Polarboy

Lascelles showing exactly why he should be nowhere near the first team. The logic of Howe having him keep the captaincy is faulty at best in my opinion.

Fucking hell, ASM just tracked back and made a tackle.

These commentators can't even tell the difference between Bruno and Almiron 😂

Apparently Werner is on 272,000 a week at Chelsea 😂 He can jog on like, fucking hell, no club is going to pay that. Fat Frank's legacy at play. The only way it would work is if Chelsea subsidised over half his wages, and from Tuchel's comments he's annoyed that Werner is even complaining about his game time.

Imagine if we got Werner and Draxler and they both actually played to their potential/hype.

Seems like it would probably be a loan if there's any truth to that, and despite his profligacy for Chelsea there is a player in there somewhere, and his versatility across the front three is something we are looking for. I wouldn't want us to spend decent money on buying him, but a loan would be a very low risk way of seeing if a change of scenery would help in regards to his form.

Newcastle and Leicester race to sign Ludovic Ajorque - sources (footballinsider247.com) Football Insider sauces say we're interested in some giant centre forward off Strasbourg. He's 28 and is an out and out number 9, so he doesn't seem to fit the profile, then again Howe did say he was flexible depending on who was available. In any case he has impressive numbers this past two season for a mid to low level team in Ligue 1.

Probably, but on the other hand he might at least for a season follow Conte's instruction because of peer pressure from team mates, and seeing Conte as a bigger name than Howe. He'd likely revert to past bad habits after a while though. Hopefully if he stays he proves me wrong this season, and Howe gets a tune out of him.

It would be annoying if ASM did end up at somewhere like Spurs and play much better for them than he ever did for us, thus following the Ginola path. Of all our French wingers Robert had the most end product. The rest have generally flattered to deceive, albeit while scoring a few unbelievable goals.

If you told me I'd be happy to see cheesy single signing an extension 9 months ago I'd have to you to fuck off.

I just throw actual shit on the walls. It gets me the desired result as well.

You throw enough shit at the wall some of it will stick, and what else is this thread for other than collecting all the rumours that may eventually turn out to be true in the odd case. Here you go Gemmill, it comes from an actual real conversation, although there is some assumptions being made on my part 😉 Lyon's head of recruitment was asked about Paqueta's future after saying that the Lyon squad needs trimming, and his response that they were prepared for every eventuality. You would presume he would have just said Paqueta wasn't for sale if he wasn't one of the players they're looking to possibly trim.

The Newcastle United Blog | Newcastle Make Initial Approach For Leicester City Target - Report - The Newcastle United Blog (nufcblog.com) Another name to add to the pile. Some kid who's recently turned 21 called Diop. He can play multiple attacking positions apparently, and would cost around 20m with Monaco eager to raise funds.

We were linked with this lad a few weeks ago. He's 23, is predominantly a left winger but can play across a front three, although more as a second striker if he plays centrally, and has impressive numbers in both goals and assists these past two seasons, albeit in the Belgian league. At the price quoted he could more than worth a risk.

I'm glad you forgo twitter so you can spread your peace and love on here doll, and get away from all that negativity. A wise choice on your part 👍

As people have said it's odd that every winger apart from Diaby we've been linked with is predominately a left winger, although as mentioned Diaby is supposedly comfortable on either flank. Of course a lot of the players we've been linked to are likely just paper talk, but one or two are probably legitimate targets. So perhaps either Howe plans on switching ASM to the right, or the plan was always to sell ASM.

I would nearly veto Gordon purely on the fact that I don't like his face, but in fairness for his debut season he did pretty well. It could go either way but there's plenty of people who seem to think he has the potential to be a great player.

Transfer News: Anthony Gordon keen on joining Newcastle United (thehardtackle.com)

Mark Douglas inews: Newcastle and Everton are understood to be back on Armando Broja watch after West Ham dropped their interest in the Chelsea striker. Broja flew home from Chelsea’s US tour with an injury last week as Thomas Tuchel suggested that the player would stay at Stamford Bridge. But i understands Newcastle’s interest in Broja is ongoing and a loan offer may yet appeal to Chelsea, who don’t want to give up on the Albania striker but are struggling to find a role for him in their forward line. The Magpies are actively searching in the loan market now as they continue to hope to make a further transfer breakthrough before their Premier League opener against Nottingham Forest on Saturday 6 August. For his part, Broja is understood to want regular football and is fully aware that there is interest in him beyond the West Ham offer – which remained on the table until the club agreed a £30.5m deal with Sassuolo for towering Italy forward Gianluca Scamacca last week. Everton, too, are ready to progress discussions with Chelsea on Broja as they look to unlock their own frustration in the summer transfer window. Frank Lampard wants three more players after signing James Tarkowski and they also have an interest in Billy Gilmour, the Scotland and Chelsea midfielder. As i revealed last week, the mid-market for strikers is proving a difficult one for clubs attempting to lure similar players and Newcastle’s situation has been complicated by selling clubs applying a so-called ‘Newcastle premium’ to their valuations. The Magpies are attempting to structure deals to work within their budget. A document lodged at Companies House revealed the club have paid as little as £3m up front for England goalkeeper Nick Pope, with Burnley accepting three further payments of £2.33m over the next three years. Agents are also yet to realise the parameters of Newcastle’s project and some of the players offered to the hierarchy have not been aligned with the sort of characteristics that the club is actively scouting. They are looking for younger, up-and-coming players and have a budget to bring in players with an eye on boosting their under-23 set-up and creating a pathway to the first team. Newcastle believe some of the fees quoted have been unrealistic. They have been told to double their initial offer for Leeds winger Jack Harrison, who is rated at £35m by the Elland Road club. Offers for Everton’s Anthony Gordon and Dominic Calvert-Lewin have run into trouble while Brentford would want more than £40m for Ivan Toney, who is another player who has been of interest. It may force Newcastle abroad, with the club having asked about Rennes’ Ghana international Kamaldeen Sulemana and RB Salzburg striker Benjamin Sesko, who scored in their Bundesliga opener against Austria Wien on Friday. They have also scouted highly-rated forward Amine Gouiri of Nice, but he is understood to be a longer-term target for the Magpies. Newcastle’s struggles to bring in forward players mean that a clutch of Championship clubs are set to be disappointed in their attempts to sign the talented Elliot Anderson. Sources told i that ‘half the Championship’ have made approaches to the Magpies about Anderson, who has figured prominently in Newcastle’s pre-season programme. But he is currently set to stay at St James’ Park and may be in contention for the start of the Premier League season on August 6. He scored in a pre-season ‘training session’ friendly against Burnley in Portugal. The Magpies take on Benfica in their next friendly ahead of their season opener.

The only even vague logic to it would be that you might be able to negotiate one of them down to an acceptable price. It's probably nonsense based purely on the fact that we've been linked to all three.

Your original comment was lacking in logic. It more or less presumes we wouldn't want to upgrade our midfield based on how many mids we have, when as I've already pointed out Howe is open to getting whoever is available regardless of position, although it will obviously be an attacking player. He'll get whoever he thinks will improve the side depending on who's actually available. Paqueta would improve the side and as you say we have five players for three positions, not including Matty and Anderson, so one would need to go, hence my presumption you felt the same.

😂 If you say that were are already well stocked in midfield when we are talking of buying a new midfielder, then what other implication can be drawn?

And no I don't really think that you believe that our mids apart from Bruno are comparable to Paqueta, it was a rhetorical device given your mind boggling love of Shelvey when speaking of someone like Paqueta.