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2 minutes ago, midds said:

Who knows? Maybe he thought he needed to fight for his place? Maybe it wasn't made clear to him that he was now surplus to requirements? I have no idea, honestly

 

But I think if he stays - which he's perfectly entitled to btw - then he'll see his contract run out and he'll be trying to get a new club having played virtually no football from 2024 to 2026. That's a tough sell for any agent. It's clear we're after a shiny new RW and he'll have limited playing time for the next 2 years. I think he needs the move as much as we need the cash tbph

Hopefully you are right and I am wrong 

8 minutes ago, gdm said:

Like a page ago 

i sport? Who is that? At least Oilse is Ornstein

Edit: Douglas - fair enough

4 minutes ago, midds said:

Very similar to the Tosin thread tbh - they can offer things we simply can't match, namely bigger wages, better location and European football (next season). I'd love him to sign but I can't see it happening unfortunately

Hopefully you are wrong and I am right 

7 minutes ago, Pilko said:

 

He fits the bill of an Eddie Howe signing though.

 

Bags of England youth caps

Young

PL experience 

Buying whilst they're either in a bit of a rut / transitional phase 

Massive potential and a high ceiling

 

I think the penalty thing that happened last season has made everyone think he's a massive knob (I definitely did at the time) but I think the culture and the atmosphere at Chelsea currently is enough to frustrate anyone. Feels like he's in and out of the side and never gets a proper run of games even when he does well at Chelsea; wingers of all players probably need that run of starts to show their true worth (case in point, Anthony Gordon).

 

Definitely think if Eddie got hold of Madueke, arm round him, gave him a consistent run of games and got him right he'd be mint for us.

Have we even been linked with him? 

7 minutes ago, midds said:

So his realistic options are - sit it out here for 2 years whilst barely playing and having a poor chance of a decent contract from another club in 2026 OR move now and sign one last big contract worth enough that makes playing in Saudi worthwhile. 

 

No brainer imo. Moving is the sensible choice

Why didn't he bite in Jan? I just think he's settled in Newcastle - has a young family and sometimes that out weights anything else.  I am just not convinced he would leave for a Saudi club and I struggle to see who else would come in for him.

2 minutes ago, midds said:

Olise would be ridiculous up here, worth an extra 8 or 9 points by himself imo. Really encouraging that we've had the bollocks to go for it and inquire about him but I think he'll have a few better offers from other clubs and he'll end up elsewhere unfortunately. Still, nice to see ambition and competing with huge clubs for excellent players, we're getting there. Also means we must have some decent coin to spend this summer

Other than being in London I honestly don't think Chelsea are as big a pull as they once were.  Scraped into 6th last season - on their 4th? manager in a couple of seasons.  Their squad is bursting with players on 1000000 year contracts whose careers - lets face it bar Palmer haven't exactly taken off.  Where Newcastle are showing how it's done.  Guaranteed to be 1st 11 and you could argue have a chance of finishing higher.  He would be a hero up here.

2 minutes ago, ponsaelius said:

 

He's got 2 years left. If he gets offered a 4 year deal or a lucrative 2-3 year in Saudi then it would be surprising if he didn't go, tbh.

Was offered a lucrative deal in Jan according to Ben Jacobs - and I quote

"Saudi Arabia had an agreement in place for the transfer of Miguel Almiron but the deal ultimately collapsed because the player refused to leave the Magpies."

3 minutes ago, midds said:

When does his contract expire? I could look it up but I'm lazy

2026 

He will not leave

Granted it is an easy league but damn 

Isn't it Chelsea selling it to themselves though?  So wouldn't it be like Newcastle selling St James Park to PIF for £1Billion pounds ...

Just looks tailor made to play for the toon 

Madueke isn't an Eddie Howe player

1 minute ago, STM said:

 

You need to read the fine print.

 

Bayern and Chelsea are formidable opposition.

Agreed - but i am just happy we are in the mix.  Hopefully he'll see sense that Bayern are a car crash waiting to happen - Chelsea are the main competition being in London/Potential wages they can offer.  But he would be guaranteed to start at Newcastle - can't say the same at Chelsea.

2 hours ago, 54 said:

I would love us to sign Olise, but I really can't see it.

2 hours ago, Magpie said:

 

No.1 target for me - transformational

1 hour ago, Kid Icarus said:

If the target is Olise then selling him obviously makes sense, no matter how unlikely getting Olise might be.

where did you hear that?

6 minutes ago, Erikse said:

 

How does it work, though? Does part of the fee count towards FFP immidiately? And if so, it's just going to be around 1/5th of it, right?

 

 

 

I would pressure if someone wanted to pay the release clause they would have to stump it up before the 30th June.

30th June was a clever end date to put in the release clause as every club atm seems to be sailing close to the PSR wind - probably even City.  Man City wage bill is £3,705,000 per week - for comparison ours is £1,638,000 per week.

Just now, Stifler said:

The Brighton project will end in tears.

I’ve seen it all before, and not just at NUFC.

To be perfectly honest, they’ll probably never qualify for Europe again, unless they lucked a cup win.

which is even harder now they have introduced seeding into the Carabao cup

Any rule that encourages clubs to sell their home grown players clearly isn't fit for purpose.  The whole thing has become a joke - there isn't any other business in the world that punishes Billionaires investing in their company. It is insane.  

31 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

PSR is shit. Villa have had to flog one of their key players on the cheap to avoid a points fine next season.

..could argue we have had to already with ASM - £35mil I think was cheap

8 minutes ago, Joelinton7 said:

Man Utd - “we won’t be held to ransom”

 

*proceeds to be held to ransom

2 hours ago, FloydianMag said:

 

Brian Kerr is spot on - the big clubs used the threat of a Super League to get the rules in play to protect their interests.