Three local journalists; Miles Starforth with the Shields Gazette, Keith Downie with Sky Sports, and Lee Ryder with the Chronicle have all confirmed that the deal for Ayoze Perez will be for £30m and not the £16m as reported by the Daily Star earlier today.
This may have been an amount inserted into his contract as a release clause. Here are the three tweets by the local journalists:
Leicester close to signing Ayoze Perez. Deal worth up to £30m to Newcastle. Personal terms being discussed. #nufc #lcfc
— Miles Starforth (@milesstarforth) July 2, 2019
BREAKING: Newcastle agree a deal with Leicester to sell Ayoze Perez for £30m. Player needs to have a medical and agree personal terms. #NUFC
— Keith Downie (@SkySports_Keith) July 2, 2019
#nufc have agreed a fee on Ayoze Perez. Fee is £30million and will be pushed back into the transfer kitty.
— Lee Ryder (@lee_ryder) July 2, 2019
So it does appear that a fee of £30m has been accepted by Mike Ashley and Newcastle United for the reportedly want-away player. This is fair value for Ayoze if he was determined to leave.
Graeme Bailey had earlier reported that Ayoze Perez was not going to sign a new contract and with only 2 years remaining on his current deal, now may have been the only time to sell for maximum value.
Ayoze Perez is heading to Leicester City – told Newcastle last summer he wouldn't sign a new deal and wanted out, whether Rafa Benitez stayed or not – now a deal to the King Power is almost done. Interesting move by Brendan Rodgers.
— Graeme Bailey (@GraemeBailey) July 2, 2019
We are very disappointed to see that Ayoze will leave and now play for another Premier League club. We feel that he is justified in wanting to leave, as five years at a club run by Mike Ashley has to be frustrating. However, we think there could have been better opportunities for him if he had waited.
It looks like he may have jumped at the first option that presented itself to him. This may be a common theme this summer with our squad.
We hope that Lee Ryder is accurate in his assertion that the £30m will be pushed into the transfer kitty. However, we have our doubts as Mike Ashley has never done that in his time at Newcastle despite claims to the contrary. We have no reason to believe he will at this point in time either.
Then again maybe this can be combined with the Wijnaldum, Sissoko, and Mitrovic money and we could have quite the kitty on our hands. Assuming that the summer of 2015 was when he spent the Andy Carroll and Yohan Cabaye money.
But the fee does not really matter in any case. We will now have to replace Ayoze Perez and in the current market wide forwards are very expensive as they play such a vital role in the modern game.
Ayoze Perez joined Newcastle in July of 2014 for about £1.5m from Tenerife. He made 195 appearances for Newcastle with 48 goals and 17 assists.
117 comments so far
beefman13
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:05 AM
Comment #130m for Perez, football is a mad cow job.
#boycott Arsenal
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:06 AM
Comment #2Oh well, that might give food for thought to all those that boo’d him, and Rafa for bringing him on while Mikey sat there smirking.
Geordie in Oldham
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:07 AM
Comment #3I’m looking forward to who’s coming in, I 100% believe the new manager signed by BZG has got everything planned out . Hang on to your hats !!
#boycott Arsenal
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:07 AM
Comment #4beefman13,
And how much for the guy who’s going to get us 13 PL goals, in fact how much for the two guys to get us 13&12 each?
beefman13
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:09 AM
Comment #5He wanted to go, did you not read his tweet, nuf said.
beermonkey
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:10 AM
Comment #6What will our new manager get for this year’s installment of the perez money
What does 6 mill buy you hang on let’s take out agents fees wages. Well not a lot left has anyone got xisco or riviere phone numbers they may come back
kev1664
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:11 AM
Comment #7Repost and more
I hope it doesn’t come to this and we get a takeover.
I’m guessing it would make more of an impact if those of us on 10 year deals who are looking to cancel wait until after the Arsenal game, and boycott it of course.
That way our season tickets won’t go up for sale prior to the season, we will only incur probably one extra payment and all those who wanted a season ticket who didn’t have one last season will already have signed up in different seats by then.
This would only allow the tickets to be sold later in the year as part season tickets and general sale tickets.
chancel be a fine thing
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:11 AM
Comment #8OK, found the binman tweets:
https://twitter.com/GLENATHERTON/status/1146050726164086784
RobLeenio
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:12 AM
Comment #9one fine day, that’s a nice piece of emotional writing mate.
Just so you know it’s working, both carltoon and BobbyBee who have passionately defended their right to attend matches (not unreasonably in my eyes) have said they will stay away for the Arsenal match if it comes to it.
If this sale of Perez is actually the start of a fire sale, on top of Rafa leaving and the fat one failing to sell, they won’t be the only ones I’m sure.
Munster Mag
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:12 AM
Comment #1030 million for a guy who was talking about leaving all the time isn’t bad management of the situation to be fair. Its what happens with the money we get, that counts.
beefman13
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:15 AM
Comment #1133 goals in 143 games, 5 seasons =£30,000,000 that’s terrific business.
beefman13
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:18 AM
Comment #12Like Perez say says he’s had his time at the club, thanks, tada.
RobLeenio
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:21 AM
Comment #13Cheers Chancel.
Someone said it’s nonsense as they tried to email accounts@monochrome.ae. I think they made the wrong assumption and the address is actually @monochrome.acquistions.com
If you use that as a URL http://www.monochrome.acquisitions.com/ you get a bunch of programming language (html5) which looks like it’s a site which is a very early work in progress.
Any web devs out there?
sibleytoon
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:21 AM
Comment #14wonder if we will also get (depending on his wages) around 3 million also to contribute to the wages of the next signing. (35k per week – would give 3,640,000 over 2 years i reckon)
perhaps the local journos should find that out too 🙂
Munster Mag
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:23 AM
Comment #15I’m a big perez fan And rafa loved his pressing but 30mill is tidy.
naptoon
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:23 AM
Comment #16Shows what rafas 50 mill budget was worth in real terms … next to nowt a slightly aboe avg second strker is £30 mill plus wages the fat slug.
Sheikh-en but not stirred
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:23 AM
Comment #17Ok I’m off the takeover train!! Players obviously can’t be sold during a takeover…. Soooooooo it’s off then obviously??
beefman13
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:25 AM
Comment #18All I hope is whoever replaces Perez scores 20+ goals, who that will be I havnt an igloo. Will that happen probably not but as fan of NUFC I am certainly hoping so.
sibleytoon
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:25 AM
Comment #19sheikh-en – love the name.
Im not sure many people know what can or cant be done during a takeover lol…seems a lot more complex than it needs to be
chancel be a fine thing
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:26 AM
Comment #20Rob, Yes, I just read through the comments and saw the email thing. I couldn’t make out the much from the photo. Seems it’s a wind up, but the best one so far in my books.
chancel be a fine thing
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:28 AM
Comment #21Sheik, He’s not been sold yet, just deal agreed, personal terms and medical still to go. Joselu’s deal is much further on and he’s still here.
sibleytoon
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:28 AM
Comment #22have a nice evening all. thanks for letting me vent. lol. everything crossed for better news soon. that’s for sure!
RobLeenio
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:28 AM
Comment #23Sheikh-en but not stirred, the Perez transfer is not yet complete, it’s no further forward than the Joselu sale to Alaves, and NezzaNUFC pointed out on the last thread why a sale could happen during a takeover while a purchase cannot.
Really it has no bearing on the takeover at all, especially as there’s a general belief that Leicester have activated a release clause, meaning there is no decision to make, we had to accept the bid.
Sheikh-en but not stirred
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:28 AM
Comment #24@sibley
Yeah I know that but still a concern .. you would think that the assets can’t be sold during takeover??
Having said that, Perez was not really an asset most of the time
sibleytoon
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:30 AM
Comment #25ouch…poor bloke. even i felt that burn! 😛 he was alright during some of our worst years lately. people forget he was really just thrown in at the deep end.
ilovetoon8788
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:30 AM
Comment #26Takeover is 100% off. The new manager is a head coach with no say on transfers.
This much is obvious.
Sheikh-en but not stirred
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:31 AM
Comment #27@rob
I was holding on to that as well… Perez was a release clause and joselu would not be.. hence why one looks like it may happen the other in waiting mode
dekka
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:31 AM
Comment #28Who cares anymore?
chancel be a fine thing
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:32 AM
Comment #29I could be wrong, but my understandingis that once the deal has been agreed and the documents are filed for change of ownership, no transfers in or out until the change of ownership and transfer of shares has been completed. Perhaps NY mag has more of an idea about this.
ilovetoon8788
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:32 AM
Comment #30Takeover is off. And this perez sale is Ashley asset stripping. Not 1 penny of it will go to our club. Mark my words.
Tony Baloney
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:32 AM
Comment #31I know I read this somewhere during the Neymar deal, that the selling club get the whole fee up front. I can’t remember the source but I am sure. We could relent and allow staggered payments.
Pat On The Heed
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:33 AM
Comment #32Beefman. That’s claptrap. The club took a kid from a lower overseas league, developed his game to the extent he was top goal scorer – keeping us up two seasons running. Then after his breakthrough season, ahead of his peak years sell him to a rival team. Anyone who watched him this year could see he’d gone up a level – scoring for fun in fact. The fact he was determined to go should worry you because he won’t be the last this summer.
sibleytoon
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:34 AM
Comment #33not the dreaded staggered payments! 🙁 please no. lol
Geordie in Oldham
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:36 AM
Comment #34This takeover is real, NUFC is at its optimum price for a sale it’s not going to get any better for Ashlie he has to sell. The only thing that will happen now is the price for the club will go down. Everything is in place for the sale new manager in place calling the shots from behind closed doors. It’s real it’s happening Allie is not an idiot when it comes to money, he’d rather take a smack in the mouth than lose a quid.
Nicky the ball tosser
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:36 AM
Comment #35He was an asset, a big asset. He played to instruction, ran around, shut down, won the ball, created and scored, some astonishing goals among theml, for essentially a defensively minded lower epl side, and he played lots. We’ve lost a good player, and Leicester have got themselves a good one. But yeah, 5 years is great service, good luck to him, and God help us.
Geordie in Oldham
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:37 AM
Comment #36Ashlie
Pat On The Heed
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:39 AM
Comment #37Perez ‘not an asset’ is cretinous bordering on comical. He was key to almost every victory for two years. Scoring goals in a defensive team, scrapping for survival is a thankless task. Lost on some but hopefully not all. Almiron got no goals and no assists and ran around while Perez tucked chances away to keep us up.
Chancel My MBembaship
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:42 AM
Comment #38ilovetoon8788 – ‘Not 1 penny of it will go to our club. Mark my words.’
Of course not one penny will go to your club. Why would we give any money to Sunderland?
SMBs 🙂
Tony Baloney
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:42 AM
Comment #39I meant to say that the selling club get the fee up front when a sales clause is triggered.
Nicky the ball tosser
Jul 3, 2019 at 12:42 AM
Comment #40Yes, don’t get in the way of Ashley and a quid, and I agree, this is the very much the time to sell, but if he IS selling then he’s playing an amazingly high stakes game, because if it isn’t yet all but done then we are in real real trouble, being halfway through the window and in such disarray. No doubt about it, if a sale isn’t imminent, and the odds of that must now be very slim indeed, we are squarely looking at the drop. Squarely.