Transfers, 2024-25 season

[ewerk 33117]

2 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said:

He is on £325k per week. Can’t see many picking that up.

 

There's no one going to pay that and he made clear in his statement that he expects his money so unless Chelsea are going to subsidise his wages he's sitting in the reserves all season costing them £17m a year.

[Polarboy 2317]

I think Sterling is done. He started very early as a top player, and it looks like he'll finish early at that level. And that's before we even get on to wages. Madueke is the better choice in terms of age, personal ambition, potential etc if we're talking about taking someone from Chelsea. Hopefully whoever this mystery name that Downie's been given is someone we haven't even discussed, because none apart from Gonzalez off Fiorentina got me excited, and he's off to Juve it seems. 

[Holden McGroin 7546]

We don't tend to go for players with their best years behind them on big wages so I can't see us showing any interest in this deal.

 

I can't think of many others going in for him.

[ewerk 33117]

He is still only 29. Albeit he has a lot of miles on the clock given he's been playing regularly since he was 17.

[RobinRobin 12442]

49 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

[wykikitoon 22738]

I wouldn't touch Sterling at all.  He's more wasteful than Miggy.

[The Fish 11313]

3 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

I wouldn't touch Sterling at all.  He's more wasteful than Miggy.

 

Nope

[Dr Gloom 23574]

7 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

I wouldn't touch Sterling at all.  He's more wasteful than Miggy.

[Toonpack 11328]

6 minutes ago, The Fish said:

 

Nope

 

That chart simply confirms Sterling would be a disaster given the complete absence of any defensive output combined with his shit use of the ball.

[The Fish 11313]

2 minutes ago, Toonpack said:

 

That chart simply confirms Sterling would be a disaster given the complete absence of any defensive output combined with his shit use of the ball.

Yup, but he does produce more than Almiron.

[Dr Gloom 23574]

We ideally get a right winger who combines Miggy’s work rate in the press with finishing and assists. They don’t grow on trees and cost a pretty penny

[Dr Gloom 23574]

4 minutes ago, The Fish said:

Yup, but he does produce more than Almiron.

Miggy is in single digit assists for his ENTIRE Newcastle career 

[Toonpack 11328]

 

Just now, Dr Gloom said:

We ideally get a right winger who combines Miggy’s work rate in the press with finishing and assists. They don’t grow on trees and cost a pretty penny

 

That's why we'll wait if we have to.

[Dr Gloom 23574]

Just now, Toonpack said:

 

 

That's why we'll wait if we have to.

Great, another season of a Miggy and Murphy. Triers who lack end product.  

[Toonpack 11328]

Just now, Dr Gloom said:

Great, another season of a Miggy and Murphy. Triers who lack end product.  

 

So what, if we tighten up at the back we're golden, even with Murphy/Miggy. A winger seldom loses you a game but a defender sure as hell can.

[Dr Gloom 23574]

4 minutes ago, Toonpack said:

 

So what, if we tighten up at the back we're golden, even with Murphy/Miggy. A winger seldom loses you a game but a defender sure as hell can.

wingers win you games, particularly away from home where we dropped so many points last season. I know we disagree here but I would be throwing more money at the RW problem than at CB, where we are well stocked when everyone is fit. I’d prefer a stop gap signing or loan at CB and a marquee RW rather than the other way around 

[wykikitoon 22738]

@LondonBlueis required here.

How many chances does Sterling spunk?

[Kid Dynamite 7611]

Why are we debating the merits of a left winger on £325k pw when we already have Gordon and Barnes fighting over that position? 
 

I know we could play him out of position on the RW, but we might as well play Barnes or Gordon there if we are going to do that 

[Kid Dynamite 7611]

13 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

We ideally get a right winger who combines Miggy’s work rate in the press with finishing and assists. They don’t grow on trees and cost a pretty penny

That's Jarrod Bowen. 

[wykikitoon 22738]

Just now, Kid Dynamite said:

That's Jarrod Bowen. 

 

Thats £80m

[Kid Dynamite 7611]

Just now, wykikitoon said:

 

Thats £80m

Which is why we haven't signed him. Kulusevski has the next highest presses for a RW iirc

[Dazzler 11693]

2 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said:

Which is why we haven't signed him. Kulusevski has the next highest presses for a RW iirc

Kulusevski would be another £80m minimum - plus having to deal with Levy.

[Gemmill 49747]

Setting aside the insurmountable issue of his wages, the problem with Sterling is that he feels like the sort of player that will treat us like a semi-retirement home. He's done his trophies at City, he got his big payday at Chelsea, and realistically he'd be coming here with a very small chance of doing anything other than top 4 finishes. 

 

I doubt those are the conditions that would get the best out of him. This isn't a slight on his character btw, I'm just talking about how a bloke that has won the domestic treble, a few PL titles, etc, gets himself up for "the big push for top 4" in his 30s.

[Toonpack 11328]

2 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

wingers win you games, particularly away from home where we dropped so many points last season. I know we disagree here but I would be throwing more money at the RW problem than at CB, where we are well stocked when everyone is fit. I’d prefer a stop gap signing or loan at CB and a marquee RW rather than the other way around 

 

We're not fit and won't be until into next year though, even if we were, we're getting old at CB.

 

We scored 85 goals last season even with supposedly shit right wingers. but we conceded 62, the latter is a MUCH bigger problem than the former IMO. 

[Kid Dynamite 7611]

Top 50 players with the most presses last season