Buying him for the £30million that Chelsea want instead, leaving us with little money to buy the much needed striker That really would be thick.
To be fair, a loan deal will do me fine and dandy. It should leave funds available to buy a decent striker outright and you have to presume that there will be a 'buy option' attached if it is a season long loan.
4 weeks until the window shuts and we’re on the brink of - not quite there, but close to - having just about the same squad we ended the last season with. Great work, Lee.
Do we actually have any money? Looks ot me as if we need to sell first then possibly buy. We are looking at sales for: Merino - £10M Ritchie - £25M Mbemba - £7M Mitrovic - £20M That is £60+M in potential sales yet Rafa has already confirmed that Ki coming in on a free is to replace Merino.
We've rejected a bid for Ritchie and by all accounts would only sell if replacing with someone like Townsend. This should be in addition to Kennedy. So no, we'd still be better. And the improvement in squad strength compared to the start of last season isn't debatable due to sale of Merino, it's obvious. Merino > Ki (not much in it in terms of current ability). Kennedy>>>Any other winger we have. Dubravka>>>Any other GK we have.
Sounds like we might be pretty close to bringing Kenedy back on a loan. Will make a big difference if we manage to get that sorted. His form last year was going to be very difficult to replace and he seemed to really fit in with the team and the fans.
Hopefully if it is a loan deal he'll only have 12 months on his contract at the end of the season and we could pick him up for a more reasonable fee next summer.
Same. Wheres all the wages gone that we slashed towards the end of the window last year? Where's that money we bid on Jorgenson with in jan? Why is Josef Yarney being called up to the first team squad to replace the exiting Mbemba? I'm keeping hope we're saving up to spunk it all on one great striker, but every other time I've hoped for us to spend money it's never happened We're now weeks away from our standard failed bids for Carroll and A.N.other. Hope Lee pulls his finger out, of Mike's anus. And Mike, you can't get a worldie manager like Benitez and treat him like Pardew. It's like pulling Jennifer Aniston and treating her like Fizz from Corrie.
Usual suspects with their negative anti Newcastle drivel. Really need to go and support Man C. They can give you the Football Manager esque transfer windows you’re after. Back in the real world...
You will not debate about Newcastle, you wil not say negative things about Newcastle, you will be thankful for what you get, you will support without question, Back in the world of Mike Ashley...
