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Newcastle are interested in signing Southampton’s teenager star Tyler Dibling in 2025, and are monitoring the situation of James McAtee at Manchester City. Dibling was close to joining in the summer of 2022 and met with club staff during a visit to Tyneside. He had earlier caught the eye of Eddie Howe and the recruitment team after scoring a hat-trick for Southampton Under 23s at St James’ Park when aged just 16. Former sporting director Dan Ashworth was tasked with leading the chase, but Dibling eventually signed for Chelsea, only to return to the Saints within two months after failing to settle in London. Sources have confirmed this week that the Magpies retain a strong interest and, with new sporting director Paul Mitchell having links to Southampton, we understand they are being keep abreast of his situation. Dibling can play as a midfielder or out wide and, despite Southampton’s struggles, he has impressed during 12 league starts that have brought two goals this season. The 18-year-old’s contract expires in 2026 and the club have an option to extend by 12 months. Talks over a new deal have taken place without a breakthrough. The England Under 21 ace is expected to remain on the South Coast this season but, come the summer, Newcastle would be in a strong position to compete for the signature of a player they rate extremely highly. However, were Liverpool to firm up their interest in the player, we have been told they would likely be at the front of the queue. Advertisement Meanwhile, City midfielder McAtee also has admirers within St James’. Like Dibling, he can play as a winger and fits the profile of young English talent which Howe and the club have targeted in recent seasons. Newcastle are interested in signing Southampton's teenage star Tyler Dibling this year Newcastle could move for Dibling, 18, this summer, but may face competition from Liverpool They are also monitoring the situation of Manchester City's £25million star James McAtee The 22-year-old, who has a price tag of £25million, has a host of clubs from home and abroad interested in signing him this month, with his first-team opportunities limited to just three substitute appearances in the Premier League this term. For now, Newcastle’s focus is on outgoings and sources continue to insist that major incomings are unlikely in January. Were McAtee to stay at City, it is an interest that could be followed up in the summer. MIGGY IN A MUDDLE On the subject of sales, there is no guarantee Miguel Almiron will agree to a move away from Newcastle this month. Advertisement Mail Sport revealed this week that the club have received an offer in the region of £5m from a Brazilian top-flight team. However, we understand Almiron would prefer to return to MLS, where he spent three years with Atlanta United before becoming Newcastle's then-club-record signing for £21m in 2019, or stay in Europe. The stumbling block is the financial expectation of the winger and his agent. It is also said he is not desperate to leave, despite making just one league start this season. Charlotte FC retain the strongest interest in the Paraguayan, while Leicester asked about him in the summer and are again watching the situation. It all leaves Almiron’s future up in the air as of now. Newcastle need to sell to buy this month - even then they could opt to delay incomings until the summer - and midfielder Sean Longstaff is also available for transfer. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Martin Dubravka will remain while he is in the team, but that situation could change at the end of January if Nick Pope returns with no complications from a knee injury. Dubravka’s representatives are thought to have agreed personal terms with Saudi club Al Shabab.

If it was truly about fair play and sustainability they’d set the same upper spending limit for everybody and providing the owner pays off the debt within a time frame you’re good.

Due to protectionism the elite are killing all excitement in the game, it’s a fucking shambles and the sooner someone brings this charade to a courtroom the better.

Qualify for Europe and dream of signing better players….nah qualify for Europe and you’ll have to sell your best players fucking joke. How Masters can keep a straight face when he comes out with his cartel drivel of ensuring an equal playing field is scandalous.

Newcastle make Mooney move According to The Sun, Newcastle United have approached St Mirren over the signing of young forward Evan Mooney. Chief Football Writer Robert Grieve reports that Newcastle and Arsenal both made official approaches for the 17-year-old last night, signalling their interest in landing the teenager. It’s believed neither club have launched a bid as of yet, but a formal approach has left the Scottish Premiership side braced for ‘serious bids’ as a number of top clubs track the striker who can also operate down the right. Mooney has bagged a goal and an assist in just 61 minutes of league action for St Mirren this season, scoring in their 3-2 win over St Johnstone and coming off the bench to set up a stoppage time winner against Rangers on Boxing Day.

If we could get a right sided forward such as Dibling/Bakayoko would be a huge boost for the remainder of the season. I get the impression it’s wages where we’re sailing close to the wind on for PSR, if we could shift a couple off the wage bill it might give us room to do something.

Canny article in True Faith which I think gives a lot of hope that we could get permission to build on Leazes Park if done right. https://tf1892.substack.com/p/a-new-stadium-in-leazes-park-not?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Happy New Year Happy New Year Hello Hello

Osula seems a confident young chap.

2 wins over the Xmas period the times are a changing.

Rest easy mate it’s in the bag.

Have a bit of faith man you fannies we’ll get at least a point out of this.

A point will be a great result, as much as they can get turned over by Bournemouth at home, they can just as likely beat City, or Liverpool the following week.

Sorry Lee.

No it’s a Lee Ryder article so just badly worded.

Could probably sign Khusanov, Bah and Dibling for the price of Guehi, it’s definitely the way forward in the current financial situation.

It’s fine to be happy with events on the pitch but also to be concerned about the state of the atmosphere. All my best memories of SJP have been where the atmosphere is raucous, it’s a big part of the match day experience and the place is depressing as fuck these days off the pitch. The club is in great health in most areas, I’d argue even better than Hall’s era, however it won’t be a new stadium that kills the soul of the club, it will be losing the passion associated with the fanbase, it’s not just our club, but action is needed to protect the atmosphere with extended safe standing at the very least to liven the place up.

Not wanting to get carried away but starting to look like a player who leads a club to trophies.

Would take a point now where usually shite over the Xmas period.

How they can have PSR rules without considering level of debt should be enough to bring the whole corrupt system down.

Biggest myth ever in here that RTG isn’t a true reflection of them, it’s a perfect showcase for their jealousy, inferiority, paranoia and pathological hatred of all things Newcastle.

I would imagine these will go by the time game comes round, but telling that there not returns by Bromley so we’ve probably shifted aprox 46k with their larger allocation. Pretty impressive considering the opposition, however in a way it confirms my point about supply and demand, if this was Man U, Arsenal, Liverpool they would be not be slow moving tickets they would be gone. We are a huge club but outside Mancs, Arsenal and Liverpool not sure anyone in this country fills a 70k plus stadium regularly, possibly Spurs who have a huge waiting list. Taking this Bromley game as an example we’d now potentially have another 23.5k tickets to shift with a 75k stadium. The 2 NW clubs are in split city’s, but they’re significantly bigger population wise and more importantly surrounded by densely populated big towns packed full of their supporters. I agree Scotland and potentially Scandinavia, Ireland are areas we can benefit from in terms of growing our wider fanbase, but to the level of the 3 clubs mentioned will take years. I think outside the clubs membership data, it would be really useful if they created a season ticket waiting list to gauge what the demand is really like from fans who want to be there every week.

I could see Arsenal going bigger and possibly Liverpool at some stage, though that looks very difficult for them anytime soon, due to the number of streets they need demolished for the Kenny Dalglish stand. What worries me though is that they have huge international fan bases, with fans travelling from all over to watch them, they also have far bigger catchment areas locally, not sure how we fill 70k plus regularly if I’m being honest. Chelsea and West Ham could possibly end up over 65k, but again huge catchment areas and prime location to capture the football tourists. Possibly 70k but would need to really rethink their pricing to fill that up here in my opinion.

The sweet spot in terms of supply and demand is probably 65k for us, undoubtedly we could fill 75k for big games, but not sure 10k empty seats would be a good thing personally for some games. I don’t think only going to 65k justifies staying at SJP though, 13k extra seats with more Corporate boxes, better facilities, acoustics, sight lines and being able to host other events is reason enough to still leave and will still bring huge revenue uplift. In an ideal world we go to 65k, with the potential to expand to 75k if demand warrants it. Very tempting to just say build it so everyone can go when they want, but the reality of a stadium to big wont be good commercially in long term and could leave us with a white elephant down the line.

Nowt to see here think Ornstein gets a bit to much credit for being this super journo, no better than SUPERTOON on here in my opinion. As a side note Caulkin really gets on my fucking tits these days, wasn’t so quick to criticise when his pal Staveley was feeding him info all the time.