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He's lost half a billion pounds. Hes down to £1.9 billion

His future will be decided while hes in South America. He honestly wants to stay here I know that for a fact I can't say how I know but I do.

I wouldn't worry too much as I doubt he'll be playing for us next season. No doubt we'll see "Honest Mike" on Sky on Sunday lying to our faces telling us he wants Rafa & Rondon to stay.

The transfer window opens at midnight on May 16th shirley Rafa's contract should be sorted before then.

Inter Milan interested in Perez as well

Napoli interested in Perez for £20 million ? Apparently they've been monitoring him.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6995399/Im-getting-better-age-like-wine-Salomon-Rondon-wants-stay-Ne £120,000 a week,

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6967755/PSG-Marseille-set-offer-Rafa-Benitez-escape-route-torrid-time-Newcastle.html Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille 'set to offer Rafa Benitez escape route' from torrid time at Newcastle as talks over new deal at St James' Park stall PSG and Marseille are eyeing up Rafa Benitez as their next potential manager Talks over a new deal to extend the Spaniard's stay at Newcastle have stalled Despite clinching the Ligue 1 title, boss Thomas Tuchel has lost favour at PSG The Parisian club want a manager with experience in the Champions League

Rafa asked on future and whether he spoke to powers that be: "Yes." Asked again on future: "It doesn't depend on me."

Latest form George Caulkin... Benítez is pushing for more talks this week; he has still had no substantive response to his contractual wish-list, which is less about budget or salary than guarantees the club will stick to their promises.’

One of the things Rafa wants are the training facilities brought up to scratch. Yet Charnley seemed to rule that out last week with his "did the training facilities ever put a player off signing for Newcastle United? No" statement

I still think if SD had paid for advertising since Ashley bought the club the best part of that loan would have been cleared. Don't forget these last accounts say he took £33 million. The bottom line is the club's running on the bare bones now it doesn't cost him nothing he must be raking it in. If he wasn't making money out of the club he'd have sold up & pissed off long ago.

It's looking like Diame's away in the summer Mohamed Diame speaking to The Chronicle: “The situation (with my contract) is still the same, I need two more starts to get one extra year. “But, I spoke with the club, and when we were talking about my contract, I asked for two years, and they don’t want that. “We know what they want for this club, it is difficult to get an extension when you are over 30 here. It is not a problem for me, it is football and part of the job. “If I get the opportunity to stay, I will stay. “If not, I will go somewhere else and enjoy my football. “I don’t know (if I will still be at Newcastle next season) at all. “I am trying to enjoy it as much as I can because it’s amazing playing here with all the fans, and more when we have got an atmosphere like this and we are winning games. “I’m just trying to enjoy it as much as I can and after, we will see what happens. “I will be fine, of course, as I have said (before_, being a player who played for ten years in this country – it opens you a lot of doors and I will be fine. “But, as I’ve said since the beginning: I’m so happy here and I’m enjoying my days in Newcastle. So, we will see.”

This £50 million that's being talked about would probably be split into 2 windows giving Rafa £25 million per window. This would be to buy players, pay the full term wage bill & any agents fees. They're taking the piss out of the bloke.

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I understand that but the point I'm making is he would have written the loan off. It's a mere drop in the ocean to him & yet it's like an albatross around the club's neck.

In 2009 Ashley was looking to sell the club to Barry Moat for £100 million he must have being going to write the loan debt off then. If he was being honest (I know) about selling the club he could write that loan debt off today. It would then make the club a more realistic price to buyers . But with tagging the loan on to the asking price it makes the club an unrealistic price. I very much doubt he's any intention of selling anytime soon when he's got the club running on the bones of its arse.

£50 million would probably buy this club 2 Joselu's

If SD had paid for their advertising over Ashleys tenure the loan or best part of it should have been cleared by now.

Lee Charnley has said about permanent Rondon deal Firstly, he’s not our player so he will go back to West Brom and both he and his club will then decide on his future. Having said that, we haven’t ruled out trying to sign him but any deal would have to suit all parties. Looks like farewell Rondon.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Rafa at Chelsea next season. If he's after winning the Champions League again.

Even if he was offered £50 million he'd have to incorporate agents fees & the players wage bill for the whole term of his contract. He'd probably end up with a couple of Joselu's out of £50 million

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6940875/Benitez-warns-Newcastle-hell-quit-club-doesnt-match-ambition.html Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez warns owner Mike Ashley he will quit if the club doesn't match his ambition as he reveals desire to win Champions League again before retiring at 70

https://www.themag.co.uk/2019/04/rafa-benitez-says-hed-rather-stay-at-home-than-accept-what-mike-ashley-is-offering-newcastle-united/ Rafa Benitez: “What I want is a job where I can enjoy competing. “If I cannot…maybe I have to stay at home and wait (for another one), I don’t know. “But at the moment, my idea is to have a team that can compete. “When I decided to stay here in the Championship, it was to compete to go back to the Premier League and try to be in the top ten, and after, try to go to Europe.

Rafa's been waiting a month so far for answers "I don’t want to give too much information. All I will say is that we had contact behind the scenes because we couldn’t be talking every week about our conversations. I was saying, ‘Concentrate on that, make sure we are safe’, but at the same time, we will do what we have to do. Now, we are in the same position we were in one month ago. That is it. Waiting for answers"