Ikon Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Personally I wouldn't mind us getting rid of Murphy and Barnes and get two younger ones in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 minute ago, Ikon said: Personally I wouldn't mind us getting rid of Murphy and Barnes and get two younger ones in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 minute ago, Fak said: What? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 11 minutes ago, Ikon said: Personally I wouldn't mind us getting rid of Murphy and Barnes and get two younger ones in. Why sell two of the only performing players we have? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funtime Frankie Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 8 minutes ago, Ikon said: Personally I wouldn't mind us getting rid of Murphy and Barnes and get two younger ones in. I think selling Gordon is more likely to be replaced with a young LW like El Mala. I do think we will get a new RW too this summer, one who is left footed. I reckon we will reignite our interest in Allan from Palmerias who we were interested in before. Also makes sense given Wilsons MO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 minute ago, Skeletor said: Why sell two of the only performing players we have? Because I feel that this summer is the last chance to get really good money for Barnes. I think we have to be smart sellers. I don't think Murphy or Elanga is good enough as 1st choices going forward, and I can't see us selling Elanga now. I don't rate him but I can still see him becoming better (massive loss to sell now). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) I can't agree with selling our best players for the sake of selling them. If we had a squad rich with talent maybe, but we have a lot of bums in this year's squad - Elanga being one of the biggest ones. Edited March 12 by Skeletor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjmc Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 minute ago, Skeletor said: I can't agree with selling our best players for the sake of selling them. If we had a squad rich with talent maybe, but we have a lot of bums in this year's squad - Elanga being one of the biggest ones. Playing devils advocate for a second if someone offered 50m in the summer for barnes this summer who will be 29 at the end of this calendar year do you gamble on selling him or risk keeping him and him not performing as well sticking around a year or 2 longer and him going eventually for say that 15/20m bracket. Appreciate putting you on the spot and high levels of what iffery going on. Issue is the "bums" or less successful impactful players won't attract the interest or bids. In an ideal world we chose who to sell and when but worse case we need to do well to sell at peak and guess when that is miggy purple season the wilson season he got something like 18 goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Skeletor said: I can't agree with selling our best players for the sake of selling them. If we had a squad rich with talent maybe, but we have a lot of bums in this year's squad - Elanga being one of the biggest ones. I wouldn't want us to sell the likes of Bruno, Hall, Sandro and so on. Personally when it comes to Barnes it's a combination of his age, reliance on pace as well as him being quite limited as a player in general play. Love Barnes and he just produces numbers, there's no doubt about that. I just think we need to smart sellers. I agree on Elanga, but it would be foolish to sell him now. We have to wheel and deal to try and strengthen. No matter what way you put it I think our front three is quite limited. Edited March 12 by Ikon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 11 minutes ago, nufcjmc said: Playing devils advocate for a second if someone offered 50m in the summer for barnes this summer who will be 29 at the end of this calendar year do you gamble on selling him or risk keeping him and him not performing as well sticking around a year or 2 longer and him going eventually for say that 15/20m bracket. Appreciate putting you on the spot and high levels of what iffery going on. Issue is the "bums" or less successful impactful players won't attract the interest or bids. In an ideal world we chose who to sell and when but worse case we need to do well to sell at peak and guess when that is miggy purple season the wilson season he got something like 18 goals. The issue is most of the bums are players we signed in the summer so its been completely self inflicted. Its put us in a position where we can't afford to sell the good players we actually have. Not to mention Gordon is probably gone in the summer anyway so that would be us down 1 wide player anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjmc Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 31 minutes ago, Skeletor said: The issue is most of the bums are players we signed in the summer so its been completely self inflicted. Its put us in a position where we can't afford to sell the good players we actually have. Not to mention Gordon is probably gone in the summer anyway so that would be us down 1 wide player anyway. I think the wider issue of player trading and picking the right time to sell is an art form/skill we need to develop quickly. The summer complicates matters as will limit what we do and we need to keep a hold of performers to build something but the point remains we do need to let players go which have profit left in them to reinvest. You have to pray that the talent spotting is less like last summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Mover Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Newcastle United's Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali, 25, is on Manchester United's shortlist of possible midfield targets. (Sun) Newcastle are in the market for a new striker this summer, despite spending £124m on the position last year, while Cologne and Germany U21s winger Said El Mala, 19, is also on the Magpies' radar. (Mail+ - subscription required), external Newcastle have stepped up their interest in Monaco's highly rated Senegal midfielder Lamine Camara, 22, in recent months. (The I - subscription required), external Newcastle defender Kieran Trippier, 35, could yet receive a new contract at St James' Park as Arsenal continue to court fellow English full-back Tino Livramento, 23. (Football Insider) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Paul Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 10 hours ago, Ikon said: I wouldn't want us to sell the likes of Bruno, Hall, Sandro and so on. Personally when it comes to Barnes it's a combination of his age, reliance on pace as well as him being quite limited as a player in general play. Love Barnes and he just produces numbers, there's no doubt about that. I just think we need to smart sellers. I agree on Elanga, but it would be foolish to sell him now. We have to wheel and deal to try and strengthen. No matter what way you put it I think our front three is quite limited. Agree it would be the right time to sell Barnes. As we've seen with Wissa 29ish is a good age to sell players who are reliant on their pace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Lamine Camara's name keeps coming up. Would be great to have another DM option. Douglas says he'll likely be targeted as Willock makes his way out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpawel Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 2 hours ago, KaKa said: Lamine Camara's name keeps coming up. Would be great to have another DM option. Douglas says he'll likely be targeted as Willock makes his way out. Aye he was highly regarded in the summer and I wished we went for him then tbh, done loads of YouTube scouting on him and looks quality Osula loaned/sold, Willock sold, and Lamine Camara and Mateus Mane in would be quality business Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 2 hours ago, KaKa said: Lamine Camara's name keeps coming up. Would be great to have another DM option. Douglas says he'll likely be targeted as Willock makes his way out. I did a Dennis Wise in January and decided I want this one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Cardigan Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 People have been trying to sell Barnes since the minute he came in the door. So many more to go before him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Just now, Crimson Cardigan said: People have been trying to sell Barnes since the minute he came in the door. So many more to go before him. They can get to fuck. The amount of memorable moments Barnesinho has given us merits a life contract. West Ham, Leeds, Wolves, Barca to name a few. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronson333 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki679 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Never heard of him but if we don't sign him, Mala and Alvarez this summer it's another failed window for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 33 minutes ago, loki679 said: Never heard of him but if we don't sign him, Mala and Alvarez this summer it's another failed window for me. We'll sign McNeil, McGinn & Solanke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosstef Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 7 minutes ago, Dokko said: We'll sign McNeil, McGinn & Solanke. You forgot James Garner. Nailed on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 7 minutes ago, mosstef said: You forgot James Garner. Nailed on. Garner ticks all the boxes, coming off his best season, price at a premium, PL experience. Sign him up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 18 minutes ago, Dokko said: We'll sign McNeil, McGinn & Solanke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myleftboot Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 25 minutes ago, mosstef said: You forgot James Garner. Nailed on. And Alex Scott although I do rate him as an Eddie player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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