I personally think we won't be letting half a dozen players go. Nunez was in talks with Napoli, so we know we are serious about selling him if we can. I think the likes of Diaz, Elliott, Konate, Chiesa are here to stay. An option like Mateta I'd actually welcome tbh, he's decent and a right handful.
id be happy if we bought a CB and a striker and just sold a couple from that list tbh. Since the passing of Jota, selling Diaz seems pointless unless we get a great offer and an equally great replacement. A #9 is super critical, as is a CB. (Two if Konate is moved on to capitalise on any value he may have now…but that doesn’t seem an issue to the club tbh)
Already more changes than I'm comfortable with. I really wouldn't care to predict how well we'll do this season.
agreed….im as nervous as I am excited. Years of partnerships broken up all over the park….it’ll take a little time to bed in
Does Mateta have any pace? He seems a bit porky to me. Don't get me wrong, he's a deadly finisher and as strong as an ox, but a Cyrille Regis-type player has never really suited our style. That all said, if only Dawin had one-fifth of his touch and guile.
Mateta rumours seem to have been pretty much rubbished already. Think this is an agent trying to stir up a transfer as ManU's early interest in him has dried up. Can't see us going for him anyway, too old, too expensive. Doesn't fit the FSG profile.
Looks like Newcastle focusing on Ekitike. Looking at lower fee than the €100m was quoted at start of summer.
Gyokeres costing Arsenal….73m euros My guess is that both Ekitike and Sesko will sell for between 60-75m euros. Still crazy money but a lot less than the 100m they were looking for.
Talk of €80m for Ekitike which still seems high. No chance it’s €60m that’s only £50m and for that we’d be all over it.
Romano saying 'Newcastle submitted an official bid today to Frankfurt for Ekitike........higher than the 70m euros offered by another club this summer'
