The Telegraph are reporting that Newcastle are considering Quique Sanchez Flores for the vacant managerial position.
The ex-Watford manager has just resigned at Chinese Super League side Shanghai Greenland Shenhua on Wednesday. Wouldn’t that be a story if a Spanish manager left the Chinese Super League to replace a Spanish manager who just joined the Chinese League.
Also in other Chinese Super League news, it seems that Jose Mourinho has rejected a massive contract offer to coach Guangzhou Evergrande.
Sanchez Flores is fifty-four-years-old and has been the manager of ten teams since getting his first gig with Getafe in 2004. The former Valencia right-back most recently coached at Espanyol for two seasons prior to his move to China where he has only lasted for half a season.
Quique Sanchez Flores– the most interesting coach in the world
Most Newcastle fans will know him from either his playing days in La Liga with Valencia and Real Madrid or as the coach of Watford when he replaced Serbian Slavisa Jokanovic for the just promoted club in 2015.
Despite finishing comfortably in 13th and reaching the FA Cup semi-finals, Sanchez Flores was sacked in what we at the time thought was an outrageous decision.
We really like Sanchez Flores and thought he did quite well at Watford. While he has tended not to last long in most of his appointments, he has coached some big teams like Atletico Madrid, Benfica, and Valencia.
He has a career points per match average of 1.5 and a winning percentage of 42. He plays very nice football and we think under the circumstances he would be an excellent appointment.
With news in the Chronicle that Lee Charnley has returned from meeting contacts and agents in Europe, we hope that Sanchez Flores was on that list.
This is what the Chronicle has written about Charnley’s European trip:
Newcastle United managing director Lee Charnley has returned to the UK after spending time in Europe this week.
With the Magpies searching for a new manager and summer signings, it is understood Charnley has held meetings with a host of agents and contacts.
We hope he has not come back without significant progress as time is ticking and a new manager needs to be appointed very quickly.
505 comments so far
Toon222
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:40 PM
Comment #1Blog is so full of Ashley supporters, bishop has infiltrated the blog but its so easy to spot his shite pr, all of a sudden we hav twats popping up saying theyre long time members but never post and they kno people who kno people and fat mike doesnt take much 2 do with the running of his businesses and that he wouldnt even take notice of a boycott
Bullshit, abs bullshit, anybody who doesnt support action against this tramp then thers sumthin badly wrong with them and atm boycott is the only way to get at him, an empty ground will send a massive statement
Stay away from 1 televised game together and mike will kno he must do somethin
But if thers any more than 35000 at the arsenal game mike will b laughing at us again and wel b in for this shit for years to come
We must stand together and drive this cnut out
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Essex Geordie Bill
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:44 PM
Comment #2Neil the trouble with new threads is that some of the relevance is lost re. many of the comments today.
Toon222
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:45 PM
Comment #3If we can get 15000 empty seats for the arsenal game then it needs to b pushed on and kept goin, aim for 20000 for the following home game, some fans who dont think protest will work mite just see the good in the numbers of the first boycott and join
After the second then push on again and so on, Rome wasnt built in a day
Fans must unite and stand together if we want to achieve our goal
BOYCOTT ARSENAL
toon22
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:45 PM
Comment #4Toon 222
😉
Australian Pie
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:48 PM
Comment #5The more comments lost today the better….
toon kk
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:51 PM
Comment #6Personally I think everyone should boycott the season, unless real ambition is shown shortly, drive Ash out.
But that’s never going to happen so the alternative is to get behind the team and if we stay up its a successful season. It’s just a day out for most fans anyway.
RobLeenio
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:51 PM
Comment #7Any managerial appointment is irrelevant unless and until we rid ourselves of the fat knacker who’s wrecking our club.
That said, I like this guy better than Moyes, Mourinho, Pardew, Colin and any other of the muppets we’ve been linked with.
Just left his post in China on Wednesday, you say?
Exec jet just flew into Newcastle from Malaysia, you say?
Hmmmm
Australian Pie
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:51 PM
Comment #8I wonder if we have another hidden gem like Longstaff again this season, maybe the other Longstaff himself?
kay
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:52 PM
Comment #9if you want to have a go at me toon 22 you had better hurry up, mike is only paying me till 11.00
jane
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:53 PM
Comment #10“He plays very nice football and we think under the circumstances he would be an excellent appointment.”
i agree Neil
GeordieTwo
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:53 PM
Comment #11Flores certainly looks worthwhile to consider. How would he deal with Ashley and the other chumps? Hard to say. Very little chance he would get overall control of transfers. I agree with Toon22. Boycott Arsenal. The more empty seats the better.
kay
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:54 PM
Comment #12thats 9.00 in england
GeordieTwo
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:55 PM
Comment #13Agree with Toon222 as well it seems 🙂
IrishRob
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:55 PM
Comment #14Woohhh I’m Sooooo excited!!! SMH
GeordieTwo
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:55 PM
Comment #15Even with Ashley and the fellow knackers we still need a good manager going forward. This one looks very promising.
droppy in Wallsend
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:56 PM
Comment #16From what I’ve been told by a couple of lads who know the Longstaffs Mattie is the better player of the two.
Saw Kell Watts play for England in the Toulon tournament and he was very talented indeed.
We have some good young lads and some good first teamers.
Sadly we have an evil turd and his sycophantic reptile in charge.
Imagine how good these boys could be with some investment and ambition.
Ashley Out!
IrishRob
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:58 PM
Comment #17ToonKK…… If I could give your post s thumbs down I would. Smh
Telling everyone it’s ok because were gonna fail is NOT OK. No disrespect but, Your part of the bloody problem.
Kamakazeee
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:00 PM
Comment #18Sensible theory – https://eager-s-blog.webnode.com/l/the-takeover-is-happening-unless-ashley-pulls-the-plug/
Toon222
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:02 PM
Comment #19Lads forget about Flores or any other top coach, we got rafa cos he contacted nufc, they didnt go looking for a top coach
I think we seen today who has put himself in the running for the managers job, old brown tongue himself, never thought as little as a former player in my life as i did of Kevin nolan 2day, yes shola is full of crap 2 but we always knew wot he was, he bluffed his whole career as a fotballer so he must b pretty good at sucking c*ck, but he has competition now in big kev
Dont b 2 suprised if nolan is appointed and shola as assistant
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welshy14
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:05 PM
Comment #20exactly kamakazeeeeeeeeeeeeee they are facts simple as that
bettyswallocks
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:08 PM
Comment #21Jane @10………………Aye you would do.
RobLeenio
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:09 PM
Comment #22droppy, I think Matty is a better player than Sean was at that age. Sean is a more rounded player now and better suited physically to the senior game, but Matty will likely catch up and could surpass Sean.
I think it’s likely (should we keep hold of them both) that we’ll have a pair of Longstaffs running our midfield in 2-3 years.
Mindshaft
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:10 PM
Comment #23Charnleys check list
No compensation
No expectations of getting behind 4th round of cups
No ambition to finish in top half
No say in transfers
No need for modern training ground
Jobs yours, when can you start
Tongue in Sheikh
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:10 PM
Comment #24Lets hope so rob. Much preferred to the right bunch of shortstaffs polluting the blog lately
toon kk
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:10 PM
Comment #25IrishRob
Have you thought about a trip to speck savers?
Not once have I wrote its all right if we fail.
I get pi55ed off with all the moaning yet people are happy to fill the fat man’s pocket.
Tartantoon
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:11 PM
Comment #26It doesn’t matter whether Sean or Matty is the better player as we will see precious little of either of them if Ashley remains. We will however have a very impressive balance sheet to compensate, which is all any fan wants really.
GeordieTwo
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:12 PM
Comment #27Interesting article and makes some good points Kamakazeee. Did I miss something or does it say why there is a period of mourning? I think it’s quite obvious that Ashley would never commit to spending 100M over 2 windows. I always suspected that was being floated around either by know nothing journalists or deliberately leaked by Ashley and his nitwits to try to convince Rafa to stay.
jane
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:13 PM
Comment #28bettyswallocks i wouldn’t agree if i didn’t think so!
https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2019/07/05/norway/eliteserien/viking-fotballklubb/fotballklub-haugesund/2951487/?ICID=PL_MS_10
kay
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:13 PM
Comment #29dont care how much, we must not sell longstaff, if we do i may become the frogs pal, my boss wont be happy
Toon222
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:14 PM
Comment #30Toon KK
Agree with u on the fact that so many moan but keep going but fans can stil hav their day out with mates but give the game a miss, under pardew when i was goin 2 the games, the game was actually the worst part of the day cos we couldnt defend or attack ffs
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GeordieTwo
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:15 PM
Comment #31If you are a journalist who knows nothing but is approaching a publication deadline it is probably generally understood that you “discover” something newsworthy to print. Figures like upcoming spending limits for NUFC are probably an easy “discovery” from and unnamed source.
jane
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:16 PM
Comment #32if Sean wants to go we will sell. i expect he wants to.
lochinvar
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:17 PM
Comment #33Mourinho and Flores – looks like a young Topo – If I was a rich man, I’d buy the club
Dream team
Tapas again
Few too many beers
Wake up
GeordieTwo
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:20 PM
Comment #34I suspect Flores would never sign a contract with Ashley as well lochinvar but I would love to be proven wrong. We definitely need someone of his quality to give the players confidence going forward (and so we manage to keep the best of them).
Jib
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:21 PM
Comment #35Khalid Al Qasimi was found dead on Monday morning
On Wednesday 3 days of official mourning was announced
Whether the Royals of Dubai would join mourning for a member
of the Sharjah royal family I don’t know – Micky would
Tonytoon73
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:21 PM
Comment #36Never commented on here for years, but chill we will be took over
GeordieTwo
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:23 PM
Comment #37I can’t find any mention of Perez’s wage with Leicester but I suspect around 55-60K a week. We would never have paid that and if we spent the 30M properly I would be OK with it. But will we?
Genjikai
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:25 PM
Comment #38Truthfully who do you think will be getting sold this window?
I reckon longstaff and one of the cbs
Longstaff 60 mill and lascelles or schar for 40 mill.
Be gutted if any more of the main core leave really.
Jib
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:26 PM
Comment #39Ayoze didn’t leave for the money.
He’s only getting a few grand a week more at Leicester.
Clearly more than he would get in La Liga.
I thought he was homesick but it was obviously a section
of NUFC support he was sick of.
GeordieTwo
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:29 PM
Comment #40“The Emirate statement listed numerous condolences from the UAE leadership, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and regional heads of states including Saudi Arabia and Jordan.” Quote from CNN about Qasimi’s death. He was only 39. Apparently lived in London. An autopsy is being performed.