Danny Guthrie

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holystone said:
Guthrie to me is a very average EPL player who would struggle to get into a top 10 side. Canny squad player but if anything has been learned by Newcastle is the availability of good foreign players itching for EPL wages who would outshine him.

Any new deal he would be looking for 5 years.......that's a long time for someone who's not going to improve resale wise or tbf, quality wise.
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Do you ever watch the games? Guthrie has been class this season.
 
Guthrie on the ball is very good which is why he looked v good first half yday. Off the ball he isn't good enough to challenge Tiote and Cabaye imo so the best he can hope for is back up. Next year Abeid and Vuckic will be a year older and wiser so it may be a case Guthrie falls further down the pecking order. Can see why he may not want to sign
 
I've been impressed with Guthrie for a season or two. Will he get a chance against Tiote/Cabaye ? Is Abeid as good?

If he was to see a real career progression chance (eg eventual regular first team replacement to Danny Murphy @ Fulham) - he would be wise to go, rather than sit on NUFC bench.
 
I hope he does sign a new contract. He's been class when he's played this season. He's got a good shot on him and hiss long cross field balls are impressive also.
 
I think he's a great back-up CM to have available, and plays a solid if not always spectacular looking (don't mean that as a criticism, just mean that he goes about his business) game. And if the youngsters do eventually catch up or surpass him, that's the time to cash in - not now when we don't know how they'll progress.
 
Guthrie has a good game in him and he's been solid as a rock for us. His work rate has been great and his distribution is perfect. He'll do for me.
 
Doesn't Guthrie earn relative peanuts? I've read it was somewhere in the region of £3k-£4k a week. Big bucks to us plebs but to a Premiership footballer, that's **** all.
 
biggeordiedave said:
Doesn't Guthrie earn relative peanuts? I've read it was somewhere in the region of £3k-£4k a week. Big bucks to us plebs but to a Premiership footballer, that's **** all.
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I doubt that, its probably more like 10-15k a week. However if you are right that could be the problem with him signing a new contract here - he'd be asking for a big pay rise.
 
I was just going off something that was printed in the media a while back. Could be bollocks but it was apparently said in a court hearing. Probably got a salary boost upon return to the Premiership.

Danny Guthrie has exposed the massive gulf in players’ wages at table topping Newcastle United.

The midfielder was forced to reveal in court this week that he earned £4,000 a week.

And that means it takes him FIVE MONTHS to earn what Argentine defender Fabricio Coloccini banks in a week.

Guthrie had to go public with his pay packet after being caught for speeding. He was fined £500 and given four points on his licence, after magistrates demanded to know how much he earned and spent. His outgoings were said to be £6,000 a month.

The huge disparity in pay levels between first team stars at St James’s Park means that Coloccini, signed for £12million from Deportivo La Coruna on £80,000 a week, and Guthrie are worlds apart in terms of earnings - but still expected to do a job to get United promoted.

Newcastle have slashed their wage bill this season from touching £80million to less than £40million by selling some high earners. But they had no relegation clauses to cut wages and protect themselves against the drop last summer.
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Agent Bruce said:
If he's putting in as good as, or better performances than other guys he's bound to want some kind of an improved salary. Wouldn't you?
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Yes, think something similar happened with Milner, when he was on more than Guthrie but was still getting paid a fraction of what people like Barton and Smith were getting paid for never being fit.
 
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