CC has written about it in The Telegraph. Fabrizio Romano is apparently reporting the same thing. Breakthrough in talks, new contract agreement imminent.
Not quite - the quote was he enjoys Feyenoord and would be happy to stay, but he's a Newcastle player and will do what's best for Newcastle. He'll be 20 next year. I'd genuinely be trying to bring in someone class like Chiesa or Raphinha, have this kid as backup and sell Almiron. £25m for Almiron, £10m amortisation out on a top class winger, Minteh as backup. Same with LB, get Targett sold, bring in someone quality and have Hall as backup. All of these things are what we should have done last Summer - you should always strengthen the first XI, not the bench, because strengthening the first XI automatically strengthens the bench. Joelinton new deal as well. Important, that. Opens the door for the sale of Longstaff.....
The money isn't there mate... Howe has already advised this will be a difficult summer. We can't even afford to keep players that want higher wages.
There has to be SOME money, we didn't spend a penny in January and have Adidas, UCL income, SELA, Saudia and other sponsors/corporate deals on the rise. We will without question buy at least 3 players (we're usually two short every window!) but possibly 5 if we can shift people like Almiron. GK CB LB RW CF We get that right, we'll be in the 25/26 UCL. L'pool transition, Chelsea/City points deductions, Man U still finding themselves. Hell, we could have a tilt at the title next season with the right recruitment.
Agreed they need to take a measured approach and look at what was needed before the injuries. They can’t keep being reactive when the funds aren’t freely available. Still need a RW as a priority for me.
He was in January? The club had an initially large pot available thanks to the good financial state Mike Ashley had the club in, but now FFP/PSR is biting. Player sales will free up some cash, but otherwise it'll be as we were in the January window.
No but they knew they were coming so I don't expect any significant change especially if they fail to get into Europe. We're almost 3 years in to this takeover now and every window people go in it finding a reason to believe in something far more than reality later provides... it's time to accept the build is a slow one. I remember people saying it was all just a cunning plan to keep prices down and now it's the Adidas deal.... essentially they will always ignore what the club is telling them and find something to encourage the belief they prefer. I'm not saying they can't bring players in, but all this tripe about Raphinha and players on highly expensive wages simply isn't going to happen because of the new squad cost rule coming in and the fact Newcastle are already pushing the limits. A summer of wheeling and dealing is going to be the reality.
