Newcastle should be announcing the signing of striker Yoshinori Muto before the end of this week with all the details tied up as he waits for his work permit.
But with the transfer of Aleksandar Mitrovic to Fulham yesterday for an initial £22M, there should be some additional money for Rafa to spend – but it will not be the full£22M, which will be paid in yearly installments by Fulham.
Newcastle still need another striker brought in – which looks to be Salomon Rondon from West Brom (how many times have we written that this summer?) and we must get a left back in to cover for Paul Dummett and give him some competition.
24-year-old Joe Bryan of Bristol City – a target?
Also, we need another center-back brought in after we have lost Florian Lejeune through a severe ACL knee injury for most of the season.
So a center-back, striker, and left-back are still needed.
And that has to be one net new striker so if Gayle is exchanged for Rondon we still need another striker brought in.
Newcastle have again been linked with the possibility of signing 24-year-old left-back Joe Bryan from Bristol City who has been a target for over a year now.
There’s also news today that Newcastle may be interested again in singing Club Brugge winger Anthony Limbombe after his proposed move to Huddersfield Town broke down.
The Terriers have turned their attention to Christian Atsu so there’s a possibility that Rafa could sell Atsu to help fund a move for the lightning fast Belgium winger.
There still seems to be transfer business Rafa still wants to complete in the next 9 days.
We have already signed Dubravka, Kenedy (loan), Sung-yueng, and Fabian Schar through the door and hope to have Muto signed this week from Mainz.
That’s five new players in so far.
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63 comments so far
beermonkey
Jul 31, 2018 at 9:43 AM
Comment #1while we wait for his work permit is muto training with us
Nicky the ball tosser
Jul 31, 2018 at 9:53 AM
Comment #2Heaps of clubs do plenty of “horse trading” late in the window of course, and we most certainly have done. We still have hope. But of course, it’s the hope that …..yada, yada, yada.
Jib
Jul 31, 2018 at 9:56 AM
Comment #3Beer
He cannot train until he has his documentation
So rather than send him to Portugal
With Augsburg at home in mind
Carbley is keepinng Muto busy
Jib
Jul 31, 2018 at 9:56 AM
Comment #4Charnley iskeeping Muto busy
Novocastrian66
Jul 31, 2018 at 9:57 AM
Comment #5I doubt Mutu will be training with us until the deal is finalised. If he should be injured while training I would suspect the deal would be off.
SwissSte
Jul 31, 2018 at 9:57 AM
Comment #6Bryan/Tagliafico £8m
Limbombe for £11m to replace Atsu
Would love for us to show a tiny bit of ambition and go for Josh King but that is highly unrealistic
lochinvar
Jul 31, 2018 at 9:59 AM
Comment #7Latest news is that Ashley has accepted Fulham proposal to pay for Mitro in instalments.
That way he gets all of the money eventually but Rafa can’t spend it all in one go so only gets a small part in a transfer window.
What’s the word I’m looking for ?
lochinvar
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:03 AM
Comment #8Jib
Forget Columbus the Viking’s got there first.
It was Leif Eriksson who discovered Newfoundland way before your guy turned up.
In fact it may even have been a Scot of Viking descent who stepped ashore first having sailed from what is now Greenland with Leif whose Dad was Erik the Red. Did you know him ?
Jib
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:11 AM
Comment #9Loch
No one was arguing who was there first !
Columbus thought he’d found India
so called the inhabitants Indians.
ps
You’re not related to Jail for Ashley
by any chance ?
SwissSte
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:11 AM
Comment #10Shouldn’t make a difference paying for Mitro in installments: we should have a Sissoko installment coming in…..
Jib
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:12 AM
Comment #11Loch
The word is “careful”
Optimistic Panda
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:15 AM
Comment #12Jib
Are you as thick as you make everybody else out to be.
Don’t you have a EDL meeting to organise?
Optimistic Panda
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:18 AM
Comment #13Do the Native Indians call it, Found a lost man at sea day?
Someone should have slapped Columbus, he’d have found it harder to be further away from India unless he was in space.
Tosun A. Wobbler
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:25 AM
Comment #14Didn’t Leif Eriksson star in “The Carpetbaggers” as well?
Pardews Priceless Bulls#*t
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:26 AM
Comment #15Aside from “red indians” which isnt really an accepted term for native Americans. Jib isnt wrong here.
Though what such things have to do with our club i do not know
lochinvar
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:29 AM
Comment #16Jib
https://goo.gl/images/Hiqhed
No, no country cousins that I know of.
Jib
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:30 AM
Comment #17You have to wonder if the Leighton Baines and
Nicolas Tagliafico links are planted because
Joe Bryan is stalling and hesitant about
moving to the other end of England
Jib
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:33 AM
Comment #18They should get Darren Peacock on the job
He was a Bristol boy that loved living in
Geordieland
nufc 11
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:35 AM
Comment #19Why do we need another centre back are we planning on selling Lascelles? Dummet is left sided centre back who has been playing LB he is not a LB fact. We have him, Clark and lascelles we should use or money where its needed most which is a LB and an upgrade on Yedlin who like Dummet at LB are liabilities. Id go for Tammy Abraham, Yuary Poulsen, Joe Bryan at LB and a good strong RB, Bruno Fernandes as playmaker
Get up salmon
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:37 AM
Comment #20Id be more than happy if they brought salomon rondon in. Hope they keep gayle though.
Lad at work imran bischac is a Turkish expat and toon fan says he follows Turkish football still and theres a young player coming through that would be perfect for us hes an attacking mid but can play all over midfield hes call yusuf yazici future turkish legend as far as imrans concerned plays for some team with a b at the start lol cant pronounce nor spell it
Jib
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:43 AM
Comment #21Trabzonspor
does not begin with a “b”
Nicky the ball tosser
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:50 AM
Comment #22Didn’t Leif Erickson also have a smash hit in the 70’s with a cover of “Surfin’ USA”?
Charlie in the Gallowgate
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:52 AM
Comment #23Interesting list article on the most hated teams in the Premiership
Here are the full set of results:
Chelsea – 68.7%
Man Utd – 68.1%
Liverpool – 52.8%
West Ham – 47.6%
Arsenal – 46.2%
Tottenham – 43.5%
Man City – 38.7%
Cardiff – 36.5%
Crystal Palace – 29.7%
Everton – 27.0%
Watford – 24.0%
Newcastle – 23.5%
Wolves – 20.1%
Leicester – 18.9%
Southampton – 16.3%
Brighton – 16.2%
Fulham – 15.0%
Burnley – 13.3%
Bournemouth – 10.2%
Huddersfield – 9.7%
The report also revealed the clubs people love, and it was Burnley who came out on top.
An average of 35.8% of fans said they loved the Clarets who were followed by Bournemouth (32.9%), Huddersfield (30.2%), Manchester City (28.3%), Newcastle (27.1%) and Fulham (also 27.1%).
L Toon
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:54 AM
Comment #24New from Lee Ryder on NUFC recruitment:
Rafa Benitez still wants to add FOUR new players to his squad before deadline day.
It is understood that the Newcastle United boss has made his concerns crystal clear to managing director Lee Charnleyafter handing a wanted list to the hierarchy in the last few days.
Jib
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:56 AM
Comment #25Leif Erickson played Big John Cannon
in the High Chapparal
Moonraker15
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:58 AM
Comment #26Don’t believe this crap about instalments. Of course this is standard procedure but we should be receiving the instalments from Sissoko, Wjinalfum sales so it should balance out! This is so much bullshit. What happened to “ every penny…. “ ?
If Rafa doesn’t get decent money it’s a disgrace! and what about the £124 million we are supposed to have received?
Shocking state of affairs! Is Ashley lining up a sale of NUFC or lining his pockets?
Lovem or Hatem
Jul 31, 2018 at 10:59 AM
Comment #27It would be nice if Rafa come out to the press and said he would like four new players rather the chronicle insinuate that he has said this
Jib
Jul 31, 2018 at 11:00 AM
Comment #28Surfin USA – Leif Garrett
Rowan
Jul 31, 2018 at 11:02 AM
Comment #29Charlie
Is there a list for most hated owners and managers?
Think Ashley and Mourinho would win those respectively.
Jib
Jul 31, 2018 at 11:03 AM
Comment #30Lovem or Hatem
NUFC had a media day yesterday in
their hotel in Portugal
So he probably did come out and say it
Jib
Jul 31, 2018 at 11:07 AM
Comment #31This is the only blog I’ve ever been interested in.
It is excellent I think.
However
Do all blogs have so many boring bastards
queueing up to repeat the same shite all the time ?
Lovem or Hatem
Jul 31, 2018 at 11:11 AM
Comment #32@ Jib
I want a video on the Chronicle website with Rafa saying it – not the chronicle implying that he has said it
Lovem or Hatem
Jul 31, 2018 at 11:13 AM
Comment #33https://le10sport.com/football/mercato/exclu-mercato-losc-thiago-maia-bientot-prete-a-newcastle-392551
EXCLUDED – Mercato – LOSC: Thiago Maia soon on loan to Newcastle?
Jib
Jul 31, 2018 at 11:14 AM
Comment #34He’s on SSN saying something
The missus had it turned down
🙁
Lovem or Hatem
Jul 31, 2018 at 11:16 AM
Comment #35Are we trying to get everyone on loan – it could be because Rafa is not going to be here next season
posada
Jul 31, 2018 at 11:19 AM
Comment #36OUTGOING
Colback,Mbemba,Merino,Hadaira,Gamez,Mitro and Sels.
7 players who between them only started 22 Premier League games for us last season.
7 players off the wage bill and 44 Million banked in tranfer fees.
You have to say things could not have gone better as far as ongoing players is concerned.
Rafa and the club did not want them to stay.
Actually things could get better if we shift Saviet and Lazaar as well.
Jib
Jul 31, 2018 at 11:23 AM
Comment #37Lovem or Hatem
We have
Martin Dubravka
Ki Sung-yueng
Kenedy
Fabian Schar
so far
only one on loan
posada
Jul 31, 2018 at 11:24 AM
Comment #38INCOMING
Have to say there seems to be a trend. Many of our targets are :-
1) In the last year of their deal.
2) Have a buy out clause.
3) Play for clubs keen to sell as they have gone down etc.
Will that change in the last week.
One 35M striker target is all it would take to light a fire under the club.
As it has in the past.
Will he ever get that. Less likely the more time that goes by.
Rowan
Jul 31, 2018 at 11:31 AM
Comment #39Does anyone know if there’s an option to buy in the Kennedy loan deal?
Haven’t heard of one – and sincerely doubt it anyway – but thought I’d ask… Would be amazing if there is.
Essex Geordie Bill
Jul 31, 2018 at 11:35 AM
Comment #40just to put a contra argument, I would think every manager in the EPL are saying they want more players in and expressing a degree of dissatisfaction at the lack of them..
I suspect that if Rafa gets another couple of players in he”ll be very happy with the window.
Think he might be looking to use some of the youngsters a bit more as well to cover any deficiencies.