zerosum 234 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 http://www.nufcblog.co.uk/2018/07/18/newcastle-in-talks-with-liverpool-over-surprise-permanent-deal-reporter/ Id take him like. Sell mitro and Gayle and get Rondon also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30257 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerosum 234 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Really? I think he looked decent considering his age a couple of years back at LP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30257 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 I thought he was very raw. If he's one for Rafa to work on and improve then by all means but he shouldn't be the striker we're relying on to score goals consistently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerosum 234 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 (edited) I’d rather take a chance on him than rely on Dwight Gayles 6 or 7 goals per premier league season Edited July 19, 2018 by zerosum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4718 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 I'd definitely take him, I don't think a reliable striker is realistically something we can get tbh, they're all a bit flaky once you get down past the very top clubs. I'd definitely have Origi over any of the others we've been linked with so far this summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6986 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 The closer it gets to the end of the window, the more appealing Rondon looks. West Bromwich fans say he's the hardest grafter in their team and a normal sound bloke, which is probably half the reason Rafa wants him. This is Ashley's usual trick. Grinds down our expectations so we are happy when we buy a bang average striker no one else wants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34832 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 22 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said: The closer it gets to the end of the window, the more appealing Rondon looks. West Bromwich fans say he's the hardest grafter in their team and a normal sound bloke, which is probably half the reason Rafa wants him. This is Ashley's usual trick. Grinds down our expectations so we are happy when we buy a bang average striker no one else wants That Football365 piece (https://www.football365.com/news/newcastle-the-club-where-tomorrow-never-comes) PaddockLad just posted in another thread reckons we didn't even meet WBA's release clause which at £16m is something like the going rate for a good Championship striker. Not to mention his not even being amongst Benitez's initial list of desired striking options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 There was an article the other day with Rafa explaining it doesn't matter who the manager is, the club still needs strengthening. I think he was meaning him not signing a new contract is no excuse for Ashley not allowing the team to be strengthened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 This from Caulkin With Aleksandar Mitrovic close to completing a £20 million move to Fulham, there is money to sign Salomón Rondón, of West Bromwich Albion, but Newcastle need more. ‘Benítez wants another five players — unlikely — but even though there will be additions, they will not be from the top of his list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneColdStephenIreland 74 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Is it just me or is 20 million pretty cheap for a striker with potential and who does score goals (not alot but he does score more than others) especially with the way the market is nowadays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34832 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 1 minute ago, StoneColdStephenIreland said: Is it just me or is 20 million pretty cheap for a striker with potential and who does score goals (not alot but he does score more than others) especially with the way the market is nowadays? Yeah but the football genius didn't exactly strengthen our bargaining power by making it clear the club had to sell before it could buy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 Apparently offered Slimani again Please don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15396 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 ISLAM DUNK DA FUNK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
247 597 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 17 minutes ago, Anorthernsoul said: Apparently offered Slimani again Please don't. He'll pull his thigh getting up to answer his agents phone call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30257 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I for one look forward to welcoming him at 10.59pm on deadline day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 35 minutes ago, ewerk said: I for one look forward to welcoming him at 10.59pm on deadline day. As he passes Lascelles going through the out door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 11307 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Quote Rafa Benitez hopes to ease some of his transfer frustration by landing Salomon Rondon next week – before moving on to other targets in what promises to be a hectic final few days of the recruitment window. Aleksandar Mitrovic’s midweek return from holiday should coincide with Fulham tying up a deal worth in the region of £20million for the striker. But it’s understood that any fee may be paid in instalments, which means it will not all be available to boss Benitez to strengthen a squad that he feels needs to be beefed up before the August 9 deadline. That will be a frustration to Benitez but he was aware of that way Newcastle do business and that is why Rondon – avaliable at a cut-price £16.5million due to a release clause in his contract – is near the top of his hitlist. Never saw that coming.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6986 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Fulhams owner wants to buy Wembley for £1bil Tell him to fuck right off if he wants to buy Mitrovic in installments 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
247 597 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 (edited) This summer is just getting better and better Cant have been that much interest in him if we are accepting an instalments offer although we don't know how much or how often we would be receiving them. Still, Rafa would have wanted a one off lumper for perhaps a slightly lesser overall figure surely but I'm sure thumb head saw to that decision 'Yes Mike sir, Fenerbache have offered £16m for him up front but Fulham swooped in with a with £18m offer spread over 3 years.. yes sir, yes I know sir I'll let Rafa know he can have £4m of it this summer also I'll be waiting under your desk at the time we arranged earlier sir everything is on schedule' 'PS mike sir, Taybarns are out of gravy' Edited July 21, 2018 by 247 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Kid Dynamite said: Fulhams owner wants to buy Wembley for £1bil Tell him to fuck right off if he wants to buy Mitrovic in installments Agreed, iirc if it’s true it’s yet another example of Mike Ashley being a lying cunt as I’m fairly sure at one point he said we’d only sell players for the full fee, no installments, and buy players that way too. What a complete waste of time this club is with this whopper as owner. Fucking Leicester just spent £12.5M on what could be a back up keeper (I know they may be selling Schmeichal but at the moment they’re claiming Ward is competition) and we have a net profit of about £6M or so when we desperately need to improve a workmanlike squad. Edited July 21, 2018 by Howay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 I might take the week of the deadline off work, this is so exciting. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydnator 45 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Howay said: Agreed, iirc if it’s true it’s yet another example of Mike Ashley being a lying cunt as I’m fairly sure at one point he said we’d only sell players for the full fee, no installments, and buy players that way too. What a complete waste of time this club is with this whopper as owner. Fucking Leicester just spent £12.5M on what could be a back up keeper (I know they may be selling Schmeichal but at the moment they’re claiming Ward is competition) and we have a net profit of about £6M or so when we desperately need to improve a workmanlike squad. We only need 3 players to kick on ffs, it's baffling. A striker, CB and a backup full back and we can kick on. Don't even think we need a no.10 as we created chances a plenty last season, it's putting them away that was our problem. The twats dithered and didn't bother increasing the offer for Pléa, one of Rafa's top targets allegedly and a player that would've excited me and a few other fans had we signed him and missed out to a midtable Bundesliga side. Now we're going for Rondon. It's beyond anger now for me, it's complete boredom. Hopefully I get into uni next year as I can't be arsed with this shitshow for much longer. Edited July 21, 2018 by Haydnator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30257 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Doesn’t pretty much every club pay transfer fees in installments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydnator 45 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 1 minute ago, ewerk said: Doesn’t pretty much every club pay transfer fees in installments? Yep. Except us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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