Nobody Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 The opposite of the worst transfer fees thread. Going to start off with Dubravka, one of the best keepers in the league signed for an absolute pittance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Linton Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, Nobody said: The opposite of the worst transfer fees thread. Going to start off with Dubravka, one of the best keepers in the league signed for an absolute pittance. Shay Given Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Linton Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Scott Sellars Robert Lee Barry Venison Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Cabaye has to be up there as well, in modern times at least. Bought for £5.5m wasn't he? Ridiculous money for a player that talented. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Ayoze for £1.5m was a great pick up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Bellamy for 6.5 mil has to be up there for the role he had in our transformation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Shearer for £15m. 206 goals and made us feel like the biggest club in the world. Imagine if we did something like that these days. We may never see it again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackandWhite Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Tim Krul must be in with a shout. Virtually cost nothing. Yohan Cabaye deserves a mention given how key he was for us. Four million was a steal. Ben Arfa was only 5 million, too. Even Saint Maximin could be considered. Under today’s standard, he’s a steal. I am going to go with Ben Arfa out of bias personal memories of loving him playing for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackandWhite Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Dokko said: Shearer for £15m. 206 goals and made us feel like the biggest club in the world. Imagine if we did something like that these days. We may never see it again. Shearer is the GOAT but he was the world record transfer at the time. Today that 15 million would be €223 million. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Demba Ba was free, so he'll be my choice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 8 minutes ago, BlackandWhite said: Tim Krul must be in with a shout. Virtually cost nothing. Yohan Cabaye deserves a mention given how key he was for us. Four million was a steal. Ben Arfa was only 5 million, too. Even Saint Maximin could be considered. Under today’s standard, he’s a steal. I am going to go with Ben Arfa out of bias personal memories of loving him playing for us. Cabaye definitely ...demba ba was a decent buy as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 33 minutes ago, Joey Linton said: Scott Sellars Robert Lee Barry Venison Excellent shouts. Dave MccReery would be up there for me too. Not sure how much he cost but suspect not much and was tremendous servant. Short term signings must include Paul Goddard; outstanding for us. Free signing Sibierski must get a shout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 I am going to say Joe Willock - as his goal kept us up last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Solano, Given, Cabaye, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Kevin Gallacher Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 So many from Keegan's (first!) reign. Rob Lee, John Beresford, Andy Cole, Peter Beardsley, Barry Venison. None of them cost much, perhaps except Cole who was relatively expensive given his pedigree (or lack thereof) and us being in the 2nd tier. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Think this one's a lot harder than the other. Shearer was probably our best/most important signing arguably ever, but we got what we paid for. In terms of biggest bargain, or players who delivered a return way beyond what we paid, there's so many potential candidates. I never experienced them at their best but Cole, Beardsley and Lee are probably all right up there? (@Chris_R pinched this whilst I was typing, fucker). In my era, Given, Speed, Solano, Hughes, O'Brien, Krul, Lovenkrands, Routledge, HBA, Cabaye, Ba, Perez, Lascelles, Gayle, Ritchie, Clark, Dubravka, Schar, Rondon all represented particularly excellent value for money imo. Discounted Bellers cos he was always injured at crucial times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pons Alias Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 (edited) Malcolm Allen looked like an excellent buy before injury - but we’ll never know. Financially, it must be Carroll who cost us nowt. But for me, it’s Brian Kincline - without him, we drop to Div3 in ‘92 and face Armageddon. ‘Keegan is in no doubt about the contribution Kilcline made. “Brian was brilliant,” he said. “He doesn’t think the world owes him a living. A great pro. He got in among the players and helped turn the club around.” Or to sum up: “The best signing I ever made for Newcastle United.”’ The other players I supposed I would have to mention are Peacock and Kelly. Their goals built the momentum that took us up and gave us a platform to become established as a PL side. Edited July 18, 2021 by Pons Alias I forgot David Kelly and Gavin Peacock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Sissoko. £2m fee, sold for £30m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Too many too mention: Perez is probably the recent standout Demba Ba Loic Remy Moussa Sissoko Jamal Lascelles Peter Lovenkrands Seydou Doumbia Chucky Ferreyra Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Optimistic Nut said: Sissoko. £2m fee, sold for £30m. I feel like that's an answer to a slightly different question personally but it's a fair shout. The financial return on him and Ayoze is crazy. Carroll as well obviously, not that we bought him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 30 minutes ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said: Solano, Given, Cabaye, How could I forget Nobby... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 48 minutes ago, Yorkie said: Think this one's a lot harder than the other. Shearer was probably our best/most important signing arguably ever, but we got what we paid for. In terms of biggest bargain, or players who delivered a return way beyond what we paid, there's so many potential candidates. I never experienced them at their best but Cole, Beardsley and Lee are probably all right up there? (@Chris_R pinched this whilst I was typing, fucker). In my era, Given, Speed, Solano, Hughes, O'Brien, Krul, Lovenkrands, Routledge, HBA, Cabaye, Ba, Perez, Lascelles, Gayle, Ritchie, Clark, Dubravka, Schar, Rondon all represented particularly excellent value for money imo. Discounted Bellers cos he was always injured at crucial times. O'Brien ..dunno how much we signed him for like but he wasn't very good, i did quite like the bloke though, did his best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 (edited) Think it's got to be Ba on a free like, he is one of our best goalscorers of all time in terms of goals to games, and he did it under Pardew. He was really good. Edited July 18, 2021 by ToonArmy1892 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 38 minutes ago, Yorkie said: I feel like that's an answer to a slightly different question personally but it's a fair shout. The financial return on him and Ayoze is crazy. Carroll as well obviously, not that we bought him. I still don't rate Sissoko, his decent tournament (where he didn't get a goal or assist) inflated his price by about 15 million Bloke could run with the ball for ages, but ask him to pass or cross it and he was useless. Ayoze though, terrific player Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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