 was arrested for driving in a car that wasn’t a Ferrari, Range Rover or Bentley. The copper didn’t recognize him because Roo had changed the piece of carpet on his head from Manchester United red to Everton blue.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I suppose Ken, John and George would have been decomposing a bit so you couldn’t blame the copper for not recognizing them. Is Tarby still alive?
Eric Sykes(Quote)
If you are going to put up Beatles ripoffs I will see your Marmalade and raise you an ELO.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
If Roo gets put in jail I am moving Everton back up to about 9th on my PL prediction league. They still don’t have a goal scorer but at least they won’t have a carthorse coming back into midfield and slowing everything they do down.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Ok mate, ta.
shamrock(Quote)
Not really mate. I am not a social media person..too much me,me, me on them. Bores me to tears so I avoid it like the plague!
shamrock(Quote)
When officers asked Mr. Rooney to take the offending article off his head for his mugshot he said “nah, it’s real. I paid 30 grand to a Harley Street Doctor for it”. PCs Johnson and Todger were asked to leave the room as laughing is forbidden in police stations.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Johnson and todger, sounds like a dodgy gents outfitters
kimtoon(Quote)
suits you sir 😉
kimtoon(Quote)
This is social media Shamrock. I get what you are saying though.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
synonyms for *****, which is what I have thought everytime I have dealt with coppers.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Has Eric found my comments yet where I said Jabba’s sales price is plus the debt? ??
Stuart79(Quote)
Haven’t gone looking yet. You said it though buddy boy. (Yank expression 🙂 good one, I sort of like it )
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Are you doing the Troysta thing since he showed up again? Alareet. Tick, tock, tick tock.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Just because you said I said it doesn’t mean I did. Trump said he’d build a wall – how’s that going… ?
Stuart79(Quote)
You think I am a Trump fan 🙂
Eric Sykes(Quote)
But I know you are a Thatcher fan. So, thanks for bringing that up. Great job she did for the North East!
Laissez faire for shipyards in the NE. Subsidies in Belfast and Glasgow.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Nah, I don’t think you’re a trump fan. I don’t know – I wouldn’t presume to know.
As for Thatcher and the North East – well people have different opinions.
Stuart79(Quote)
Anyway, this comment I was suppose to have made. Any chance of finding it?
Stuart79(Quote)
Well. There is your opinion and everybody else’s 🙂 There is absolutely no doubt that she closed the shipyards in the NE whilst allowing subsidies for Glasgow and Belfast as a political expediency.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
And Stewie: I am far from a Socialist. What I believe in is checks and balances. We are being tested here in The USA by a madman who is bringing his fellow crazies into power with him. They are dismantling the school system. They are taking away powers from the Environmental Protection Agency and allowing big business to pollute rivers again. They are talking about allowing logging in National Parks. Bought and paid for.
Do you know that 97% of the great trees, redwoods and sequoias were logged. You can’t grow them back because it takes 300 years. This was a massive loss for mankind and the Thatcherite’s like Trump want to get rid of the rest to make a buck for their pals.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Psych
Fake newsnews 😀
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Oke doke Troy. And how did your love affair with Pardew turn out?
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I never understood how you could be wrong more than 100% of the time but now I do.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I was right about Pards. I don’t know what point I wrong at.
#fakenews
Troy Stavers(Quote)
everything!
150%
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Now you are repeating FoxNews/Murdoch/ Trumpy tripe!
Go back into hibernation.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
What were you right about? That he got fired from Palace?
Eric Sykes(Quote)
A wind up? But Pardew has been so discredited that it cannot possibly be a wind-up anymore. He has to believe it. Total failures still get employed on TV though, so that might be where Troy is coming from. McClaren ?
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Eric
He got sacked prematurely. You are a knee jerker. He would have turned it round like he did at the toon.
He left us in 8th place of his own free will.
I was right about Clarkie as well. He saved Killy and now Bury.
He’ll land a championship job soon like I always predicted and you scoffed.
Stop spreading #fakenews
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Spot on? Troy. Unfortunately that Championship job will be NUFC!
Stuart79(Quote)
Eric – Have you found my imaginary comments yet? Still waiting patiently.
Stuart79(Quote)
Great to see you back on Troy! The site’s had a humour bypass in the last few days.
georgio(Quote)
Aye Georgio, you can’t beat a bit of gold lame to brighten up the blog.
How is the cape by the way Troy, must be a few frayed ends by now like, what with all that free running you do.
kimtoon(Quote)
Wasn’t it roof running?
I’m glad the transfer window’s shut. All the sensational stuff about Rafa being unhappy, going to leave, budgets etc will just die down. The guy likes it here, he knew what Ashley meant about every last penny etc. He did the best he could with little money in a crazy market place and will just get on with it.
georgio(Quote)
I heard something yesterday after the transfer window saga.
The NET spend in all transfer windows under Ashley is a grand total of £2m.
Sharpy17(Quote)
Sorry that’s an average net spend each window – £2m.
Sharpy17(Quote)
I’m staggered it’s so much, Sharpy. Wonder why we get relegated
Stuart79(Quote)
Where did he leave Palace? Pards left NUFC 2 points above 17th.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
That was very odd.
200 million for Neymar.
140 million turned down for a good but not great Coutinho
160 million for MBappe
Alexis staying at ****. A sh!it player staying at Everton (Barkley).
Rooney going to Everton to “Make Everton **** Again” Does he have the blue baseball cap?
NUFC being the only team not to break their transfer record in the past 18 month. I was surprised, anyway.
Troy coming out of hibernation.
Stuart getting confused about finances, not so much.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Clarkie saved Killie in a playoff. They were second bottom when he got there and second bottom when he left.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Lee Clark’s Bury are 17th in the third division.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Sharpy I think it’s £22m net since he’s owned us mate, over all the windows.
kimtoon(Quote)
http://www.themag.co.uk/2017/09/mikel-merino-turns-spain-one-beautiful-goal-assist-video-newcastle-united/
Good goal from Marino there, wow! Big decisions to make when Shelvey returns at Swansea. I’d like to see all 3 (Merino, Shelvey, Hayden) to pack the midfield away from home personally.
DJG(Quote)
Sat here waiting for Eric to find a quote of mine is like waiting for Mike Ashley to do something right.
Stuart79(Quote)
DJG the assist for the second was just as good mate. Looks a very good player already and one that will get a lot better (we have a fair few like that in Hayden, Murphy, Mitro, Atsu, Aarons, Woodman). I definitely wouldn’t drop him to bring Shelvey back. His defensive work and energy is far better while his passing is just as good. Can’t see all 3 playing unless Shelvey pushes up to be a playmaker No 10.
I’m much more optimistic than most these days.
georgio(Quote)
Kim – when you consider during that period we would have got approx £12m from the Wonga sponsorships, and of course it’s net spend, so it is balanced through player sales – not there isn’t a great deal of the clubs or Ashley’s money been spent during his tenure.
Sharpy17(Quote)
A huge amount of money has been lost on rubbish appointments like the £6m for Riviere. That’s half the sponsorship money gone already. Add in De jong and it’s all gone and that’s just 2.
georgio(Quote)
Anyway – **** Ashley and **** overpaid footballers today.
I’m watching game4grenfell. Sir Les grew up round that way so I’ve done my bit for the big fella. Pledged my £3 – not much but if we all do it ?
Text GRENFELL to 70007.
Sharpy17(Quote)