Whitley mag

It won’t be much more then 50 considering Olise went for just over that.

Looks a good player this kid tall, strong, quick and seems to have good movement. No guarantee’s with young strikers especially when you look at likes of Brewster at Liverpool who looked the next big thing, but would imagine he was quite protected last season by Wilder due to their position and how uncompetitive they we’re, hence lack of 1st team appearances and goals.

Looks a goer none of the big boys seem interested and Chelsea couldn’t match Bayern earlier in the summer for Olise, very confident this will happen providing we can agree fee.

This lad isn’t the answer very marked difference between him and Gordon in potential. In my opinion we do need something different on the right and most wingers have their flaws, but don’t see anywhere near the work ethic Howe requires in his wide men with Madueke.

Far better player than Declan Rice for a fraction of the price great business unfortunately.

I’m the opposite think Staveley was a big champion of remaining at SJP, i think any sentiment will now be out the window and it will be whatever makes commercial sense. Yes there’ll be a consultation on the face of it, but think facts will be presented heavily in favour of moving when the time comes. It’s then up to the Council and Freemen to make sure club remain in city centre with a viable option.

Shame arena site had potential to be spectacular and would have been easiest option as brownfield site.

Think Gallagher is massively overrated and will need to improve with his use of the ball to be any kind of success in La Liga.

Let’s hope Eales deserves the trust put in him and delivers, huge shoes to fill and despite her lack of experience still seems to have been doing a lot of the work right up to her exit.

It sounds very mutual and she clearly is still on great terms with PIF and Reuben’s. The only part that is slightly contradictory is that she indicates they‘d still like to be involved in the day to day running of a club. She seems to suggest that Yasir wanted her to be CEO, but she thought a football person was better suited in Eales. We also have to remember that they had a rolling management contract and if we have appointed all these execs, she’s right it wouldn’t be fair for them to be interfering and taking money out of the club for no reason. Got to say jury is out on Eales for me and Amanda should have backed herself to be the CEO and she may have still been here, her interview suggests that might be a possible regret in hindsight, though the elephant in the room is clearly the big pay out they’ll just have received for their shares before they were diluted further.

I hope your feeling is wrong, we need a top drawer RW this summer as Barnes will be an impact sub next season for Gordon, if we don’t it will be Murphy on the right as per last season.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/newcastle-united-value-soars-1-124231418.html

Torres was wanted when Owen Brown and the Scottish scout name escapes me were advising Staveley, wishful thinking from Barcelona here. Great player though and exactly the profile we should be looking for on the right.

Wise up they fucking hate us and revelled when we got relegated, why any self respecting Mag would want anything good to happen to this lot beggars belief absolute backward cunts.

We haven’t you’re just trying to get more money out of West Ham.

Don’t think so marra North Sea and Durham Mags. This is why Mags are being cleansed in public places from Seaburn to Penshaw by massive lads fans.

Thiaw not happening to much noise, the real target will be revealed and bang it’s done.

Bring back Charnley used to run the place by himself and will help towards PSR.

I’ve backed it up with articles not by 2nd rate journalists either, Howe had final say on transfers it’s been well documented, there’s a committee but nobody comes in without Howe’s agreement, that’s not my opinion it’s out there. As others have said they think that’s the way it should be and that’s fair enough.

It’s the scene in the car when Amanda is on the phone I’m thinking of will have to watch it back. Ideally yes it’s a good working relationship between Howe and Mitchell and they mutually come to an agreement, but you could also argue no high profile DOF like Mitchell will want the manager having final say over him, the last article I posted suggests Howe is willing to work collaboratively with Mitchell providing he has input which is the ideal scenario for everyone, but a DOF has to have final say and should be overseeing the strategy and mapping out future windows taking into account the optimum time to cash in on players so we are compliant with PSR and can keep moving forward sustainably.

Willock was playing down the left and we signed Tonali to strengthen the midfield, think the lack of quality on right was glaring for a club going into the CL.

I agree there’s a transfer committee all I’ve said is he had final say previously. Going back to the Amazon documentary though it was pretty clear that Staveley said Eddie really wants Gordon and she was doing all the negotiating. Hey the manager should definitely have a say not disputing that, but my opinion is it was a bit cosy with Staveley and last summer was a misstep, granted the first window they had, my personal view is that to get to the next level and with the complexities of PSR, it needs a football strategist like Mitchell to maybe sometimes pull rank and say for example where selling Trippier in January to avoid trouble in the summer.

Did we not sign Gordon to replace ASM ? On Ashworth I would think it a bit naive as in most jobs to believe the job description is exactly as it says on the tin. The below article doesn’t give the impression that Ashworth was in control of transfers, but that is was Staveley doing the deals. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5652769/2024/07/24/newcastle-eddie-howe-structure/ This article confirms he previously held veto on transfers https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5650178/2024/07/23/manchester-united-transfer-latest-arsenal-liverpool-real-madrid/ What does Howe want to stay? Howe is not demanding a set number of signings nor stipulating specific targets be brought in. The head coach is not even insisting upon total autonomy on recruitment (he previously held the final say on incoming). On Friday, he admitted “things like that are still being worked on” and he does not know if that remains the case. Howe is seeking a collective approach to transfer business and wants to retain influence while working constructively alongside Mitchell — whose role was described by Eales as being “90 per cent recruitment”. Let me know if I can do anymore research for you ?

Jobs for the boys no thanks.

Clearly the financial side would be signed off by PIF, but the final selection finance permitting was down to Howe that’s on record. It’s been widely reported that Ashworth was unsatisfied with the scope of his job and he didn’t have the responsibility he first thought, does that really suggest he was behind the strategy, I believe outside of the financial problems for Staveley, the power lines were part of the problem and one of the reasons their exit was hastened. Last summer I’d have targeted a pacy CB and right sided forward, Barnes was an expensive backup in a position we’d just spent 40 million on in January.