Bear
Striker
You do realise it was the championship he played in right ? How many games did he get in the PL at Bournemouth and Everton? Stunk the place out
Fat Spanish waiter to be given £70 million
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You can't raise from Rodwell with a bloke that has scored 15 goals in two seasons, and didn't play in the losing side 38 games in a row.
Jack Torrance
Striker
Canny few mags were calling him shit until he scored a free kick at the end of the season which has earned him a move. Fair play
Was recalled from his loan at Bournemouth because he wasn't getting a game.
From what I've seen of him, he's a decent enough squad player for us. Scored a handful of goals, and always looks like he wants to try and make something happen.
35 appearances last year, so obviously Rafa rates him enough to pay to keep hold of him, and Benitez is doing a good job so far.
Bear
Striker
Doubt many PL clubs would have him tbh
leerik_canamole
Winger
I bet he's on £40K a week and signing on fee is usually around 10% of the transfer, so it wouldn't be far short of £10m.
The fact Gouffran is out on a free also, means you've spent best part of £10m and your squad is actually weaker than it was last season. Priceless!
As if that's the only business we are going to do.
Pure speculation
Not far short = more than 10% out.
That's the risk you take when you loan players, if you're interested in making the move permanent you're looking at paying to 'stand still'. £6m is buttons these days and he's an upgrade on Gouffran. There'll be a lot more to come from us both players in and players out.
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Zinedine Kilbane
Midfield
Im in the minority on here but I think rodwell will be a good player for us in the championship, provided he can keep himself fit of course
Pure speculation
Not far short = more than 10% out.
That's the risk you take when you loan players, if you're interested in making the move permanent you're looking at paying to 'stand still'. £6m is buttons these days and he's an upgrade on Gouffran. There'll be a lot more to come from us both players in and players out.
Don't forget Anita is also out of contract, so the money saved on Anita and Gouffrans wages is probably somewhere near £3m a year.
I reckon Atsu will be on closer to 25k, nowhere near the 40k speculated on here.
So really there's no issue keeping Atsu.
leerik_canamole
Winger
Pure speculation
Not far short = more than 10% out.
That's the risk you take when you loan players, if you're interested in making the move permanent you're looking at paying to 'stand still'. £6m is buttons these days and he's an upgrade on Gouffran. There'll be a lot more to come from us both players in and players out.
I'm not disputing you will make more transfers, but i think this shows that £50m - £70m will not go far at all these days and another 2 or 3 signings like this and you will struggle.
So that's two players leaving that featured heavily last season and £6.5m gone on transfer fee's, to weaken your squad or are you going to deny those are the facts?
The Great MES
Striker
It's all about what Rafa says and thinks though, f***ing hell he's like the pied Piper for the mags
The season isn't even finished in lots of leagues, not worried at all that out of contract players are allowed to leave. If the manager wanted to keep them, they'd have been offered a new deal.
Rafa knows what he's doing better than me.
If this was the state of play in late July, i might start worrying, but the fact is we've already got the wheels in motion and we played our final game just over a week ago.
He did well, in between times, and looked at times fairly avarage. It comes down to whether Benitez can coach/coax more out of him
Bear
Striker
The Benitez magic wand is going to be busy
Newcastle have weaknesses...No sh1t Sherlock.
The same weaknesses that go back to the constant inability to keep clean sheets. Under Benitez it has looked better but we've just come out of a kick and run division and are going back to one where individual skill is a prized asset. The back line needs serious work...
The Fish
Winger
cba to go searching, but you've churtled plenty at Murphy's inclusion in Newcastle's squad this season.Where did I say he didn't ? Let's get back to Atsu for almost £7m though
£6.2m is buttons in this market for a 25yr old attacking player and you know it.
Yep, sure is...if he can score goals or draw defenders out of position
The Fish
Winger
Not sure it needs a huge overhaul, but a decent CB and a LB are, imo, a priority.
Bear
Striker
About standard price for a championship level winger
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