ToonAbroad

Confused by the talk of the Minteh and Anderson sales and that PSR is crashing down. Isn't this solely about the APT sponsorship rules which means we would still have had to comply with the 105m PSR rule? There's an argument that if we had been allowed the higher sponsorships then we would have easily met PSR, but I can't see anything that suggests PSR is going to change as a result of this. Have I completely missed something 😅.

I just don't get why the limit is not at least increased in line with inflation compared to the 105m when it was implemented, whilst they flesh out any bigger changes to the system. *edit* - well, obviously I do know why they don't want to do this...

Random Wednesday brainfart. Back in April 2023 I'd heard that the Sela deal was for 2 years initially - which would mean it's coming up for renewal this summer already. When it was announced, it was simply called a 'multi-year deal' which could mean anything. If the two years is true (and I believe it was given where it came from), would we expect an increase and more PSR headroom next season? Or same terms? Given the partnership so far feels pretty successful, it feels like one we'd probably be keen to extend. Curious if anybody heard anything about where we stand?

Yup. It was always looking like this summer will be easier to spend once the 2021-22 finances drop off the calculations, so adding another 20m into next season's headroom should make for quite some leeway in the summer. Arguably better for us to back that later rather than now if we had no plans to buy this window.

50th appearance today already - seems wild considering a year ago.

Not in the squad tonight either, although probably not a shock given who's available.

Hasn't played in like 16 years so probably fucked. Plus Hall helps out Sanusi on the left.

Sanusi coming on

Big Willy Style!

What a goal!!

Fuck sake. What a hit.

How many times will Osula and Joelinton get confused in commentary on this?

So pleased for him after the first few months of his spell here, will only get better and better defensively too with experience. Crazy to think his prime is still so many years away.

Did his tattoo disappear? 😅

Buy him for £60m and sell them Vlachodimos for £25m.

Could also be the case that they think they would get better value later on as selling clubs realise that bidding wars failed to materialise.

I think it was fairly widely reported it would be £65m fixed and then £5m addons, so seems unlikely.

Going Trafford, Branthwaite, Eze and Toney.

Biggest complaint here is that horrific positional breakdown.

So given Trafford, Henderson and Pickford are in, that means no Pope (unless 4 GKs). Probably a good thing to recover.

Was sat in with the Leeds fans years ago when Shearer scored a last minute equaliser at Elland Road. They were all proper kicking off that day as it was Bowyer's first game back against them and they wanted blood. When Shearer's goal hit the back of the net I have no idea how I kept a straight face, think it was mostly the fear that they'd beat the shit out of me! tl;dr - don't take it, it won't be anywhere near as enjoyable.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/04/15/newcastle-united-transfer-news-tosin-adarabioyo-lloyd-kelly/ Interesting timing... Also mentions that Eddie wants to look at Minteh in pre-season but that he could already be off this summer.

Maybe simply didn't trust him in those moments, but clearly felt he would come good with enough time and coaching? Almost like, he knew he wasn't going to use him, but still wanted him in those squads to help hit the criteria perhaps.

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/im-here-now-lewis-hall-28991930 "Lewis Hall has revealed he is looking forward to a bright future as a Newcastle United player with his £28million move from Chelsea due to be confirmed. The criteria for Hall's transfer from the Blues to Newcastle was for Eddie Howe's side to finish 14th or higher and for the 19-year-old to be named in 30 or more squads, with United and Hall now achieving both of those milestones. And Hall, who recovered from a muscle injury to come on as substitute in the 4-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur, is now looking ahead to the next stage of his career."

I actually find it somewhat positive too that one of the criteria was to be named in 30 Matchday squads. If Eddie didnt fancy him then it would have been very easy for him to avoid that milestone. Gonna be class in a couple of years with more coaching and experience.