Guest Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Would be interesting to see what Begovic’s passing stats were like at Bournemouth (just in terms of how many are short and how many long). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Lots of Ekitike rumours today. Loan to buy which makes sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, sempuki said: Lots of Ekitike rumours today. Loan to buy which makes sense. Where we loan him before buying for ffp or we loan him back? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Loan to buy is surprisingly sensible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Anyone can share sources for such rumours? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzaschicken Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 10 hours ago, DMLeazesender said: Schmeichel would be good. Lingard would have been good in January but not now. Tarkowski is gash. Schmeichel it's all about what price for me he's 35 years old. Could be a bargain or could be overpriced. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 15 minutes ago, r0cafella said: Anyone can share sources for such rumours? Graeme Bailey. https://www.90min.com/posts/newcastle-confident-agreeing-hugo-ekitike-deal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 6 minutes ago, Whitley mag said: Graeme Bailey. https://www.90min.com/posts/newcastle-confident-agreeing-hugo-ekitike-deal Thanks for sharing WM. not sure why Reims would agree to such a deal but fingers crossed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordinho Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 15 hours ago, STM said: What he actually says is that he needs to make sure there is the correct balance. I agree that it seems unlikely that he will bring in a 35 year old keeper AND a 29 year old defender though but we don't know what the club has planned in other areas. He was very precise with his language and made a point of saying it was very position dependent as well which may mean that we’re comfortable with an older keeper for a while. FWIW I think he’d be a great fit personality wise as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghandis Flip-Flop Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 A lot of the French media seem to think Ekitike is nailed on to Dortmund. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigValley Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 (edited) Would have 2 strikers rather the a new striker and a keeper. Ekitike and the Arsenal lad i dont remember his name, or Isak. We need good pace and flair. Edited May 14, 2022 by BigValley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 No thanks to Schmeichel. He's not good for the dressing room, he's very acerbic when not on camera, I don't want that type here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacus Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 3 hours ago, r0cafella said: Thanks for sharing WM. not sure why Reims would agree to such a deal but fingers crossed. In this case, if there is basically an obligation to buy then maybe it wouldn't make much difference to Reims. It would be a sale in all but name. It might be unrelated, but I read an article recently that Newcastle would be trying lots of inventive ways to stretch FFP. And another brief reference in the Times saying that one club (unnamed) would be backloading deals. I.e., relatively low up front sales, but loaded with incentives so that the fee was likely to increase retrospectively in future years of the contract. The idea being that, in future years with a higher profile and more successful team, other revenues would have increased to offset it and therefore mean that FFP wasn't an issue. The article didn't say that it was us doing that, but in a way it doesn't matter. Because, completely speculating here, I could definitely see us doing that. It might be a risk for some clubs to gamble on that kind of growth, but with PIF's backing you'd have to think that growing our name and commercial income is very much part of their medium and long term plans. Long and short of it is that things like this kind of loan deal would fit with that kind of strategy. [Speculation ends.] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
christ Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Everton are backloading deals out of necessity. They haven’t paid a penny for Dele Alli yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 PSG loaned Mbappe first didn’t they? No doubt will be another FFP workaround we use. FFP is shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Brave Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 4 hours ago, Whitley mag said: Graeme Bailey. https://www.90min.com/posts/newcastle-confident-agreeing-hugo-ekitike-deal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 The first of many pointless Downie updates: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 TBF Keith Downie has a policy of only making statements about potential signings if he has the story stood up from more than one source. For him to mention Lodi, suggests there is at least some evidence that we are in for him. It's different on deadline day, as SSN just turns into a circus but otherwise Keith is decent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 10 minutes ago, STM said: TBF Keith Downie has a policy of only making statements about potential signings if he has the story stood up from more than one source. For him to mention Lodi, suggests there is at least some evidence that we are in for him. It's different on deadline day, as SSN just turns into a circus but otherwise Keith is decent. Usually true but he completely ruined his reputation with the Digne nonsense in January Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 6 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said: Usually true but he completely ruined his reputation with the Digne nonsense in January Remind me? I can't recall that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Just now, STM said: Remind me? I can't recall that. Oh, don't you know? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 1 minute ago, MrRaspberryJam said: Oh, don't you know? No that why i asked? Did he make a claim on the Digne front? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, STM said: No that why i asked? Did he make a claim on the Digne front? He said a good left back is a good left back forever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 9 minutes ago, STM said: No that why i asked? Did he make a claim on the Digne front? Something along the lines of we have bid cash plus longstaff for Digne then literally about 5 minutes later saying we hadn’t made a bid. I can’t remember exactly but he had a complete nightmare. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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