Ikon Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Kovacic would be an unreal signing! I know it wont happen but i still imagine him in the back of my head playing in our midfield with Shelvey and a proper strong CM who's brilliant defensively. One can dream.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I thought that anyway, you are not going to cover 6 or 7 players and spend 20m+ on a player unless your budget is above 100m. Just doesn't make sense, if we were to spend 20m on a striker, that would leave 50m left for a fullback, CM, AM, Winger, GK and what ever else. Makes sense to try and fill as many weak points as possible considering how many we have, than to spend the large bulk of it one player and then be left with multiple weaknesses through out the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Aye, it also makes reference to the fact that Rafa wants to consolidate us as a PL team this season and avoid any sort of relegation battle. Which explains why he is taking the approach of getting in 6 or 7 decent PL standard players to put us on a decent platform for the future. The "pushing on" will happen if this is successful. I feel much more positive after that, which makes a change from the Chronicle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 The full article: Newcastle have received the first tranche of their Premier League TV money this summer in a move that should help shore up recruitment plans. Promotion to the Premier League will have a huge impact on the club’s finances for the better – but spending a season in the Championship also means they’re having to box clever in the summer transfer window while rivals who have benefited from the first year of a mega-TV deal are spending more freely. In the bid to stretch Rafa Benitez’s budget as far as possible, Newcastle have been accused of haggling unnecessarily over deals and it did feel like the Florian Lejeune deal took a long time to complete. But United would point out that they only earned £35million last year – £7.1million from winning the Championship and the rest from the parachute payments – while every single top flight team they’re competing against banked three times that amount. It has been suggested that United are waiting for their first Premier League dividend to drop before really getting involved in business and there may be something in that. We understand that the guaranteed payments are divided across the season. The first payment has been made to clubs, then they are paid monthly for the rest of the season with an additional payment in January to coincide with the transfer window. There is also another payment at the end of the season – presumably related to finishing places and how many times clubs are on TV. The exact amount Newcastle will have banked is not clear but it will be an eight-figure amount. All clubs were guaranteed £79.1million last season regardless of where they finished – with prize money and facility fees related to the number of times the club was on TV topping up that prize fund. Sunderland made £93.4million for finishing bottom of the table while Chelsea made £150.8million for winning the league. Newcastle CAN compete in the summer transfer market but with Rafa Benitez wanting to see six or seven more signings, the club are going to have to be smart in the window and do not have quite the free rein that others in the division have. For example Benitez is more than aware that players will have to be sold this summer – but that’s difficult with the contracts and wages they’re on. The deal to sell Karl Darlow has prompted surprise among many supporters who saw him excel at times in the second tier but Newcastle need to bank money and clear wages off their ledger before making additions. Benitez wants an experienced ‘keeper with Napoli’s Pepe Reina a dream capture. There is no exact amount placed on it but Newcastle’s budget is probably nearer the £70million mark than the £150million that was being quoted and if Benitez is looking for six or seven, it’s no surprise that the current targets are loans or pitched at around the £10-15million mark. That is not to say there isn’t scope to break the transfer record – something United will surely have to do if they’re going to land striker reinforcements that are being talked about. Benitez understands and appreciates all of this. The cause of his frustration earlier in the window was that he had lined up players who fitted into United’s budget and his plans – Tammy Abraham being one – but United didn’t get the deals done and lost them. Now that the first payment is with United, they are in a different financial league as well as playing one and that should encourage business. Similarly the new commercial deal boosts the coffers that were drained by relegation and the subsequent stocking of the squad Although targets will be set nearer the start of the season the goal next year is to get as high as they can and establish themselves in the top flight after successive relegation battles. Benitez is shooting for the stars long-term but in the short-term his goal is to avoid any kind of flirtation with the drop – and he needs what he sees as good, solid additions to the squad to do that. There is money to do that but once again, the manager is being left to clear up a few of the messes that others caused. Relegation was a short-lived pain for supporters with Benitez committing himself to the club and the subsequent title win. But it’s clear that is having some longer-term consequences. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Cheers for posting. I'm boycotting that site until they get their shit together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Not buying in to that tbh, we would have know that the payment was guaranteed to come at this time, so we could have already signed players if we were going to knowing that we would be getting the money back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Not buying in to that tbh, we would have know that the payment was guaranteed to come at this time, so we could have already signed players if we were going to knowing that we would be getting the money back. That part i'm not buying but the part about Rafa wanting to get multiple players in so it's unlikely he'll spend loads on one player i 100% believe it only makes sense. That's no excuse for the clubs not buying more than they have so far though mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Huddersfield earned even less than us I presume and it hasn't stopped them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 All very sensible stuff and really as expected. Not sure why there was so much angst on here recently, if there was real issues Rafa would have walked already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I still don't trust one word of it. Actions will prove me wrong I hope, but I have an awful feeling our dear leader is once again having one of his moments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Considering it's our first season back and that we have to sign so many new players I can understand that we won't spend tons of money on many players. Build a solid foundation for our 1st season back and build on from there. Even signing some players would be a start considering how f***ing lame we've been so far in this window. Having said that I still hope that we get at least one special player, a really exciting player that has a bit of extra quality even if he might cost a bit "much". We can't be cheap as fuck and not get next to no players in, time will tell, but I'm not feeling too confident right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Huddersfield earned even less than us I presume and it hasn't stopped them As I've mentioned with Figures, I'm sure if the players they bought were our market then we'd have spent that too. I could imagine this place if we'd spent £40m on what they've paid for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 All very sensible stuff and really as expected. Not sure why there was so much angst on here recently, if there was real issues Rafa would have walked already. Considering the history with Ashley, I think the angst on here is quite understandable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 All very sensible stuff and really as expected. Not sure why there was so much angst on here recently, if there was real issues Rafa would have walked already. Agreed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 What a load of shit that article is. As if getting one months payment will make a difference if our budget is 70m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Aye, it also makes reference to the fact that Rafa wants to consolidate us as a PL team this season and avoid any sort of relegation battle. Which explains why he is taking the approach of getting in 6 or 7 decent PL standard players to put us on a decent platform for the future. The "pushing on" will happen if this is successful. I feel much more positive after that, which makes a change from the Chronicle Same here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 We've a lot to buy with less money than others to do it with. It's going to take some work to do that. At least it looks like we've got a plan and logical structure in place, a one which the manager understands and agrees with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 All very sensible stuff and really as expected. Not sure why there was so much angst on here recently, if there was real issues Rafa would have walked already. Completely agree with what you've said, but whilst Ashley remains in control of our club there will always be a sense of angst. Any article that is published and is negative towards the running of the club will cause further angst because of the previous shit we've had to deal with. We're in a strange situation that we've never been in before during the Ashley reign, because we have a manager that we absolutely love and a set of players that we don't particularly despise - any threat to that is bound to cause a few worries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Huddersfield earned even less than us I presume and it hasn't stopped them As I've mentioned with Figures, I'm sure if the players they bought were our market then we'd have spent that too. I could imagine this place if we'd spent £40m on what they've paid for. I get that we're aiming for a higher level of players, I just don't buy that we needed this extra money in order to be able to buy players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I thought that anyway, you are not going to cover 6 or 7 players and spend 20m+ on a player unless your budget is above 100m. Just doesn't make sense, if we were to spend 20m on a striker, that would leave 50m left for a fullback, CM, AM, Winger, GK and what ever else. Makes sense to try and fill as many weak points as possible considering how many we have, than to spend the large bulk of it one player and then be left with multiple weaknesses through out the team. Hard to see how we could sign a decent striker for less than £20m tbh unless we are buying someone who is on the wrong side of 30, or a loan maybe. The other positions you could get by with spending £10m, a quality striker is going to set you back a big sum. That will have pissed Rafa off even more that we couldn't get the Abraham deal sorted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 - The budget is around £70m, although it's not made clear if that is including any sums brought in through sales. - NUFC willing to listen to offers for players like Darlow, to increase transfer funds Can't even follow his own information. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmelads Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 If you didn't know any better, you could be forgiven for thinking we're preparing for the Championship. The club needs to stop making excuses and get their arses in gear. We're playing Premier League teams in a few weeks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 If you didn't know any better, you could be forgiven for thinking we're preparing for the Championship. The club needs to stop making excuses and get their arses in gear. We're playing Premier League teams in a few weeks. christ almighty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 - The budget is around £70m, although it's not made clear if that is including any sums brought in through sales. - NUFC willing to listen to offers for players like Darlow, to increase transfer funds Can't even follow his own information. Are you a bit special? It doesn't specify if the £70m is including the sale of the fringe players like Darlow, or if the sales would increase the £70m. Any sale would increase transfer funds, although if the starting budget is £40m + a proposed £30m in sales (and the Darlow sale is extra/not budgeted for), its a lot different from £70m + sales. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 That article is a load of hot air, if we really wanted to sign players we would had done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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