Minhosa Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Wtf is the point in trying to sort out Rondon for beyond May on deadline day in January? They've got leverage now as WBA really want Murphy. They won't have that in the summer..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Tough on the midfield. Samaris would have been nice but the emergence of Longstaff and Hayden starting to play well has really stopped the need for a short term plaster like Samaris. Ki, Shelvey and Diame should all be back within the next couple of weeks. Would have liked another winger/striker for sure and Manquillo is hardly competition for Yedlin. We still lack a fair bit of quality but Almiron is potentially transformative. 6/10 window mainly high because we never expect to sign anyone let alone break our transfer record on a quality player. The LB is clearly far down our list of of alternatives so that takes a sheen off. If he can contribute I might bump up the score, smacks of Manquillo though. I'm not sure Samaris was a short term plaster, Rafa seems to have been after him for while, so I assume he rates him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Bit random. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Winger coming in if Murphy goes then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Bit random. Twansfer Fwends! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Winger coming in if Murphy goes then? Only the most wishful of thinking. I think we are done now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 They just been back to Downie there but i only caught the very end of it, "big news coming out of Newcastle tonight", they just on about Almiron? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Winger coming in if Murphy goes then? Yeah, Almiron. He's already here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Bit random. Good, they needed to do something with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Time Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 I know we haven't seen him in forever but surely Aarons can't be worse than Murphy? We know Rafa can just not fancy players as we've seen to our detriment with Mbabu. Anyone actually seen him play since he's been farmed out everywhere? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Aarons is awful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankpingel Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 All these going out on loan will probably cover Almiron's wages for remainder of season. Balancing books effectively. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 All these going out on loan will probably cover Almiron's wages for remainder of season. Balancing books effectively. there's nowt wrong with that either tbh, as long as in doing it they're not going against the managers wishes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Get Ritchie sold and the bottom line will look like absolute smut again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankpingel Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 All these going out on loan will probably cover Almiron's wages for remainder of season. Balancing books effectively. there's nowt wrong with that either tbh, as long as in doing it they're not going against the managers wishes Definitely Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 All these going out on loan will probably cover Almiron's wages for remainder of season. Balancing books effectively. I'll chuck in Rafa clearly fancies neither so why not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 really hope we have a deal or two to finish up the window Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Ryder: The shutters haven’t yet come down on Newcastle’s shopping on deadline day just yet. But things need to happen quickly in the next couple of hours. Rafa Benitez wanted four in today and has managed two so far. Jacob Murphy’s exit could spark something in terms of a winger, but things are looking ominous for Isaac Hayden after the Samaris deal hit the buffers earlier Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 We won’t sign anyone now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Almiron feels like an enormous signing because the fee is so much higher than what you'd expect during this (especially depressing and hopeless) period of the Ashley era. It doesn't change the fact that the level of investment this season, after such a brilliant couple of years - regaining our place as a top half Premier League club - is totally unacceptable. We've still turned a profit on transfer fees and even if we'd secured Rondon and Kenedy on permanent deals, we'd be looking at an outlay of about £40million, which is a pretty meagre investment in the grand scheme of things. Then, of course, there's the other assets which continue to be neglected, like the training ground/academy/stadium. The Mercedes-Benz Stadium looks like an incredible place to play football; if the rest of Atlanta United's infrastructure matches the glossy, impressive stature of that place - Almiron's going to be wondering why he's traded it all in for our outdated facilities. I suspect we're still a very long way off matching Rafa's ambition and I doubt we'll ever get there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Did I hear right we're not willing to do a permanent deal for Rondon due to his age? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 It's too late for anything now, which is a shame because we needed at least another 1 or 2 minimum. We've addressed 2 important gaps but still feels like it's the absolute bare minimum, although if the greek midfielder wanted to stay and others couldn't leave, then there's nowt we can do about that really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Yeah, don't waste your time waiting for us to maybe maybe sign another player today. We won't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 If we were looking to do more than bare minimum (less) than we would have done so already. Not a shock or anything unexpected, but somehow it still feels shit, especially after being on a high for a very brief amount of time after the win against City. It really felt good and even made one to forget about all the shit for a moment. Wish we could have that feeling more often.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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