Paul Mitchell (Sporting Director)

[Vinny Green Balls]

We have a well regarded DoF in place still relatively early in the window. Whether he immediately pulls trees up or not is less material to me than the ownership once again showing a bit of vision, counter to the reporting of the last few weeks. It also suggests that the journalists are resorting quite a bit on somewhat unreliable sources and a great deal of speculation. 
 

How many of our signings have been out of the blue? Maybe, just maybe the stories of panic have been exaggerated by the media.

[Swissmag]

I am over the moon ❤️

[McDog]

2 hours ago, FLUMPO235 said:

Can anyone get on Google street view and see what this cunts garden looks like?

 

if it looks like Dan or monty don lives there then worry. 

 

I checked, it's overrun with weeds.

 

[The Prophet]

 

[Shak]

Hard to be anything other than positive about this. On paper, he's as good as you're going to get.

 

Obviously it's not a one man job, he'll need to put a team together. The fact he's done well finding players at multiple clubs is promising though.

 

Being massively optimistic, there's a decent chance this has worked out absolutely ideally for us.

 

We got Wheel Nonce in for a couple of years to build up the club behind the scenes, something that's his supposed strong point. Now with those foundations in placed, he's rolled off and we've replaced him with Mitchell, whose strength seems to be finding talent before they've become expensive, something that we'll need to excel at if we're going to compete in the age of PSR.

[Ikon]

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the key to persuading Mitchell to change his mind is giving him greater control over recruitment.

Whereas Ashworth’s role was strategic and club-focused,

This part I liked. Another thing I like is that he isn’t only 1st team focused but also even younger players and their transition from the academy to the 1st team. 

 

 

Edited July 4 by Ikon

[toontownman]

4 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

Just read this. Some interesting quotes. Not sure where the source comes from!

 

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Mitchell, whose arrival was confirmed to club staff minutes before the official announcement at 9am on Thursday. Newcastle officials privately expressed delight at success in keeping the appointment secret, not least because as an unattached executive Mitchell has been able to work on potential deals in the background this summer.

 

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Howe also rated Mitchell as the pair get on well, with the manager encouraging the owners to talk to him again. In addition to other attractive sporting director jobs such as that at Liverpool having been filled, the key to persuading Mitchell to change his mind is giving him greater control over recruitment.

 

Eales played a big part and the pair have mutual friends. 

 

So delighted with this appointment. My only concern is the length of time he has stayed with clubs. Either way, I have no doubt he will leave us in a better place when the time comes. He and Eddie seem made for each other.

[Jack27]

Matt Hughes just makes shit up btw 

 

(quite like myself but I’m not a “journalist”)

[BeloEmre]

@toontownman Could you post the whole article?

[Kid Icarus]

4 minutes ago, toontownman said:

Just read this. Some interesting quotes. Not sure where the source comes from!

 

 

 

Eales played a big part and the pair have mutual friends. 

 

So delighted with this appointment. My only concern is the length of time he has stayed with clubs. Either way, I have no doubt he will leave us in a better place when the time comes. He and Eddie seem made for each other.

Thought the same but I think it's fair to class all the RB clubs as internal job changes and Cercle Brugge are a Monaco feeder club, so he's basically had two employers (RB and Monaco) since he left Spurs 6 and a half years ago.

 

 

Edited July 4 by Kid Icarus

[Vinny Green Balls]

A lot of it is bullshit or misleading. Talks with Chelsea about Isak?

[Troll]

Hopefully he starts by giving Bruno, Isak, and Gordon new contracts.

[SUPERTOON]

Find it difficult to believe anything any journalist is saying about his appointment, given they didn’t have a clue about it until this morning.

[STM]

3 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Find it difficult to believe anything any journalist is saying about his appointment, given they didn’t have a clue about it until this morning.

 

Is the correct answer.

[TheHoob]

Not to say that they haven't been briefed since tbf. 

[Nucasol]

The threat of being charged for breaching Profitability and Sustainabilility Sules (PSR) has been averted by the sale of Yankuba Minteh and Elliot Anderson. An acriminious and potentially costly legal battle with Manchester United over Dan Ashworth has been settled, with Newcastle receiving compensation of £10m for their former sporting director. 

[nufc123]

"Wolves winger Pedro Neto remains a target, particularly if Gordon seeks to leave with Liverpool circling".

 

[Ikon]

Does Howe know PM in any way? Or does he just know about him and his work. If it’s true that he “admires” him. 

[Pixelphish]

20 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Find it difficult to believe anything any journalist is saying about his appointment, given they didn’t have a clue about it until this morning.

 

That's numberwang. They know the square root of fuck all.

[woody]

42 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

Full article for those interested:

 

Given that less than a week ago Newcastle United were fearful of being docked points by the Premier League next season, and considering selling Anthony Gordon and Alexander Isak to balance the books, it has been quite a week in the North-East.

The threat of being charged for breaching Profitability and Sustainabilility Sules (PSR) has been averted by the sale of Yankuba Minteh and Elliot Anderson. An acriminious and potentially costly legal battle with Manchester United over Dan Ashworth has been settled, with Newcastle receiving compensation of £10m for their former sporting director. And in a surprise announcement on Thursday the club confirmed the appointment of high-calibre replacement Paul Mitchell, who has not cost them a penny beyond wages.

Newcastle’s recruitment and transfer strategy has appeared a complete mess to the outside world, with their PSR challenges well documented and their search for a sporting director involving very public rejections, but those at the club insist there has been a clear plan all along.

While they left it close to the 30 June accounting deadline to complete deals, and were concerned they would not materialise given talks with Liverpool and Chelsea over Gordon and Isak, the value of Minteh, Anderson and other youngsters was known, while the threat of holding Ashworth to his 18 months notice was regarded as a trump card.

Newcastle’s Saudi Arabian owners set the tone in their response to Ashworth’s desire to move, and as a result have become more involved in other areas of the football business, particularly Mitchell’s appointment. Chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan was adamant that Ashworth would only be allowed to leave on Newcastle’s terms, as he felt personally affronted by the former FA technical director’s professions of ignorance, a feeling exacerbated by what he regarded as Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s insulting first compensation offer of £2m.

An attempt by Ratcliffe to smooth things over by courting Newcastle director Amanda Staveley in April was given short shrift by her employers, who made it clear Ashworth would only be allowed to leave when they received a suitable offer, which finally arrived last Sunday.

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The public stand-off may have helped secure Mitchell, whose arrival was confirmed to club staff minutes before the official announcement at 9am on Thursday. Newcastle officials privately expressed delight at success in keeping the appointment secret, not least because as an unattached executive Mitchell has been able to work on potential deals in the background this summer.

The Saudis were key to Mitchell’s appointment, working closely with chief executive Darren Eales to make him an offer he could not refuse. While they did not work together at Tottenham Hotspur both Mitchell and Eales have mutual friends from their time at the north London club, which made building a relationship easier.

Mitchell has been strongly linked with Premier Leagueclubs, including Manchester United, since leaving Monaco last year. Although he was not formally offered the job the 42-year-old declined to take up Newcastle’s interest when they approached him in March, which led them to pursue other candidates including Crystal Palace’s sporting director Dougie Freedman, former Roma sporting director Tiago Pinto – who last month joined Bournemouth in a recruitment role titled president of football operations – and Johannes Spors of 777 Partners.

Howe in particular has been a huge advocate of Freedman, which may or may not have been related to the fact that they share an agent, and at one point in May Newcastle thought they had persuaded him to jump ship. Freedman is close to Palace chairman Steve Parish however, and unusually, given the animousity between the two directors, also gets on well with the club’s biggest shareholder John Textor, so the offer of a new contract persuaded him to stay.

Howe also rated Mitchell as the pair get on well, with the manager encouraging the owners to talk to him again. In addition to other attractive sporting director jobs such as that at Liverpool having been filled, the key to persuading Mitchell to change his mind is giving him greater control over recruitment.

Whereas Ashworth’s role was strategic and club-focused, Mitchell is expected to take charge of transfer business and they are expecting to be active, as recent outgoings have given them leeway regarding PSR. Wolves winger Pedro Neto remains a target, particularly if Gordon seeks to leave with Liverpool circling, but Newcastle are hoping of winning him round after the Euros. Unlike for most of the summer, they will be able to begin that conversation from a position of strength.

[Miggys First Goal]

Already posted above. 

 

 

Edited July 4 by Miggys First Goal

[The Bonk]

51 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

We have a well regarded DoF in place still relatively early in the window. Whether he immediately pulls trees up or not is less material to me than the ownership once again showing a bit of vision, counter to the reporting of the last few weeks. It also suggests that the journalists are resorting quite a bit on somewhat unreliable sources and a great deal of speculation. 
 

How many of our signings have been out of the blue? Maybe, just maybe the stories of panic have been exaggerated by the media.

 

Nothing was panicked and our media knew nothing other than what they've obviously exaggerated or fabricated entirely. You are spot on. If this was still Ashley, I'd be inclined to believe more of what our media have to say. They get spoon fed whatever the club want to strategically leak to the press and good, that's the way it should be.

[Ben]

Have we actually come out of this better off ?

[Mike]

The skincare cunt?

[cubaricho]

8 minutes ago, Mike said:

The skincare cunt?

 

I feel like a nonce would've worked better here than cunt.