The Chronicle is reporting today that Rafa Benitez has been promised financial backing in the upcoming January transfer window whether or not Mike Ashley has managed to sell the club by then.
They report that Rafa – whose contract runs out at the end of June – has been given assurances that new players will arrive next month.
We really hope that turns out to be true and the club could start the transfer momentum by agreeing to a deal to sign Miguel Almiron from Atlanta United.
It’s understood that Rafa wants four new players brought in next month and there is news filtering through on who those players could be.
This is a critical transfer window for Newcastle United if we want to keep Rafa Benitez as the manager past next June.
Rafa (shown above) has worked hard with his recruitment team under Steve Nickson and has a backup list of loan targets from Europe in case the manager doesn’t get the money to sign the players he wants in January.
That is essentially what happened last January, and goalkeeper Martin Dubravka and Chelsea winger Kenedy were brought in on loan and were enough to turn the tide for Newcastle.
And amazingly we finished in 10th place – with very little investment coming from Mike Ashley.
If we do have new owners in the summer, we are hoping that everything will change and that Rafa will be able to buy some quality players and maybe sell some players who will no longer be needed.
That’s the hope.
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207 comments so far
Asi Fish
Dec 13, 2018 at 2:57 PM
Comment #1Blatantly got my hopes up last year with CurryGate!!
Peeking from behind the curtain on this year’s take over saga………
ashleysmate
Dec 13, 2018 at 2:58 PM
Comment #2Whoa Ed, slow down I can’t keep up
Asi Fish
Dec 13, 2018 at 3:02 PM
Comment #3So we are going to buy Miggy.
Rafa getting more funds.
And we are getting taken over……
Just checking that my pants haven’t been pulled down!
It’s all too much to believe.
My head says no way, more likely MA antics to quell protests and stop any trouble until after the TW.
My heart wants to believe (pulls the curtain back to peek with trepidation)………………..
SPRINGY
Dec 13, 2018 at 3:12 PM
Comment #4Sale…no sale….players in…no players… investment….no investment….all regurgitated bollicks until the sale is done and tub of goo is gone,players holding the shirt in the tunnel,after confirmation of signing and cash spent its all bollicks
Vask
Dec 13, 2018 at 3:16 PM
Comment #5I did a bit scouting of almirion on the dennis wise scouting archives. Didn’t see anything there really to get too excited about. Especially when you consider how little time you get on the ball here. I did like a little reverse ball which he seems to quite favour.
He was voted MVP or scored most but then Bradley wright Philips was on that same list. I remember when he won the PFA player of the year when he played in England… oh wait, no I don’t. Not judging the kid just yet though. He might hit the ground running, if he comes here of course.
Jail for Ashley
Dec 13, 2018 at 3:19 PM
Comment #6I don’t think the actual dealings of this window are pivotal at all, it will obviously be an opening gambit but it will take a whole lot more than the 25M that should have been spent in the summer anyway.
Asi Fish
Dec 13, 2018 at 3:21 PM
Comment #7Some actual dealings this window would be a step in the right direction.
beermonkey
Dec 13, 2018 at 3:35 PM
Comment #8so is it time for jail to get a new name
Asi Fish
Dec 13, 2018 at 3:37 PM
Comment #9Seen some real movement over here………………the turtles are coming to shore to lay their eggs and they move much faster than NUFC!!!!!!
Asi Fish
Dec 13, 2018 at 3:38 PM
Comment #10Yeah – Beer for Kenyon
hibbit
Dec 13, 2018 at 3:41 PM
Comment #11beermonkey
do you honestly think the Fakeover is going to happen ?????????
i have serious doubts of anything Ashley says or does
beermonkey
Dec 13, 2018 at 3:45 PM
Comment #12hibbit
no dont believe the signing of players till i see them in a shirt and i wont believe were sold till i see a photo of a skip full of sd crap outside the stadium
like they did to shearers bar
RobLeenio
Dec 13, 2018 at 3:46 PM
Comment #13Rafa has said he’s not focused on the size of the spend in any one window, but he has suggested in the past he’s been frustrated by the failure to bring in his number one targets.
If Almiron is one of his prime targets, that would be a good start, no matter how expensive he is
beermonkey
Dec 13, 2018 at 3:48 PM
Comment #14hibbit
tbh does any1 on here think its gonna happen except online guy, and after the third person ramberlings the otherday he could just be a loon although i thought he had done a jib and forgot what account he was using
hibbit
Dec 13, 2018 at 3:56 PM
Comment #15RobLeenio
i think we definitely need 3/4 new players this window and if Almiron is anywhere near the price being quoted in the press that will be the transfer pot gone on one player and that could be a disaster just waiting to happen
Optimistic Panda
Dec 13, 2018 at 3:58 PM
Comment #16Hibbit
Fakeover
Lol
Optimistic Panda
Dec 13, 2018 at 3:59 PM
Comment #17Beer
They should give all signage to the flags lads, I’m sure they could make something interesting
Laurent Robert The Legend
Dec 13, 2018 at 4:01 PM
Comment #18We should sign Victor Moses from Chelsea.
scott
Dec 13, 2018 at 4:12 PM
Comment #19Beer
I don’t believe it at all, BUT I have this little itch that I can’t scratch & only coming on here every hour looking for an online update will ease! It’s the hope that kills you!!!
beermonkey
Dec 13, 2018 at 4:14 PM
Comment #20panda
i am thinking a huge new years eve bonfire and fireworks night burning a big effigy of ashley
RobLeenio
Dec 13, 2018 at 4:16 PM
Comment #21hibbit, I hear what you’re saying, but even if there is no sale, who knows what the actual transfer pot would be? Even Rafa hasn’t been told in recent windows.
bettyswallocks
Dec 13, 2018 at 4:18 PM
Comment #22I don’t know what to think about any of it today, so many conflicting reports and rumours from all the media sources. I hope Online Guy is proved right with his claims to be itk as he’s making them pretty robustly now. He has definitely put his reputation on the line and seems very confident that he knows what’s occurring.
So no more to be gleaned today now then , now then, ows about that then!
beermonkey
Dec 13, 2018 at 4:19 PM
Comment #23scott
when it all fell apart last year it was torture, but with the exception of a few we a;; want this to be true so it is easy to get swept along with it
Mag52
Dec 13, 2018 at 4:24 PM
Comment #24If we don’t get points from our next two games, or possibly even if we do, Ashley is going to have to get his @rse into gear and buy a few players to ensure that we don’t drop down a division.
geordietom
Dec 13, 2018 at 4:38 PM
Comment #25robleenio …
did you ever answers off toon22…
bettyswallocks
Dec 13, 2018 at 4:40 PM
Comment #26If this takeover doesn’t happen and Corbyn somehow gets elected I will be organising a mass suicide for anyone that ‘s interested.
geordietom
Dec 13, 2018 at 4:40 PM
Comment #27robleenio …
did you ever get answers to your questions off toon22…
RobLeenio
Dec 13, 2018 at 4:44 PM
Comment #28Nope
Shock horror…
😀
scott
Dec 13, 2018 at 4:45 PM
Comment #29Beer
100% agree with you, last year I really got into the stuff the guys were sharing!
Still to this day I believe a lot of what was shared last year was fact but like Chinese whispers & people getting excited got embellished a little!
I really hope Online Guys info is right on the money because our club deserves to be competing at the very least, but I’m holding back from getting carried away until he shares something nobody else could know or guess!
barkel
Dec 13, 2018 at 4:54 PM
Comment #30yea you go first betty .. we’re right behind you
Mister Tuff
Dec 13, 2018 at 5:04 PM
Comment #31betty – no sale and Agent Cob as PM. Surely this nightmare scenario cannot come to pass.
ashleysmate
Dec 13, 2018 at 5:05 PM
Comment #32Betty@26
Yes please
Essex Geordie Bill
Dec 13, 2018 at 5:06 PM
Comment #33chicousa
That wasn’t you trying to get into that Chinese restaurant in California, perchance? 🙂
Mister Tuff
Dec 13, 2018 at 5:09 PM
Comment #34EGB – did you ever get to the Cathar stronghold called Minerve.
RobLeenio
Dec 13, 2018 at 5:12 PM
Comment #35scott, Online Guy has already broken the news of a potential sale three days before Ashley started flapping his chops.
He knows something, I’m sure of it.
If the buyers have done due diligence and entered a period of exclusivity, the only thing which could go wrong is if Ashley moves the goalposts, which I think is probably what happened last time round, and is not beyond him this time either, unless we’re already at a point where he can’t.
This time, though, if he ruins another club sale opportunity, I don’t think we’d take it lying down.
Besides, Bambams is desperate for a new tumble dryer.
Essex Geordie Bill
Dec 13, 2018 at 5:14 PM
Comment #36Chatting with a friend, who said that May’s husband as well as dealing in the armaments industry owns a load of Cannabis farms in the UK, now legalised it would seem. And also will be a main supplier for CBD oils.
I can’t help feeling the the Brexit fiasco is playing out exactly as she wants it too in collusion with the EU politicians, Would I buy a used car from her, never.
Sorry to bring this into the blog but I think we are all getting right royally shafted from all side, not just on the football front.
Reilly
Dec 13, 2018 at 5:17 PM
Comment #37It’s either happening or the fatman has played an absolute blinder this time.
Essex Geordie Bill
Dec 13, 2018 at 5:21 PM
Comment #38Anyone watching Mars, great little series and with a lot of relevance to climate change (you know that fake news stuff) and one little snippet is that St.James Park (just to give it a football connection) would be totally submerged along with Newcastle once all of the ice caps have melted raising sea levels by around 70 metres.
Our players will have to be amphibians! 🙂
Essex Geordie Bill
Dec 13, 2018 at 5:27 PM
Comment #39Mister Tuff
I didn’t think so but having just googled it It looks familiar, Is there a very old painting in the monastery that features the tree of life?
We did go to Reiux Minerve which may have very strong Templar connection and a 7 sided church.
Sorry have to go, back later.
Bambams
Dec 13, 2018 at 5:27 PM
Comment #40They are still talking and back to talking tomorrow.
This could still take some time boys.