And who were all those mentioning him for our job in the summer?... Ashley must have run over a black cat (not the Sunderland variety)...
Seems more like £50m Steve McClaren's side are rooted to the bottom of the Premier League standings, with the manager's new arrivals coming in for criticism Newcastle United's recruitment must be questioned after the club's winless Premier League season continued on Monday, according to Jamie Carragher. Steve McClaren's summer acquisitions of Georginio Wijnaldum, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Florian Thauvin and Chancel Mbemba are believed to have cost the club in excess of £50million Yet ther investment has left Newcastle rooted to the bottom of the table having failed to win any of their five league matches so far, following a comfortable 2-0 victory for West Ham at Upton Park. "It's the same story with Newcastle," the former Liverpool defender said on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football. "There is a new manager, £40m-50m spent, but it's still the same. "Mistakes at the back, getting counter-attacked, no threat up front. "Newcastle used to be about exciting things happening but they are buying these players from abroad, spending a lot of money on them, and they are not actually doing anything. "Newcastle are certainly one of those teams who, over the years, cannot be happy with their recruitment and the money they have spent. "They have spent as much money as some of the top teams in Europe and you don't see what you are getting for it. "[Owner] Mike Ashley is probably thinking 'I've spent £40m-50m and it's no different, we are just continually wasting money'." http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/engla...r-questions-newcastle-uniteds-transfer-policy
conversely if we, at Xmas, look like we've no chance of getting promoted then perhaps we should cash in??? Of course the trouble with the championship is if you stick a little winning run together you can accidentally end up in the play off places. So, to answer my own question very inconclusively.... no, perhaps we shouldn't sell him in January.
