Transfer Rumours Summer Transfer Window 2023

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Obi Wan said:
Come on Ashworth, make this happen.
I want my free Toon top.


Spain forward Ansu Fati, 20, has chosen to leave Barcelona, with Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham among the clubs interested. (AS - in Spanish)
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We don't need ****e like him ... Newcastle have cottoned onto the fact that the so called bigger name players are all overrated, overpriced and don't have it in them to play here.
 
Roland Deschain said:
There’s a balance. I thought when we brought Ashworth in we’d see a few Caicedo, Estupinan, Mitoma, Enciso signings which hasn’t really happened - Minteh aside.

But then when you look at the robustness, speed and desire of these less than glamorous surnames you can see why Eddie is signing them. I saw Hall three times last season and I thought he was ready now as well as having huge potential. I’m very happy with all business of the new ownership.
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Ashworth didn’t really have anything to do with brightons scouting set up though so not sure why you’d expect him to recreate it at newcastle?
 
InBiscanWeTrust said:
Ashworth didn’t really have anything to do with brightons scouting set up though so not sure why you’d expect him to recreate it at newcastle?
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I thought the reports were that he was personally very well connected in places like South America, hence getting on the front foot for signing up and coming talent in the region before other clubs got wind of it.
 
InBiscanWeTrust said:
Ashworth didn’t really have anything to do with brightons scouting set up though so not sure why you’d expect him to recreate it at newcastle?
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He was the one making decisions though it goes through him. I understand you're keen to find negatives to soothe your plight , but seriously it gets dull listening to it.
 
Obi Wan said:
I thought the reports were that he was personally very well connected in places like South America, hence getting on the front foot for signing up and coming talent in the region before other clubs got wind of it.
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Maybe he has connections. But Brighton use tony blooms own company which does a **** tonne of data analysis for betting and branched out to capture lots of different data about players across the world.

that data is then used by the club to look at certain players. So ashworth was never really involved in any actual finding of players. It’s why Brighton have continued to be successful even when he moved on. It’s the structure and systems used that are successful, not necessarily any one person.

that’s not to say ashworth isn’t good at his job. But he’s not out there unearthing Ecuadorean wonderkids
 
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I mean wow - Hall would be a massive coup! A rcb in and we are really going to be doing bits this year with the squad depth we have.

Livarmento-RCB(Harwood-Bellis)-Botman-Hall that could be a back 4 for the next 10-15 years.

1st/2nd/3rd XI
Pope/Dubravka/Karius
Trippier/Livarmento/Manquillo
Schar/(THB)/Lacselles
Botman/Burn/Dummett
Hall/Target/Krafth
Tonali/Anderson/Hendrick
Bruno/Longstaff/Hayden
Joelinton/Willock/Miley
Almiron/Murphy/Fraser
Barnes/Gordon/Ritchie
Isak/Wilson/CF?

That 3rd XI is probably a starting XI only 3 seasons ago with the exception of Miley and a CF - decent cover if you have a cup game in a packed schedule/over xmas off the bench
 
G4rdToonArmy said:
I mean wow - Hall would be a massive coup! A rcb in and we are really going to be doing bits this year with the squad depth we have.

Livarmento-RCB(Harwood-Bellis)-Botman-Hall that could be a back 4 for the next 10-15 years.

1st/2nd/3rd XI
Pope/Dubravka/Karius
Trippier/Livarmento/Manquillo
Schar/(THB)/Lacselles
Botman/Burn/Dummett
Hall/Target/Krafth
Tonali/Anderson/Hendrick
Bruno/Longstaff/Hayden
Joelinton/Willock/Miley
Almiron/Murphy/Fraser
Barnes/Gordon/Ritchie
Isak/Wilson/CF?

That 3rd XI is probably a starting XI only 3 seasons ago with the exception of Miley and a CF - decent cover if you have a cup game in a packed schedule/over xmas off the bench
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Suspect this will be the last so cb we need to get lucky with injuries.

Botman injury and we are poor there.
 
Roland Deschain said:
There’s a balance. I thought when we brought Ashworth in we’d see a few Caicedo, Estupinan, Mitoma, Enciso signings which hasn’t really happened - Minteh aside.

But then when you look at the robustness, speed and desire of these less than glamorous surnames you can see why Eddie is signing them. I saw Hall three times last season and I thought he was ready now as well as having huge potential. I’m very happy with all business of the new ownership.
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Obi Wan said:
Same here, I was hoping we'd see one or two gems being unearthed that don't cost huge amounts. But Brighton seem to still be doing that, so I'm now wondering how much of that was actually Ashworth.

But as you say, the signings we have made all seem to work well for the style of play Eddie is looking for.

I just feel we seem to be paying quite a premium for the young (relatively untested) talent, compared with us 'discovering' the future talent, like Brighton have.
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The Ashworth youth effect will take a good few years to bear fruit. We're still making the scouting appointments for all that.

Might be we sell Hall back to Chelsea for£ 80m in 5 years and have prime Maldini ready to walk in.
 
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Obi Wan said:
I guess Chelsea are playing hardball for a full transfer as they desperately need cash in the bank.
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I still insist we've cash left for another Livramento level signing, with loans on top. I'd be surprised if it's not us pushing for the perm deal, with no buy back or sell ons.
 
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Luton just confirmed their relegation with the signing of Tim Krul who's quite possibly one of the worst keepers ever.
 
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