I'd be very surprised. PL winners plus whatever else and people are expecting massive churn? Not a chance.
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As above - I'm not expecting anything like the churn most are anticipating. I said a couple of seasons ago that we need to make the most of this squad and it seems we are now doing just that.
Forwards : Mo, will re-sign and I think Chiesa will be built up with a proper preseason, as his backup. Maybe Doak brought back into the fold.
We have a good LW pair and I can't see us selling unless forced to,
Slot likes Jota, he'll stay as backup or to compete with whoever our new CF is. Nunez to Saudi.
Endo is reliable, dependable and cheap. He'll stay. It's clear Slot wants to add to the MF though so Morton is gone and I think Elliott too.
RB. With Trent gone I think Badger will be brought back. Good feet, tenacious, good tackler, and can be an exceptional passer. To compete with Bradley. Bonus is Badger can play inverted and as a backup DM.
LB. Robbo drops the the bench and sadly bye bye Tsimi. New young LB.
CB : Virgil will re-sign 100%. I can see Gomez as the odd man out because he is so injury prone. One CB in to compete with Ibou. We really need 5 CBs though so maybe we keep Gomez and just add one.
IF Kelleher goes, and I don't think that's a given, then the Georgian comes in.
Bottom Line : we buy a CF, RB, CM and a CB.
Forwards : Mo, will re-sign and I think Chiesa will be built up with a proper preseason, as his backup. Maybe Doak brought back into the fold.
We have a good LW pair and I can't see us selling unless forced to,
Slot likes Jota, he'll stay as backup or to compete with whoever our new CF is. Nunez to Saudi.
Endo is reliable, dependable and cheap. He'll stay. It's clear Slot wants to add to the MF though so Morton is gone and I think Elliott too.
RB. With Trent gone I think Badger will be brought back. Good feet, tenacious, good tackler, and can be an exceptional passer. To compete with Bradley. Bonus is Badger can play inverted and as a backup DM.
LB. Robbo drops the the bench and sadly bye bye Tsimi. New young LB.
CB : Virgil will re-sign 100%. I can see Gomez as the odd man out because he is so injury prone. One CB in to compete with Ibou. We really need 5 CBs though so maybe we keep Gomez and just add one.
IF Kelleher goes, and I don't think that's a given, then the Georgian comes in.
Bottom Line : we buy a CF, RB, CM and a CB.
After the game I messaged Lethal Brizzle. I think we will see a new LB, CF, CM and if Trent goes a RB. We will also replace Chiesa because let’s be honest, he’s been a non-entity. We would probably also look for an old timer CB who can do a job for 1-2 seasons or get in Virgil’s heir.
I only meant a couple out of those sort of players max. Just got a feeling there'll be one or two unexpected transfers as well as the more obvious ones.
He's 27 and he's not going to make us any better.
He's on 90k right now and he's looking to get twice that. This is someone Man U signs and then has a hard time getting rid of.
Next please...
I thought he was off to city.
He’s awful and that sending off in the CL sums him up
Signing an experienced pro like Kimmich for Bradley to compete with makes all sorts of sense. I'm not saying he's the one, in truth, I haven't watched him play much at all, but I'm fine with that profile of player coming in. It gives Bradley plenty of options learn, rotate but also he can see a pathway into being first choice player on a regular basis.
He's not the FSG profile, though, and I suspect Edwards and Hughes will want to quickly revert to what made the Klopp team successful and not start breaking the model right off the bat into the Slot era.
He's not the FSG profile, though, and I suspect Edwards and Hughes will want to quickly revert to what made the Klopp team successful and not start breaking the model right off the bat into the Slot era.
being linked to this guy... 1st time I am hearing of him. Think @binomial mentioned him before
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixzg_17Ut6o
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixzg_17Ut6o
Atletico would be a perfect move for Nunez. Might revive his career.
Looks like a quicker Endo in play
I did. Have been keeping an eye on him for some time.
Sorry it was you who mentioned him back a few months ago
Liverpool have a growing interest in Newcastle and Sweden forward Alexander Isak, while Arsenal also remain keen on a move for the 25-year-old. (Times - subscription required)
Alexander Isak: Newcastle must offer contract striker deserves
February 14 2025, 12.00pm GMTIf you happen to be the representatives of Alexander Isak, it might be an idea first thing this morning to get on the phone to Newcastle United. New contract? Let’s get talking. Not tomorrow. Not this afternoon. Now.
There was a vision of a Newcastle United without Isak played through at Anfield last night, and it did not look good. In terms of the player’s worth, it rose with every blank minute of yet another defeat at Liverpool. No shots on target, not one. A chance that Isak has gobbled up this season shot harmlessly wide by Callum Wilson, his replacement, in his first league start of the season, at the end of February.
No threat bar that. Virgil van Dijk in full oncruise control. A 29th successive league game without victory at Anfield for a Newcastle United who were supposed to have entered a different phase in their history in October 2021, when they were bought by Saudi Arabia’s public investment fund.
Wilson, Isak’s replacement up top, was ineffective in his first start of the Premier League season
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It all adds to the worth of Isak, the 25-year-old Swede, now considered one of the three best out-and-out strikers in the world. He scored on his Newcastle debut at Anfield in 2022, he scored last year and the hole he leaves in Eddie Howe’s team is unfillable.
To those of us who have witnessed many of those 29 games, it was a strange sight to see the concern in the Liverpool media room, among some former Liverpool players as well, at Isak’s potential presence in the fixture and then their delight when his absence through a groin injury, that Howe insisted afterwards does not appear serious, was announced an hour and 15 minutes before kick-off.
That sense of relaxation looked like it cut across those in red. They rarely had to leave second gear for victory. Game five in 15 days could not have been much kinder.
Howe admitted afterwards Isak had been expected to play. There had been a twinge the day before the game, but it was not until lunchtime on Wednesday that the player had ruled himself out. Newcastle have to hope it is not serious because this is a season veering all over the place.
The success of Newcastle’s season teeters on a knife edge
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On one side of the road is a first major domestic honour since 1955 and a second Champions League campaign in three seasons. On the other is yet another loss to Liverpool, more cup final heartache and an absolute dogfight they might not win to rub shoulders with Europe’s elite once more, and right now it feels the toss of a coin as to which way it goes.
It feels significantly better than a 50-50, however, with Isak, scorer of 21 goals already this season, in black and white. It will feel different next season if Isak is still in black and white, and Newcastle need to be doing everything within their power, exhausting every revenue stream, stretching their three-year losses (under PSR) to breaking point to get Isak to stay.
At some point talks on a new deal will start. It will suit Newcastle almost as much as Isak and his people to get them moving quickly, like now.
Isak will be 26 years old early next season. He has played five times in the Champions League and has scored just one goal. Erling Haaland is a year younger and has played 48 times in the world’s top club knockout competition and has scored 49 goals. Kylian Mbappé, the third of the triumvirate spoken of now as the very best, has scored 55 goals in 83 Champions League appearances. Mbappé will be 27 by the turn of the year so there is not much between them in age but Isak is light years behind the other two in experience and top-level goals, and do not think for a second he won’t want to change that and quickly.
Isak has a deal at St James’ Park until 2028. Eddie Howe described contract talks with Isak as a “complex situation” late last year. He is earning about £140,000 a week, high for Newcastle, low for his growing status. Arsenal have long been mentioned as suitors but Liverpool too are said to have a growing interest.
It was Steven Gerrard in an interview with Gary Neville who spoke of the damage to morale that occurred in the Liverpool dressing room when players like Xabi Alonso, Luis Suárez and Fernando Torres were sold. He spoke about the realisation among his team-mates that Liverpool had moved further behind the likes of Manchester United, who they were trying to chase and catch up.
Newcastle have pretty much been trying to catch up since Kevin Keegan — the last Newcastle manager to win at Anfield by the way — left the club in 1997.
He knew good centre forwards — he signed Andy Cole, Les Ferdinand and Alan Shearer — and he understood the importance of adding quality to quality.
For there to be a competitive Carabao Cup final, when Newcastle face Liverpool on March 16, Isak has to be fit and at full steam and for Newcastle to be competitive next season and beyond, they need to rip up his existing deal and pay Isak the salary level of what he now is, one of the best in the world.
It’s like Bellingham. One £120 million signing or a £63 million Cunha plus two more for the same price and wages.
I don’t think it reflects well on the Saudis to sell their star player to a league rival for anything less than an absurd amount of money—if at all.
I love Isak, but I’m not convinced his numbers would be significantly higher if he were playing in the same Wolves side. Certainly not enough to justify a £40-50m difference in value, especially when you factor in his recurring injuries.
Realistically, I’d be excited if either player joined us, though. Both are ready to test themselves in the CL and win things.
I love Isak, but I’m not convinced his numbers would be significantly higher if he were playing in the same Wolves side. Certainly not enough to justify a £40-50m difference in value, especially when you factor in his recurring injuries.
Realistically, I’d be excited if either player joined us, though. Both are ready to test themselves in the CL and win things.
Heart says Isak, head says Cunha for about half the money. I'd love us to get him though, and it's a real shame for a genuinely world class player to be stuck there.
He's been good actually. Works his socks off every time I see them play.
I honestly don't see much difference between Neco and Bradley skill-wise. Bradley probably has a higher ceiling.
I assume he's talking of the Bilbao winger rather than neco. Could be wrong though
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