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To think Everton could have had him in the summer

They've said that because it matches with the blue third kit leak colour, that's it. Also because it's an airline that would fit the Etihad, Emirates style sponsorship

The John Reece person I posted is from Sunderland if they're connecting the dots because of that

Doesn't stop some things getting hopeful

Now being linked with John Reece who works with Ineos

They seem to think it's Larry Fink of Blackrock Capital who have assets under management of £10 trillion. His net worth though's about a billion. They linked https://www.fii-institute.org/en/Pages/fii-institute-announces-its-fii-regional-summit-titled-Inclusive-ESG-for-Emerging-Markets.html as he was there... Yasir Al-Rumayyan our non-executive chairman was there too. Some of them think they'll be the richest club in the world

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10858479/Tottenham-place-25m-valuation-Harry-Winks-home-grown-midfielder-set-LEAVE-north-London.html Tottenham have placed a £25million valuation on midfielder Harry Winks, with the England international set to leave this summer. There is likely to be no shortage of takers for Winks; Southampton and Newcastle are understood to have early interest in the midfielder. Winks, who has made over 200 appearances for Spurs and played in the 2019 Champions League final, became a key part of England boss Gareth Southgate’s plans during Mauricio Pochettino’s reign at Tottenham.

Villa have him confirmed

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10857455/Man-United-Newcastle-join-race-sign-Spurs-Crystal-Palace-target-Malcolm-Ebiowei.html Manchester United and Newcastle have joined Tottenham and Crystal Palace by showing interest in the exciting 18 year-old attacker. Ebiowei's emergence was one of the bright spots of Derby's season which ended with relegation to League One following their brave fight to beat the drop after being hit with a 21-point deduction. Following one of his eye-catching displays at Coventry, Rooney said: 'He has got enormous ability. 'He's brave, he's not afraid to take players on, get tackled, and make mistakes. 'I thought he was excellent all game. He was the best player on the pitch. It is one of the best performances I have seen from a young player consistently for 90 minutes in a long time and he deserves that because he's worked so hard. His attitude is incredible and he's an exciting young player.'

Newcastle would have to pay a fee of about £50 million to land him, but those figures are no longer a problem for the North East club. The former AC Milan players is seen as a natural fit with fellow Brazilians Guimarães and the rejuvenated Joelinton. He also played six times as a centre forward for Lyon last season, and with Callum Wilson having had two successful but injury-plagued seasons since he joined Newcastle from Bournemouth for £20 million, that versatility is another strength for Howe. The only really relevant quotes beyond the intro

Here's the warm-up one But he came out fighting on Friday, and took aim for Chopra in particular. 'I'm not taking notice of someone who's played 20 games and scored one goal here,' said Bruce. 'Someone with a bit of credence, I can understand. When it's complete lies, that's when its disappointing. 'I would expect him to be ignored. Who is he? It's absolute lies and we all know why he's on the radio. Newcastle legend who played 20 times for the club… Jesus. If it's Alan Shearer ? Bring it on. 'I'm just surprised that people pay any attention to him.' Defender Paul Dummett then revealed that he sensed something was not right in the warm-up at Carrow Road, although Bruce insists this was nothing to do with his coaching staff. Of Dummett's comments, Bruce said: 'My concern was we didn't perform well enough, full stop. If the warm-up isn't right, then come on - are we really going to analyse a warm-up? If we are, then we are in serious trouble. We can all warm-up badly can't we? 'The lads - Steve Agnew and Steve Clemence - have been taking warm-ups for 20 years. If we can't take a warm-up… this just shows what we're up against.' It was pointed out to Bruce that the concerns raised were nothing to do with the mechanics of the warm-up, more that Dummett had suggested there was a mentality issue among the team before a ball had been kicked.

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/newcastle-transfer-news-renan-lodi-atletico-madrid-calvert-lewin-1649989?ITO=newsnow Newcastle United are interested in Atletico Madrid’s Brazil international Renan Lodi, who is open to a move to the north-east to join Bruno Guimaraes and Joelinton in the club’s growing South American contingent. Lodi is 24 and highly-rated, although he missed the last six games of the La Liga season. He shares an agent with Guimaraes, who has been a hugely successful signing after joining from Lyon, and Diego Carlos, the Sevilla defender who was a Newcastle target in January. Newcastle are prioritising a striker and have senior backroom staff have spent time in France as recently as last week in an indication that the club are once again looking to Ligue 1 for potential recruits. While Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Darwin Nunez are on their wishlist, the latter is waiting for Champions League interest with Manchester United having scouted him extensively. There are some doubts among Newcastle’s recruitment team about Calvert-Lewin, who had a mixed season for Everton.

Just a bit but he mentioned us too! http://www.rafabenitez.com/web/in/news/rafa-bentez-in-as/3993 It's a good read in full actually "You have to analyse things in context. I was at Newcastle United, where we had a project, got the team promoted as winners of the Championship, which is very tough, and did so with a 30-million budget excess. Yet there was no investment in the team. Arab investment was close, but it wasn’t materialising. You’re waiting, and then you get the offer of a project in China. People didn’t understand why I said yes to a project in China, but there they gave us free rein to organise how everything was done, from the youth teams up. We had 15 Spanish coaches. A structure was created there. But Chinese football is what it is and covid changed things a lot. That’s why we returned here. We were waiting for a project that would allow us to compete. We came close to returning to Newcastle, and then Everton emerged with an ambitious project, with a plan for continued investment and the creation of a structure that would enable the club to compete with the top teams..." "Unfortunately, when we arrived, they had already spent a lot of money and the Premier League’s financial-fair-play rules didn’t allow us to spend any more. We spent just two million euros on five players. Even still, we worked with what we had, brought Anthony Gordon through from the youth set-up, got good performances from Demarai Gray, from Andros Townsend, who beforehand almost had the look of a player coming to the end of his career… We got performances out of the team, but we began to suffer injuries and bad luck. One lad dropped a piece of furniture on his toe and the four players who made up the spine of the team got injured. Things started to get tricky at that point…". "Joining Everton, a club that’s in your city, where you have lots of friends who are supporters, where you’re signing up for a project you think can grow and be competitive, was a decision that had plenty of logic to it. Given what the scenario was at that time, at least. But then things became difficult and the feeling seemed to be that I had made a mistake. But I don’t see it that way. In that moment, Everton were the competitive club that offered me a chance. We believed it was going to work out. Then things turned out they way they did. But when we left we were six points off 10th, with two games in hand, and six points clear of the relegation zone. It wasn’t a position that matched initial expectations, but it was in line with the investment there’d been and the injuries we’d had. At that point, you can talk about having patience and keeping the faith, but people get twitchy, social media has an influence and a decision was made. After we left the club, Everton made five new signings, had a full complement of available players once more and brought in a new coach, who also has to take responsibility. We did well to begin with, but then we lacked a little bit of luck and didn’t have the time to keep on working and making adjustments. We have the experience of having managed it in other places, where in time we’ve improved the structure, such as at Napoli.

There's more “I was under no illusions whatsoever when I arrived at Newcastle,” he told FourFourTwo. “I was becoming part of an unpopular regime and knew I’d be associated with Mike Ashley from day one. And I was replacing Rafael Benitez, who was loved by the fans. "So I expected criticism and yes, some of it was justified. We weren’t pleasing on the eye a lot of the time and there were periods when we really struggled. But the ridicule and the mockery crossed a line. It did hurt me and it upset my family, too. "After my first match, I was accused of throwing on a substitute and telling him to play where he wanted – then the next week, someone said I didn’t know how to properly warm up the team. I was even accused of giving the squad too much time off so I could go off on holiday! Criticism is one thing, but on occasions it got very personal and showed a basic lack of respect."

Earlier on he was doing things out of necessity, before he came there was talk in the interview he was discussing how to get the best from all the players. He studied it at length and spoke to the owners pre-takeover so even then knew what to expect for when it did go through out of the blue. Wouldn't surprise me if he gave them a chance to show themselves while trying to work with what he had - before that Leeds turning point it was 1 win in 10 or something like that so we've come a long way

Klopp won manager of the season

"However the Premier League did not approve the takeover then, and only did a year later after the PIF provided “legally binding assurances that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will not control Newcastle United”. Although some Premier League clubs were incensed this was accepted, sources close to the process have explained that the assurances did make a crucial difference to the legal advice, so that KSA was no longer considered a controlling party." Reason the takeover happened when it did