Lloyd Kelly

[andycap]

Can you remember a few year back when we were linked with Kelly bournemouth where asking for 40 million. 

So it makes sense that the club are hesitant on letting him go cheaply. 

[The College Dropout]

If multiple clubs are in for him, the wages thing can't be true.

[Andy]

If there's an option to sell for a reasonable fee, we should be all over it IMO. He just doesn't feel like a good fit for us in the same way that someone like Wood didn't, it doesn't mean he won't go on to be a good player elsewhere or hasn't been a solid player previously, but he has never looked comfortable or like he "belongs" playing for us. 

 

Sometimes you can just tell that a player isn't the right fit and that's definitely how I feel watching him. 

[The Prophet]

4 hours ago, Paully said:

From the Athletic - sounds like the huge wages are untrue if Chris Waugh is correct

 

 

Surely getting a rumored £15million and Lloyd Kelly's alleged high wages off the bill is “free money” in a PSR world? —Chris M.

Waugh: The Kelly situation is not one which was envisaged when the winter transfer window opened at the start of the month. That is not to be misconstrued as thinking Newcastle have been, or indeed are, actively looking to sell him. Rather, an opportunity may present itself with Kelly which, in PSR (the Premier League's profitability and sustainability rules) terms, makes sense for the club.

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With Kelly arriving on a free transfer from Bournemouth last July after his contract there expired, there was no fee paid, meaning there is no amortization cost. Usually, transfer expenditure is spread over a contract so, if Newcastle paid £25million ($30.8m) for someone on a five-year deal, that would be £5m per season over that time. Often when a player is sold, not all of the fee can immediately be 'banked' for PSR, because the remaining amortized costs must be deducted.

But Newcastle do not have any expenditure to write off with Kelly, so any fee they receive for him would bolster their PSR in full. To clarify, however, rumors that the 26-year-old defender is among the club's highest earners are untrue.

Theoretically, Kelly could be expendable given his squad status. He has made only four Premier League starts this season and just seven in all competitions. With Sven Botman and Emil Krafth fit again, alongside Dan Burn and Fabian Schar, there are four senior centre-halves available to Howe, plus Lewis Hall and Matt Targett at left-back.

 

Kelly has only made seven starts in his debut season with Newcastle (Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Even so, ideally Newcastle would hold onto Kelly. Yes, he has struggled this season, but he has three previous years of Premier League experience and only turned 26 in October, while most of Newcastle's centre-halves, Botman aside, are already 30 or over, and the defence's age profile needs to be reduced. Signing a replacement who can cover two positions, like Kelly can, would not be cheap, so that must be considered too.

Neither Fenerbahce of Turkey nor Italy's Juventus have seriously tested Newcastle's resolve yet. The former's permanent offer was too low — their vice-president going public with their interest was received negatively inside St James' Park — while the latter's loan bid is not in Newcastle's interests.

If any club were to make a serious bid — probably in excess of £15million, if not £20m — then Newcastle would have a decision to make, given the potential PSR effects. For now, though, Kelly is not set to leave before the February 3 deadline.

 

[Interpolic]

some people on here are going to be so conflicted when it turns out £150k/week was utter bollocks. It's been the entire basis for the relentless fewm at this lad not being Maldini. 

[The College Dropout]

3 minutes ago, Interpolic said:

some people on here are going to be so conflicted when it turns out £150k/week was utter bollocks. It's been the entire basis for the relentless fewm at this lad not being Maldini. 

Bigger issue is tha he's not been great.

 

Plenty of time mind.

[The Butcher]

Gazzetta dello Shite, mind.

[Nucasol]

11 minutes ago, The Butcher said:

Gazzetta dello Shite, mind.

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