Polarboy

How reliable is Galetti? I hear his name mentioned quite a bit, but I've never paid enough attention to gauge how full of shit or not he is.

I've seen a few people say he can play anywhere along the front three, so perhaps he could mostly be played wide for a season or two until he matured enough in order to play centrally. Having said that I've looked at his stats and he's literally only played on the left wing once, and the same for the right. I've not seen him play for Sweden so perhaps he's played a number of positions for them.

It's somewhat of a risk at that price, but we'd be paying for potential given his age and how highly rated he is. There's people in football who seriously compare Isak to his Swedish compatriot Ibrahimovic.

I'm not privy to the intricacies of FFP, but obviously it would be nice to get both. Having said that if getting both would push us dangerously close to breaking FFP rules I'd rather we took the slow and steady approach to building our squad. It's not as if the football authorities are going to be doing us any favours should we even get close to breaking any spending rules.

If I'm being extremely picky it would be nice to also get either a def mid specialist or an attacking mid, so perhaps something will turn up in the loan market.

Assuming chicken pedo is incorrect with regard to our remaining budget, should we get Isak and someone like Asensio, it would represent a quantum leap in the quality of options for our forward line. I would assume buying both Isak and Diaby in one window would be prohibitively expensive, so perhaps that's why Asensio's name has been floating about recently.

If Ekitike completes his move to PSG then you'd assume that would put them out of the race for Scamacca. Whether Scamacca would want to join a team not in the CL is another matter.

Newcastle United confirm supporters can watch friendlies with German duo free - Chronicle Live

Newcastle United: Everton are latest club to move for Armando Broja | The Northern Echo Apparently both us and West Ham want a loan, with us willing to pay the loan fee that Chelsea would be looking for, and commit to an option to buy next season. It's a tricky one, hard to see where he and Chelsea will land on it. If I was Broja I'd have eliminated Everton already, but perhaps he feels some loyalty towards Lampard. Maybe an obligation as opposed to option to buy would get us over the line. Of course as ever this is assuming that this article is accurate. Hopefully the line about there being some movement on this within the next few days is also accurate.

French media claim Newcastle could hijack Leeds’ move for PSG talent after bid falls £4m short | NUFC blog – Newcastle United blog – NUFC Fixtures, News and Forum. La Liga striker discussed in Toon transfer talks & Bologna star being watched - The Athletic | NUFC blog – Newcastle United blog – NUFC Fixtures, News and Forum.

FTFY

Just seen that AFCON has been postponed until January 2024, so given we'd have three transfer windows between now and then, buying multiple African nation players wouldn't pose as much of a headache.

Would you take Dennis from Watford and Cornet off Burnley? We've supposedly been offered them, and they would be fairly cheap. Cornet has a 17.5m buyout clause for example, they're 24, and coming 26 in September respectively, so still young. On the one hand they'd probably present value, and both can play multiple attacking positions, but on the other they would perhaps be underwhelming moves in comparison to names like Asensio, Diaby etc. One thing is for certain, they would represent a vast improvement over the likes of Murphy, Gayle etc. You could probably buy Sarr off Watford as well and still get some change out of 70m for all three. Only problem being that all three represent African countries at international level, so come AFCON we'd be nobbled in the attacking third.

In fairness his goal involvements are very impressive despite that, so perhaps he's an Andy Cole type, as in gets himself into position to score more times than most other strikers, but also misses a fair few. It tends to even out with strikers like that.

Duvan Zapata, the Columbian centre forward from Atalanta that we were linked to in January, is supposedly available for 15m. Can't see it happening now, assuming we were ever even interested. He's 31 so I can't see us paying that for another striker the wrong side of thirty, and he's unlikely to want to come and play understudy, support to Wilson. I mean unless Howe changes formation, or puts Wilson wide right of a front three, he's more than capable of playing there. The question is what's Zapata's injury record like, how reliant is he on his pace, and how much if any has he lost given his age. They're not the profile of attackers we're presently looking for, but Paqueta and Zapata could actually work in terms of adding the goals we need with a bit of tactical tweaking.

The Newcastle United Blog | This Player For £45M Would Really Get Newcastle Fans Buzzing - The Newcastle United Blog (nufcblog.com) Media Foot in France are reporting that we have an active 34m bid in for Paqueta. I suppose it's possible that we put an early bid in to test the waters, and then come in again later in the window if any movement happens either from Lyon or other clubs such as Arsenal coming in for him. Interestingly enough having looked at his info again he has played centre forward a fair few times in his career. Perhaps more as a false nine, but he could be an interesting choice for back up for Wilson when he needs a rest or is injured, if he truly is that versatile.

Eddie Howe highlights 'important' pre-season trip to Austria | The Northern Echo

I learned my lesson. No Johnny Big Balls from Ewerk this time 😐 Edit. Just clicked on the video and it takes you to the NUFC site version of the video instead of playing 😂

Newcastle United - Newcastle United 5 Gateshead 1 (nufc.co.uk) The video highlights are down the bottom of the page.

I literally said in the comment that he's well worth the reported fee. In any case people seem to think that it's most likely a case of Asensio's agent leaking to the media, and trying to get him a new Madrid contract, so it's all likely a moot point.

Plays for Real Madrid.

Am I missing something about Asensio? His numbers don't seem all that impressive given he's been playing for arguably the top team in Spain, and one of the top teams in Europe. I know he's been in and out of the side, so perhaps he's been unable to build up some momentum. Then again if his transfer fee is what's being reported, as in 20-25m, then he's well worth the very marginal risk.

Armando Broja’s stance on Newcastle move amid interest from West Ham, Everton & Southampton | NUFC blog – Newcastle United blog – NUFC Fixtures, News and Forum. The comment down the bottom from the West Ham fan, fucking hell 😂 Bish July 7, 2022 at 14:25 Not a chance. He wants to stay in London, and is open to coming to the London Stadium. Stop trying to nick WH-bound players, you’re becoming embarrassing. (Quote) Sharpy17 July 7, 2022 at 14:41 Bish – stop believing the media man. No every player is bound for WH – just like not ever player is bound for NUFC. We aren’t sat waiting to see who WH go for next – we couldn’t give a f@ck. Be hilarious if he came to SJP now though after your ‘he wants a London club claim’ – what part of London is Southampton again???