NUFC Transfer Rumours

[KennyUtd]

1 minute ago, David Edgar said:

 

Racist.

🤣😅😆

[Thumbheed]

Priced out for domestic league players shocker

[KingArthur]

"There is not a lot of headroom"

 

Story of our last 3 transfer windows.

[J7]

50 minutes ago, christ said:

Cue several pages of people getting increasingly irate about contract talks that they already knew were happening.

Cue several boring posts accusing people of over-reacting at the lack of signings. 

[nufcjmc]

25 minutes ago, Crimson Cardigan said:

Edwards says we are still being charged “A Saudi Tax” and are “furious” about it. Apart from that, all the usual names, loads of internal frustration and 2 signings in before July.

Nice new negative spin from him is Isaks contract takes up loads of money. Which all jokes aside I get as its sets a marker on wages for future and for current players wanting to keep pace with top earners but come on we've spent next to nowt in 3 windows.

[Kid Icarus]

16 year old supposedly having a medical today according to a colleague

[TheInfiniteOdyssey]

Prioritising domestic players in a number of positions with a limited budget doesn’t seem feasible. Hopefully the club recognises that.

[KaKa]

That article is so toxic man 

 

As if we've only just started asking how much players will cost, and have been caught off guard with team's responses.

 

Reads as though Edwards is just throwing the typical names out there and speculating we haven't done anything because they are too expensive.

 

It's horrific all these guys put this kind of stuff out there to generate any kind of reaction or engagement they can get.

 

In this case to feed into the panic setting in from some supporters and have them over react to this nonsense article.

 

Doubt the guy has a clue about anything going on.

[GeordieDazzler]

How can you write so many paragraphs without a single tangible bit of news to report? 
 

(Edwards not Kaka)

[Nucasol]

I could have written that Edwards article and know fuck all about our transfer dealings. Bet the cunt used CoPilot to write it whilst he lashed down Pinot Noir.

[Ben]

1 minute ago, GeordieDazzler said:

How can you write so many paragraphs without a single tangible bit of news to report? 
 

(Edwards not Kaka)

 

AI

[SUPERTOON]

38 minutes ago, SteV said:

 

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Newcastle are growing increasingly frustrated by rival clubs putting a ‘Saudi tax’ on transfers and refuse to be held to ransom over key targets.

Telegraph Sport has been given a unique insight into Newcastle’s negotiations for players amid warnings there is not enough money to spend large amounts on each of the four players they want to sign.

Senior club sources believe a so-called “Saudi tax” has plagued the club since the takeover by the Kingdom Public Investment Fund back in October 2021 and that it remains an issue.

As a result, they are trying to explain to rival clubs – with limited success so far – there is a warped perception of their spending power. They remain heavily restrained by Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability (PSR) rules.

With a new contract for star striker Alexander Isak also in the pipeline – talks are expected to start in July – Newcastle cannot spend upwards of £60 million on players when wages are also a consideration.

Although the sales of Miguel Almirón and Lloyd Kelly in January brought in around £25m and has given Newcastle the flexibility to invest in new players, there is not a lot of headroom in which to manoeuvre.

Newcastle are targeting a goalkeeper – Burnley’s James Trafford is a long-standing priority – as well as a centre-back, a right-sided forward and a striker to offer support and competition to Isak. Depending on player sales, another midfielder could arrive, especially as Sean Longstaff is expected to depart.

Newcastle would like to recruit Burnley goalkeeper James TraffordCredit: PA/Nick Potts

Newcastle have identified the players in whom they are interested, but have a valuation on each of them, both in terms of fee and wages, and cannot move away from that if they are going to fill all the positions of need in Eddie Howe’s squad.

A good example is what has happened with Brentford forward Bryan Mbeumo. As revealed by Telegraph Sport last week, the Cameroon international was identified as a leading target by Newcastle’s recruitment team weeks ago.

But their attempts to sign a player universally liked by all the main power brokers at St James’ Park was thwarted. Mbeumo’s wage demands as well as a transfer fee of more than £60 million proved to be too expensive a deal to pursue. The player has since intimated to his representatives that he wants to play for Manchester United.

Mbeumo would have likely been Newcastle’s highest earner if he had signed. That would have inevitably prompted others at the club to ask for parity, sending the wage bill soaring or risk carrying disgruntled players moving forward who resent not being paid the same as new arrivals.

The negotiations with Isak will be difficult but the intention will be to make him the highest earner to reward him for his excellence on Tyneside. Bringing in new players on significantly more money than that before those talks begin is fraught with danger.

Newcastle intend to sign Alexander Isak to an improved deal and cement his status as their highest earner Credit: Getty Images/Serena Taylor

It is thought there will be movement on incomings at St James’ Park later this month with the intention to sign at least two players before the start of pre-season training in July.

On the right side of attack, Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo and Nottingham Forest’s Anthony Elanga have been discussed extensively, but as things stand the asking prices are too high for meaningful progress to be made. That could change swiftly but there is only frustration at the moment.

Brighton forward Joao Pedro is another player who has been repeatedly scouted and is seen as a strong potential signing, but there are also concerns about the asking price and the player’s willingness to compete with Isak for a central role.

Pedro’s versatility and his ability to play across the front three is one of the main attractions, but a fee of up to £70 million has been circulated and that would blow a huge chunk of Newcastle’s budget on one player. It has caused pause for thought internally. Eintracht Frankfurt’s Hugo Ekitike has been tracked for years but the £80 million asking price is putting Newcastle off for now.

Newcastle have baulked at the size of the fee being requested by Brighton for Joao Pedro Credit: PA/Zac Goodwin

James McAtee is a player liked by manager Eddie Howe and could be available for around £25 million. The England Under-21 captain is expected to leave this summer as he is not getting enough first-team football under Pep Guardiola.

West Ham’s Mohammed Kudus is another player the manager and scouting staff are interested in and he is expected to be on the move this summer, but a suitable fee would need to be negotiated.

In defence, the only name in the public domain at the moment is Marc Guehi. Newcastle are still interested in signing the Crystal Palace defender, but are waiting for the asking price to fall for a player who is entering the final year of his contract.

Newcastle value the 25-year-old at around £40 million and are prepared to keep their powder dry to see what happens over the summer and there are likely to be other suitors.

As Telegraph Sport reported, Crystal Palace have explored an ambitious deal for Sporting Lisbon’s Ousmane Diomande – one of the most highly-rated centre-backs in Europe – as a potential successor if Guehi does go.

As ever, there will be other names who are not in the public domain that Newcastle are keeping secret. Some of their biggest transfers, like Bruno Guimaraes from Lyon and Sandro Tonali from AC Milan, were only known about 48 hours before they signed.

 

Sounds like we have done absolutely no homework on targets etc if we believe Edwards  he couldn’t Jane covered more bases in that article if he tried. We would probably also be better off going for Diomande over Guehi tbh.

[r0cafella]

1 minute ago, SUPERTOON said:

Sounds like we have done absolutely no homework on targets etc if we believe Edwards  he couldn’t Jane covered more bases in that article if he tried. We would probably also be better off going for Diomande over Guehi tbh.

We can disregard Pukes reporting. I don't think the club needed to get on the blower to learn premier league players are expensive. 

[SUPERTOON]

Just now, r0cafella said:

We can disregard Pukes reporting. I don't think the club needed to get on the blower to learn premier league players are expensive. 

Oh I am, it’s an absolutely nothing article.

[The Prophet]

Pretty sure he writes that article at least once a transfer window. 

 

It's his party trick at this point.

[Joelinton7]

Before the season even ended Eddie said we can’t afford established names because of the wages involved. We’d have been well aware long ago that Mbuemo was a no go.  There’s no way it’s just come out of the blue for the club. He said we need the ones a rung below the established players who we can then develop. 

[LFEE]

What do posters actually expect to read from a journalist probably required to do a piece per day on NUFC as per their contracts?

 

Always baffles me the grief they get 

[SUPERTOON]

Just now, LFEE said:

What do posters actually expect to read from a journalist probably required to do a piece per day on NUFC as per their contracts?

 

Always baffles me the grief they get 

Some actual new insights ? 

[SUPERTOON]

I never bought into it before, but I’m convinced the club are using the local journos this summer.

 

 

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[The Prophet]

 

[ponsaelius]

28 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

16 year old supposedly having a medical today according to a colleague

 

Itk alert

[The Prophet]

6 minutes ago, LFEE said:

What do posters actually expect to read from a journalist probably required to do a piece per day on NUFC as per their contracts?

 

Always baffles me the grief they get 

 

They put content out and that content will be commented on. Surely its only natural.

[Kid Icarus]

4 minutes ago, ponsaelius said:

 

Itk alert

Literally just Joel Bland (the colleague) having been on the phone to Craig Hope

[Kid Icarus]

Sorry, what I meant to say was I can't reveal my sources otherwise I'll get them into trouble 

[LFEE]

11 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Some actual new insights ? 

 

Like what? What new insight is there ever in football? 

 

Give me an example of what you’d expect?