Polarboy

Dot the i's cross the t's, and wait for better offers, the bastards.

Maybe Edwards is right, but most transfers become public before a medical is done.

https://www.whoscored.com/Articles/rhGpGcsFNEGILHNswvoD-g/Show/Who-is-Bruno-Guimaraes-A-well-rounded-midfield-machine-that-significantly-improves-Newcastle Mark Douglas said in his tweet that there could be another surprise signing and he was talking about Darwin Nunez off Benfica a few days back. It would be some window if manage to get Guimares and Nunez.

Burn is from Northumberland and grew up supporting Newcastle, so while not fancy it could be a decent signing if it happens. As Gary Neville was saying about himself, players who might be somewhat limited compared to others, can get to their level or exceed it if they have a true passion for the club. He was saying that him and a few others at Man U stayed on longer than perhaps their raw talent deserved. but Fergie could see the value in their commitment.

He has better athleticism than a POW who's been locked up for ten years, so he'll be a major upgrade in our midfield. 😉

From what I've read he's a deep lying playmaker who's great defensively as well, so basically he's a major upgrade on what Shelvey has been trying to do for us, albeit Shelvey has worked his socks off since Howe came.

The club released a social media post, or maybe it was Fede himself, about two weeks ago saying he was close to being back. Unless he has a set back he should be close to being fully fit for the Everton game.

https://www.nufcblog.co.uk/2022/01/26/17m-deal-offered-to-nufc-as-carlos-alternative-player-represented-by-same-agency-as-joelinton-report/ This Hungarian CB's name keeps popping up. Didn't watch him at Euro 2020, but apparently he was very good in that tournament. He's left footed so fits the bill in that regard given Howe is looking for one. Him and Phillips off Liverpool for 30/35 million could be decent. Better than overpaying for Carlos who's turning 29 soon.

Hodgson's brand of football isn't pretty, but it's definitely effective. If he manages to get in a few astute defensive signings we should be worried about his ability to organise a team.

Newcastle United join transfer race for Nottingham Forest star as ‘bid increased’ - Nottinghamshire Live (nottinghampost.com) We're supposedly competing with Brentford for a young Welsh attacking mid off Forest. Wales have produced at least a handful of very good players over the last couple of decades, so Johnson could potentially be another Ramsey or Bale.

Guimaraes's reps refused to comment when asked if their client would be interested in a move to us. So one way of interpreting silence is that there's something in it and he's interested, because the normal response if a move was out of the question would be a quick not interested. Of course Guimaraes could just be using us to push the other clubs interested in him to act.

That's the thing about a player like Wood. The ability to win balls high up the pitch consistently can go unnoticed and or be underappreciated. Even if he's not scoring consistently as long as he's leading the line well he's making a big contribution.

Newcastle hope to pip Premier League rivals to the signing of £50 million-rated Yves Bissouma | Daily Mail Online Bissouma is exactly the type of player I was hoping we'd be going for. He also has the added bonus of having experience in the league. Of course the fact that he has a sexual assault allegation hanging over him isn't ideal to say the least. But innocent until proven guilty, and you would assume whatever he's been accused of it's not in the same league as a Mendy, who fucking is mind, otherwise he would have been suspended straight away. Whether we'll pay the 50m for him I have no idea, but could you imagine if we spunk 100m on Bissouma and Nunez alone late in the window 😍 I'm probably just dreaming of course.

Looking at the table with us winning, and Everton, Brentford, Watford, and obviously Leeds losing, I don't think it's as simple as three from four going down anymore, especially if we get a result at Everton.

As aul turnip said it was nice to see the lads not have a nervous breakdown as soon as we went 1 up. Get four or five more players in, some warm weather training on the Yemeni border, and we could be pretty well set up for the rest of the season.

Yeah fuck knows, hopefully they've got some sort of inside track. One thing's for sure is that we can always do with another competent goalscorer. The entire spine needs surgery of course though. There's little point in being top heavy without the ability to control the midfield, or keep the ball out of our own net. I'm a bit worried that we haven't seen more talk of a box to box defensive mid, but hopefully that area will be sorted before the window closes.

NUFC line up Diego Carlos & Jesse Lingard alternatives should moves for both fail - Reports | NUFC blog – Newcastle United blog – NUFC Fixtures, News and Forum. The Marseille centre back Duje Caleta-Car, and Dele Alli are supposedly our alternatives to Carlos and Lingard should both those moves fall through. Alli at his best is a better player than Lingard, or at the very least is equal in quality when both are on song. The question is will Alli ever get back to that sort of form. I haven't seen the Spurs doc when Mourinho was there, but iirc there's been question marks over his attitude, or at least the mental side of his game. Of course you could also ask if Lingard would even get close to reproducing the sort of form he showed for West Ham were we to get him.

Translation: These players are shit lads, but we have to make them believe that we wouldn't tip them all in the bin and sign a whole new squad if we could.

But there's also the fact that the vast majority of deals get done late in the window, especially any loan deals. I'll forgo wearing my white capri pants if it's the last day of the window, and we still only have Wood and Trippier in through the door.

Transfer News: Newcastle United agree personal terms with Duvan Zapata (thehardtackle.com) It's very debatable how trustworthy some of these Italian publications are, but supposedly we've agreed personal terms with Zapata. We just have to agree a fee with us having reportedly offered 30 euro and Atalanta wanting 40. Zapata, Carlos, Bakker, Lingard, and a decent defensive mid and it will have been a very useful window. I seen a story about Boubacar Kamara pop up again today, so he could perhaps be the defensive mid we go for again, if indeed we get one. All very wishful thinking perhaps.

Yeah it makes sense given Kounde is injured, AFCON, and the break, but it still seems a big risk to take for the sake of one game. I mean we're talking about tens of millions of pounds. Then again I suppose they might be comfortable waiting until the summer to sell were Carlos to pick up an injury.

Sky reporting that Sevilla want to keep Carlos for their game against Celta Vigo at the weekend, and then they will negotiate his sale before the window shuts. It seems pretty odd, given that he could easily get injured in that match.

I take your point that we have other more important areas we could strengthen with the loan slots we have, but it depends on who we can get on permanents obviously. It may be the case that we get most of what we're after on permanents, I know it sounds like wishful thinking at the minute. As for Leno specifically, personally I think he edges Dubravka in terms of quality when both are compared over their careers in the premier. At the very least Leno would add depth to that position that Darlow currently isn't. But again I take your point that we would need to have addressed other areas first.

Most deals tend to happen towards the end of the window.