Is Luke writing for the Express now then? And £45m for McTominay - yet they had the audacity to challenge our £25m sale of Maxi.
Hopefully, or else it's crazy letting Ashby go out. Would only leave us Manquillo who could (naturally) cover for Tripps.
We need cla centre back to replace Schar and a starting left back before we even think about right back
Honestly more worried about central defence than anywhere else. Our LB isn't great but I don't see it as a weakness in the same way others do - Dan Burn was alot of pundits choice for LB of the Prem last year and Targett will be ok this season if he can avoid the injuries. RB has Trippier and then Kraft looked good under Howe and I've never understood the hate Manq gets from some quarters. Are our back up players "champions league quality?", nope not even close. But they are good enough to play 10-20 games for us this season whilst the better players handle the more important games. Our CB has zero depth though, an injury and we're looking at Championship level replacements.
That’s what I would do. Think we need a Schar replacement and a good young centre back who is happy for cup games etc
Yeah Dummett, Lascelles and probably Burn (and putting Targett at LB). I do recall Clark being ace in the Championship and Grant Hanley kept getting promoted with Norwich so I don't think it's a massively high level in fairness.
I like the look of this Tobido character because he appears to have the pace Newcastle lack in defence.
