Transfers, 2024-25 season

[The Fish 11312]

1 hour ago, Alex said:

Improve him though? I don’t think you could say he progressed under him. He seemed to have a good relationship with Bruce and he performed for him, which is obviously a positive for which some credit is due to the manager. 

Think it's fair to say that nobody improved under Bruce, some plateaued, and some players' performances went off the fucking cliff.

[Tom 14051]

They barely trained ffs  

[Polarboy 2317]

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

[wykikitoon 22601]

IMO It's a concern Anderson is wanted by WBA.  Hopefully Howe puts a stop to that.

[Howmanheyman 36280]

1 minute ago, wykikitoon said:

IMO It's a concern Anderson is wanted by WBA.  Hopefully Howe puts a stop to that.

I'm sure I read he's away to Sheffield Wednesday?

[wykikitoon 22601]

10 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said:

I'm sure I read he's away to Sheffield Wednesday?

Read on Twitter this morning he's wanted by Cabbage.  If its Weds he goes to thats a bonus.

[Polarboy 2317]

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. 

[Dr Gloom 23420]

3 hours ago, Alex said:

Improve him though? I don’t think you could say he progressed under him. He seemed to have a good relationship with Bruce and he performed for him, which is obviously a positive for which some credit is due to the manager. 

yeah, improve probably isn’t the right word. I suppose what I was getting at is ASM is one of the few players who hasn’t improved under Howe and actually looked more comfortable under the cabbage 

[Alex 36587]

I hope WBA are in for Anderson just so we can tell Bruce to fuck off

[thebrokendoll 10196]

On 24/07/2022 at 22:24, Alex said:

I did hear a story years ago where SBR wanted to try and find out who was the mole who kept feeding the press stories and it turned out it was Shepherd  

 

no wonder inspector bruce was never able to pin down the culprit giving  craig hope his stories....

fucker was getting them via an ouija board.

[Ayatollah Hermione 14568]

Lads, Dan Ashworth is not going to let Steve Bruce handle our best young prospect for a season  

[KetteringMag 11]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/07/26/newcastle-keep-wonderkid-elliot-anderson-transfer-stalemate/

 

 

If you can't get beyond the paywall it's basically a filler article , Anderson is staying and Luke has no more news or leaks but he's made an article about it anyway 

[trooper 940]

Apparently Chelsea want £33 million for Werner and he's on £272,000 a week. 

Edited July 26, 2022 by trooper

[Dr Gloom 23420]

26 minutes ago, trooper said:

Apparently Chelsea want £33 million for Werner and he's on £272,000 a week. 

[Andrew 5123]

I'd honestly love for us to sign Werner, that season before he joined Chelsea, when all the games were behind closed doors I ended up watching quite a lot of RBL games as they happened to be on at times I could watch them.

In that team, which knew how to use him, he was an absolute star. Pacey, sniffed out plenty of goals but his link up play was also top class, he absolutely made that team tick. 

 

I reckon a capable manager (not lampard ffs) that has a plan for him and likes and trusts him (not tuchel) would get a great deal more out of him than we've seen at chelsea.

[Dr Gloom 23420]

38 minutes ago, Andrew said:

I'd honestly love for us to sign Werner, that season before he joined Chelsea, when all the games were behind closed doors I ended up watching quite a lot of RBL games as they happened to be on at times I could watch them.

In that team, which knew how to use him, he was an absolute star. Pacey, sniffed out plenty of goals but his link up play was also top class, he absolutely made that team tick. 

 

I reckon a capable manager (not lampard ffs) that has a plan for him and likes and trusts him (not tuchel) would get a great deal more out of him than we've seen at chelsea.

It’d probably have to be a loan with Chelsea paying half his wages if those figures trooper posted are to be believed. You’re not going to tear up your wage structure for a bloke who scored 10 goals in two seasons. 

[Andrew 5123]

7 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

It’d probably have to be a loan with Chelsea paying half his wages if those figures trooper posted are to be believed. You’re not going to tear up your wage structure for a bloke who scored 10 goals in two seasons. 

 

Aye probably, I don't really give a shit about the finances of it tbh, its not my money.

I just like him as a player and think he's had a rough time since coming here but there is a properly good player in there in the right situation and I reckon we can give him that.

[OTF 8315]

17 minutes ago, Andrew said:

 

Aye probably, I don't really give a shit about the finances of it tbh, its not my money.

I just like him as a player and think he's had a rough time since coming here but there is a properly good player in there in the right situation and I reckon we can give him that.

 

I agree, but I suppose it's more about the potential impact those wages could have on squad harmony, what it would mean for greedy player agents for any other signings and finally where the funds would be diverted from. It's 'only' 6 odd million additional a season over 150K a week otherwise.

[Howay 12496]

2 hours ago, Andrew said:

 

Aye probably, I don't really give a shit about the finances of it tbh, its not my money.

I just like him as a player and think he's had a rough time since coming here but there is a properly good player in there in the right situation and I reckon we can give him that.

I think he’s quality if used right, Chelsea’s play style doesn’t suit him I honestly think if he had ended up at Liverpool, as he was often rumoured to, he’d be miles better than he is doing now. Chelsea are a bit of a funny side, they’ve had a rough time getting a striker to work in their team in recent years. 
 

There’s surely some way round the wage thing, maybe talk Chelsea down on price and pay him the extra in lump for a reduced wage if it’s really going to upset members of the team. 

[ohhh_yeah 3051]

20 hours ago, Polarboy said:

The only way it would work is if Chelsea subsidised all of his wages, and added in Batshuayi.

 

He actually needs to move back to Germany.

 

[Chaser 1350]

We need Diego to say whether or not Werner is the right player for us to convince the rest of us its a good idea.

[wykikitoon 22601]

From Chicken Nonce

 

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Newcastle are keeping a close eye on Timo Werner’s situation at Chelsea, in the hope the Germany international is allowed to leave on loan and the London club continue to pay the lion’s share of his wages, but nothing has progressed beyond a watching brief.

 

The north-east club are not interested in another German, Julian Draxler, despite claims in France that they were looking to sign him from Paris Saint-Germain.

It is also thought their interest in Chelsea young striker Armando Broja has cooled after they were informed the 20-year-old would only move clubs if he was guaranteed to be first-choice centre forward. Newcastle would use him as back up to Callum Wilson.

Instead, Newcastle's hierarchy continue to await a decision from Leeds United on Jack Harrison’s availability and price, as well as other deals that have stalled.

Newcastle are still waiting on a decision from Leeds on Jack Harrison 

It is a frustrating spell for Newcastle’s recruitment team with the start of the season fast approaching and little progress being made on targets for several weeks.

That, though, has focused the attention of the management team to the players they already have and none have impressed more than Anderson.

 

[ewerk 32940]

I don't claim to know much about Werner but when you look at his stats in the Bundesliga there's obviously a very good goalscorer in there somewhere. The player himself may not fancy giving the PL another go though and might prefer a move back to Germany.

[wykikitoon 22601]

When I have seen parts of him play, he certainly can play.  Like Andrew said he's just not fit in at Chelsea.  If he is on the reported cash, surly it's a non starter for us.  I cannot see Chelsea paying a large whack of his wage too.  Maybe to someone else, but us?

[Billy Whitehurst 994]

I live close to Stamford Bridge so, for one reason or another, tend to get quite a few Chelsea tickets (they’re a really fucking horrible bunch).

 

Probably been 12/15 times over the last 2 seasons and I’ve yet to see Werner have a good game. 

 

As people have said, he had good stats in Germany, so it might just be Tuchel’s system, but he finishes like Jacob Murphy and has a poorer grasp of the offside rule than Papiss Cisse.