Geordie Ahmed

Been impressed with Botman so far

Loved Rui Costa, nice seeing him there

Sensible deal, good to see it's not a 4 year deal like it would have been under Ashley In a couple of years we probably need to be looking for a younger right back as Trippier will be almost 34 by then

They are the biggest club in the Champo so simply staying up is only for tinpot clubs

He is but he isn't a right winger I'd rather keep Maxi where he is and buy a RW but we seem to be linked with a few LW so maybe Howe is looking to shift Maxi across

It's only pre-season, it doesn't mean anything* *except when we lost to Mainz, that obviously meant something

How does an interest free shareholder loan help with FFP? My understanding is paying in instalments has no impact on FFP, either positive or negative. However, from a cash flow perspective if you can spread payments then surely that's sensible, it's how the majority of clubs pay for players. Only Ashley seemed to do the pay in full for a while and that was to then justify his limited spending.

Considering David Villa didn't even manage 40 goals+assists in any of his seasons at Barca, I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest you'd struggle to get anywhere close

To be fair the few years before were vile too, they just had Messi to mask it

Not even remotely subtle Has all the typical clichés in there Just shows how broken they are that one of them is going to lengths to pretend to be a Newcastle fan that's criticising our fans

And if that ever happens then he'll move if he's a good player

According to our neighbours the takeover isn't what it seems but when you list what they've done so far then I'll happily take this takeover that "isn't what it seems"

That's exactly what it is, a coping mechanism They think the appointment of the CEO is a bad sign because none of us knew who he was yesterday What they ignore to help cope with the situation is that 1) It's a role we've never had before, which shows how serious the owners are 2) His CV is credible 3) Ask the majority of football fans and they'd struggle to name more than 1 or 2 CEO's But instead they think it's "funny" and it's a true sign of the owners not being who we think they are

Again, so what He owes us absolutely nothing and it won't surprise me if we use interest in other players just to force decisions from players, so we play the game as much as anyone Think some of our fans need to develop a thicker skin, not like Bruce obviously, where he just talked about a thicker skin but in reality he was so fragile

It's crazy how a section of our fanbase is taking his rejection really badly He's allowed to make whatever decision he think is best for himself, no need to take it so personally Players have rejected us before and will reject us again Him joining PSG isn't ridiculous if you try and remove the nufc bias from the situation

I'm conflicted, on the one hand it's a role we've never had due to Ashley running us like a ghost ship, the guy is clearly credible with a solid CV but Mackems reckon we should be fuming because we've never heard of him (ignoring the fact most football fans would struggle to name more than a few CEO's)

I'm sure Amanda and Mehrdad said they'll still be involved as there is lots to do and it will allow us to move quicker

He was reportedly leaking stuff from the dressing room, obviously not sure how true that is but I remember seeing it reported last season @Froggy probably knows more on how legit the reports were

Betis have reportedly had a bid accepted for Aouar but he seemingly is holding out for a PL move His stock was at it's peak after they played City, seems to have fallen a bit but he's a lovely footballer, would happily take him here

Don't rate Kimpembe, think he's average but Koulibaly is a top signing

That's correct FFP or whatever it's called looks at the previous 3 years Would be interesting to see how they stack up though, not really had a big sale in a while but have spent big and are doing so again

Ah, ignore me then, I assumed it was 2024, must have gotten him confused with Hendrick

Disappointing but not at all surprising They aren't particularly good and are on wages beyond their actual level, so loan is the most realistic outcome Hopefully Clark loves it so much that he pushes for a move next summer with reduced wages

He's as reliable as a chocolate fireguard

This might be the best place for it https://twitter.com/iammrazul/status/1546576078109646850?t=AKPSsZ_iNpk_4pWxY-pwnw&s=19