MagCA Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Just now, KaKa said: Some key bits from the article ... Fenerbahce manager, José Mourinho, has had a bid for Newcastle United defender Lloyd Kelly rejected by the Premier League club. Mourinho is understood to have been the main driving force behind the interest in Kelly as he faced the player several times during his time as a manager with Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. ------------------------------------------- Telegraph Sport understands that Newcastle were willing to listen to Fenerbahce’s proposal as Kelly is behind both Dan Burn and a fit again Sven Botman in the pecking order for the left-sided centre-back role, but the opening offer was considerably below their valuation of the player. As things stand, talks have not progressed and the Turkish club would have to significantly raise their offer for the 26-year-old if they are going to resume. Strange for their vice president or whatever to go public with the talks. Be surprised if this one happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 1 minute ago, MagCA said: Strange for their vice president or whatever to go public with the talks. Be surprised if this one happens. The fact Mourinho is pushing for it might be significant. However their record signing is around £15 million. Not sure what we're asking for, but sounds like it might be more than that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
80 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 One of the stranger transfer stories to come up. Interesting that we don't appear to have totally dismissed the interest out of hand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSG Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 If we can make a quick £15m or so out of him then we’d be daft to turn it down, especially if we can utilise it to bring in some more strength in depth at RCB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checko Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 We're going to be the Steve Parish in this negotiation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 12 minutes ago, 80 said: One of the stranger transfer stories to come up. Interesting that we don't appear to have totally dismissed the interest out of hand. The guy hasn't looked right. Might be that the injuries have affected him significantly and he's not quite up to it anymore, for what was expected anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checko Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Think he'd probably be absolutely fine if he got a bit of a run of games. CB's so rarely get subbed you just don't get any game time unless you're the starter. If we sell him and make some money then fine, but that just leaves us with a ton of old centre backs, Botman aside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 5 minutes ago, KaKa said: The guy hasn't looked right. Might be that the injuries have affected him significantly and he's not quite up to it anymore, for what was expected anyway. Could just be that he's not had a run in a settled back line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 8 minutes ago, The Prophet said: Could just be that he's not had a run in a settled back line. Yeah, maybe. I guess we'll see, but he seems well below his previous level, and hasn't showed the same sort of aggression. It's weird. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 we need the money more than we need him. ditto miggy, longstaff and dare i say it, willock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Pundit Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Well, if we got him for a free, I'd have seriously considered it, I just don't rate the guy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDog Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Take 10M - allow installments. Mags have cover at LCB and LB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Bournemouth would have like been asking £25 million plus for him. His stock hasn't fallen that much. We need to become better at selling, but that doesn't mean we should let clubs take the piss out of us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Could a Turkish club afford his supposedly sky high wages? Pretty much everywhere I look seems to suggest he's on 100k p/w. I'd imagine he'll settle into being a solid squad player for us but if we could get a decent fee for him I'd be happy to get the quick PSR boost, get a pretty hefty contract off our books and wish him well to be honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 8 hours ago, UpTheToon said: Great. One chance of getting rid and the boat is sailing off. Hopefully it’s to milk an extra £1-£2m and not a repeat of Almiron in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 6 hours ago, The Prophet said: Bournemouth would have like been asking £25 million plus for him. His stock hasn't fallen that much. We need to become better at selling, but that doesn't mean we should let clubs take the piss out of us. Was there even a market for him? Even on a free, there wasn’t a great deal of clubs chasing him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 I think if they come in with an offer close to our valuation we might well sell. We’ve got Schar, Burn, Botman and Krafth who can come in. Lascelles isn’t far away and Targett can play left back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 He looks a championship footballer at best and it doesn't make much sense holding on to him now that we have a fit Targett and Botman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 He's our 3rd choice LCB and 3rd choice LB. It makes sense keeping him unless he's replaced. He hasn't settled in well but there's no reason to shit ourselves and sell him for under market value, leaving us needing another defender. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 He’s got everything you need to be a good CB. With a run of games and coaching/ tactical awareness I think he’d be more than useful. He doesn’t look quite at home imo. Anything under 15M would be poor business other than getting a wage off the books. Unless we can replace like for like with Tomori or close to like for like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 That one bad game against West Ham has really done some damage for his reputation it appears. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 3 minutes ago, Fak said: That one bad game against West Ham has really done some damage for his reputation it appears. 😂 Fair few on here get hard ons for writing people's careers off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Cardigan Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Post Chris Wood you’d think people might be a little more careful about declaring players “championship level at best”. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, Newcastle Fan said: He looks a championship footballer at best and it doesn't make much sense holding on to him now that we have a fit Targett and Botman. Come on man, saying stuff like this just makes you look stupid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 20 minutes ago, Shearergol said: Come on man, saying stuff like this just makes you look stupid. How? did you see anything from him to suggest that he can hold a place in the team and not make us look weaker if our main players get injured? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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