Manxst Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, Raconteur said: Tarkowski, Icardi and Kamara are all coming off contract and should absolutely be top of the list for January. See also Kessie, Dybala, Insigne, Dembele, Brozovic, Sule, Rudiger, Bellotti, Lacazette, Ginter, Lingaard, Isco, Tolisso, De Sciglio…. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 9 minutes ago, Manxst said: See also Kessie, Dybala, Insigne, Dembele, Brozovic, Sule, Rudiger, Bellotti, Lacazette, Ginter, Lingaard, Isco, Tolisso, De Sciglio…. There should be plenty of available talent, it’s just getting the team in to identify the best options. I said from takeover day we need four starters in January, and I’d largely go along with 2 x DC, MC & SC too (although the three I picked are my dream choices, plus A.N.Otherer). Four starters for £50m is ambitious, but those three for £50m might be achievable. Then one more £20-30m starter (or possibly loan). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montey Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Surely it would be £50m + any outgoings, so the gross spend could be closer to £60m+. I also suspect that the new owners would be more flexible if an interesting opportunity emerged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emotic Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 15 minutes ago, Montey said: Surely it would be £50m + any outgoings, so the gross spend could be closer to £60m+. I also suspect that the new owners would be more flexible if an interesting opportunity emerged. That 50 million might be a made-up number based off some media reports which were taking the cue off an outdated piece in another paper that placed an illogically low budget constraint for the new owners. It appeared in the takeover thread a week ago. I don't think anyone knows the breadth of the ambition of the new owners, nor the spending constraints they are working against. If it indeed is 50 million, it would most likely be because they just want stop-gap measures to avoid relegation whilst they strategise to build a brand-new squad come the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 5 hours ago, Montey said: Surely it would be £50m + any outgoings, so the gross spend could be closer to £60m+. I also suspect that the new owners would be more flexible if an interesting opportunity emerged. We can't sell everybody. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjmc Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 50m to spend you put 10m down upfront and rest on installments buy 4 or 5 doing it that way no bother. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/marc-overmars-opens-talks-newcastle-25282984 - posted 9pm Marc Overmars has opened talks with Newcastle about becoming the Toon’s director of football. Mirror Sport understands that the Tyneside club’s new Saudi owners have made contact with the 48-year-old former Arsenal winger, who has developed a reputation for identifying, recruiting and developing world-class talent at Ajax over the last nine years. Two intermediaries working on behalf of Newcastle have sounded out Overmars - and the Dutchman is interested in moving to St James’ Park after being told he will be given the resources to awaken the sleeping giant. And, according to sources in Holland, Overmars wants to bring Ajax coach Erik ten Hag with him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Maybe ten Hag's that surprise name Ando was on about - but Mirror did say Fonseca was set for the job yesterday! Still time to change I guess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 This could be the surprise name @Ando7 mentioned in Ten Hag? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Also the shortlist "They are understood to be Lille’s Portuguese sporting director Luis Campos, who is credited with developing the talents of Kylian Mbappe, Fabinho and Anthony Martial at Monaco, and Liverpool’s highly-respected Michael Edwards, who is set to leave Anfield at the end of the season." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 They've blatantly just lifted that from the Dutch article last week like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 1 minute ago, nbthree3 said: Also the shortlist "They are understood to be Lille’s Portuguese sporting director Luis Campos, who is credited with developing the talents of Kylian Mbappe, Fabinho and Anthony Martial at Monaco, and Liverpool’s highly-respected Michael Edwards, who is set to leave Anfield at the end of the season." Is Edwards a sporting director ? Thought a was more a CEO ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 "Sporting Director" as per his Linkedin https://uk.linkedin.com/in/michael-edwards-47889b17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Beginnings Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Overmars and Ten Hag Absolute dream team ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_F Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 The Mirror's full of shit unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagCA Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 An entirely unrealistic corporate and back room structure… Chairman: Yasir/PIF appointment CEO: Yasir/PIF appointment DoF: Campos/Rangnick Academy and Youth Director: Overmars Special Football Advisor: Wenger Manager: Fonseca I dream too much and have too much time on my hands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 (edited) Can't remember if I posted it on Thursday but had a look back and The Times (Martin Hardy) wrote about Overmars https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/newcastle-eye-ajaxs-marc-overmars-as-director-of-football-5tt37rdw9 It is thought the 48-year-old is open to the possibility of moving to Newcastle, who now have the richest owners in world football after their Saudi Arabia-financed takeover two weeks ago. Overmars took over as director of football at Ajax in 2012. Since then the club have won four league titles, two Dutch Cups and reached the semi-final of the Champions League in 2019. The squad Overmars was key to creating, however, was quickly dismantled, with Matthijs de Ligt joining Juventus for £63 million and Frenkie de Jong joining Barcelona for the same fee in the summer of 2019. Overmars is known to have a strong working relationship with those at boardroom level at Newcastle and is now a leading candidate for the position at a club that is 80 per cent owned by Saudi Arabia’s public investment fund (PIF). That financial clout is thought to appeal to Overmars, who has seen teams broken up as they approached their prime. Newcastle’s board of directors, which consists of Amanda Staveley, Yasir Al-Rumayyan and Jamie Reuben, are still working through a detailed process before making major appointments at the club. They interviewed Paulo Fonseca on Wednesday for the manager’s job through a Zoom call but Graeme Jones, formerly the assistant manager, will manage the team on Saturday against Crystal Palace after the sacking of Steve Bruce on Wednesday. Edited October 23, 2021 by nbthree3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 If Overmars comes in, I’d love for him to bring in Gravenberch for our midfield. Probably farfetched but he’s exactly the kind of player we should be looking at. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Why wouldn’t the richest owners on the planet want the best they can get? 9/10 you can get anything with money . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/19669394.newcastle-interested-marc-overmars-erik-ten-hag/ NEWCASTLE are hoping to complete their managerial search by the end of the week, and have sounded out the possibility of a double swoop for Dutch duo Erik Ten Hag and Marc Overmars. Former Arsenal midfielder Overmars is one of the leading candidates for the sporting director role that Newcastle’s new owners are hoping to fill as part of their backroom overhaul at St James’ Park. The 48-year-old is currently employed as Ajax’s director of football, and sources in the Netherlands claim he will make the appointment of ten Hag as head coach one of the prerequisites for a move to St James’ Park. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, nbthree3 said: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/19669394.newcastle-interested-marc-overmars-erik-ten-hag/ NEWCASTLE are hoping to complete their managerial search by the end of the week, and have sounded out the possibility of a double swoop for Dutch duo Erik Ten Hag and Marc Overmars. Former Arsenal midfielder Overmars is one of the leading candidates for the sporting director role that Newcastle’s new owners are hoping to fill as part of their backroom overhaul at St James’ Park. The 48-year-old is currently employed as Ajax’s director of football, and sources in the Netherlands claim he will make the appointment of ten Hag as head coach one of the prerequisites for a move to St James’ Park. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manorpark Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 7 hours ago, McCormick said: If Overmars comes in, I’d love for him to bring in Gravenberch for our midfield. Probably farfetched but he’s exactly the kind of player we should be looking at. Nothing is, and nothing will be ever again "far fetched" for us . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 1 minute ago, ManDoon said: Got Hag for 50-1 so yes please Same. ten Hag AND Overmars? I’m hard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Anything concrete on ten Hag? Or are all these links/rumours from the Dutch Telegraph article? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 More excited about all this being done this week so we can really focus on the football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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