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Woodgate: "I didn’t want to go to Newcastle. But Bobby Robson was manager, Alan Shearer was a legend, Gary Speed as well.” "They had a young team so I thought let’s do it even though I didn’t want to leave Leeds.” “It was tough as you want to be successful in your career and want to play with the best players.” "But they all started leaving [Leeds]. Robbie Fowler went, Robbie Keane went and I knew they were going to get relegated, and they’re only back up [to the Premier League] two years ago.” “We saw the downfall from being in a Champions League semi-final – I’m over the moon they didn’t get relegated this season.” “When you have injuries, there’s nothing worse as a footballer as you just want to play,” he continued. "It seemed to be a snowball effect for me, as I’d get one injury and that would lead to another one, but it all came down to my back as I had an unstable segment in my back. "Even though I didn’t get a massive amount of pain in my back, it was making me pull my hamstrings, my quads, groin injuries. But it was tough to take, especially as you know you could give a lot more, and had a more successful career without the injuries.”

Alphonse Areola. https://westhamfans.org/content/are-toon-new-spuds

Daniel Campos: "He is at the best club in the world. He is happy with prominence; I don’t see any possibility of change now. "[Newcastle] are going to change everything, structure, youth, women’s soccer."

Lars and Sven Bender are returning to 1860 Munich after leaving the club together 13 years ago.

Howe should do Paqueta's unveiling in a suit in those colors. He will easily bag 50 goals.

Boo! hiss. Fume. Windmill fists! Dick punch! Eat a prune.

“I’d say it’s a possibility, things can change, football is crazy like that, but it’s a strong possibility.” “Newcastle have done really well and brought some good players in and I can admit their midfield is very strong with the additions in January. I’m not the club, I’m not doing the buying or whatever, but I’d imagine they will strengthen the whole squad again in the summer. For me, it’s about being realistic and being prepared that I might need to go somewhere else for games.” “I’m at the age where I want to keep playing and keep going with the international side. It wouldn’t be beneficial for me to hang around and do what I did at the start of the year.” “It was from the November to January window where I didn’t play for two-and-a-half months, so I knew I needed to go and play games because I knew I couldn’t go from November to March without getting enough game-time. It would have been difficult for the manager here to justify playing me.” “It was the strangest season for me at club level, with the lack of game-time I had but to come in and have the confidence in me to still perform was brilliant, I just tried to repay him [Kenny] with performances.” “I think I have performed really well. Hopefully I will play as much as I can in these games and then see who’s been watching or who’s interested in me. That’s all I can do. I have performed really well and I want to keep performing at that level and help the team in any way I can.” “I went in January to the Championship and it doesn’t bother me, I have played in the Premier League for five-and-a-half years, I have enjoyed my time, had some real ups and downs but the main thing is going to the right team for me, where I can play my best.”

Pre-slippage training...