What, the bench? Thats where Donny seems to spend most of his time. Not sure Lampard will be able to relate
January Transfer Window 21/22
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What, the bench? Thats where Donny seems to spend most of his time. Not sure Lampard will be able to relate
I have to wonder what Newcastle are doing. They're signing decent but not spectacular players and if they stay up surely these players are realising their 'shelf life' is limited to a couple of years as they start to spend more each season? The squad for the 24/25 season won't look anything like the squad now and many of these players will be permanent bench fodder, if not sold on when they're replaced.
The Fulham manager said yesterday that they don't want to let him go before the end of the season and tbh, I can't see him featuring much if at all for us in the 2nd half of this seasons so maybe a deal where he's loaned back to Fulham for the end of the season is what happens.
Are they hedging bets on going down?
I was chuffed enough with Diaz, I didn't think we would get any one in tbh.
Getting carvalho too would be a nice bonus, def one for the future
Not many players want a relegation scrap right now. We're taking what we can. The contracts haven't been too long from what I heard re: the older players, so the 2 year shelf life fits in with that.
No it hasn't, they've just jumped on the back of the story. It was first reported by Sky and then the Liverpool Echo (and I believe Paul Joyce in the Times) have reported it too.
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I'd be surprised if we loaned out both Lingard and VdB, unless we value someone like Shoretire and Hannibal really highly and ready for first team football that is leaving us very light.
(Also Baz do we need to lock the entire club thread? Surely move the posts into a separate thread and lock that?)
(Also Baz do we need to lock the entire club thread? Surely move the posts into a separate thread and lock that?)
I'm not superman, give me a minute. I locked it while I moved (or more likely remove) those posts, so that more posts aren't made in the meantime.
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Sounds like the Carvalho deal with a loan back to Fulham is on. It sounds like a win win for everybody. His contract is up in 6 months and if he were to move abroad then Fulham would lose him for nothing and even if he moved within the UK, the compensation fee would have unlikely been more than whatever fee we're paying and they'd get the money now rather than potentially 18 months down the line. This also guarantees that we get the player rather than risking a Dortmund coming in for him and Fulham still get to keep him until the summer.
I've just watched a 4 minute YouTube clip so I'm an expert on him now and he's basically a 19 year old Coutinho.
I've just watched a 4 minute YouTube clip so I'm an expert on him now and he's basically a 19 year old Coutinho.
Depends what the worlds richest club do, you can;t really call it that yet, effectively they could buy all your best players in the next couple of years. This is just the beginning.
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Yeah stepping stone from Premier League to Championship.
A footballer, at least a good footballer, still wants silverware (hence Kane wanting to move) and regardless of who Newcastle can convince to join them (especially if they end up in the championship) I dont see them banging in league titles and champion league titles. You can bet that if Guimareas does well in the english league for a season or two and then in 2024 Liverpool or City or Bayern or Real or whoever come knocking, he'll not be seeing out that contract