A few days ago Newcastle were linked with want-away Juventus goalkeeper Mattia Perin. The player was being looked at a cheaper alternative to Lazio goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha who was valued by his club at around €40-50m.
Mattia Perin is in high demand as he is a quality goalkeeper and looking to leave Juventus for first-team football.
Nicolo Schira, who is an Italian journalist for La Gazzetta dello Sport, has tweeted that Benfica have made a bid for Perin.
Il #Benfica insiste per Mattia #Perin: offerti 10 milioni alla #Juventus e un contratto quadriennale da 2,5 milioni a stagione per il portiere, che ci pensa anche se preferirebbe restare in Italia. #calciomercato
— Nicolò Schira (@NicoSchira) July 13, 2019
The tweet roughly translates to:
Benfica in for Mattia Perin : offered 10 million euros to Juventus and a four-year contract of 2.5 million per season for the goalkeeper, who will think about it even if he would rather stay in Italy.
There has been no more information on the bid but we would imagine that it would be rejected for that amount. Juventus is likely to want to recoup at least the €12m they paid Genoa for him last summer.
The more discouraging news is that it looks like the player wants to remain in Italy. There is very little likelihood that he would want to leave Italy to come to the sideshow Newcastle have become.
There are also unconfirmed reports this morning that Martin Dubrakva is now unsettled at the club. He is reportedly a target of Porto, among others, who reportedly have the bid in for Perin.
146 comments so far
Munster Mag
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:32 PM
Comment #121Frog, no idea what you are on about.
toon22
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:32 PM
Comment #122Munster
Bollix
toon22
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:33 PM
Comment #123Munster
You’ve no idea how your helping us
Cheers
toon22
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:34 PM
Comment #124We’re all proper stupid us toon fans
😉
toon22
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:35 PM
Comment #125If only you knew how bad we could make things don’t just apply to Jabba and his goons
He’s got something to loose
😉
Cathedral on the hill
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:36 PM
Comment #126Newcastle United to make Steve Bruce worst-paid manager in the Premier League
EXCLUSIVE: Bruce has agreed to join Newcastle on wages six times less than Rafa Benitez got to do same job
By
John Richardson
22:30, 13 JUL 2019UPDATED22:55, 13 JUL 2019
Steve Bruce has agreed to join boyhood club Newcastle — as the Premier League’s lowest-paid manager.
Geordie Bruce’s desperation to be in charge of the club he and his family have supported will see his basic pay pegged at £1million a year, when predecessor Rafa Benitez was getting a £6m annual wage.
The 58-year-old will, however, be able to boost his £20,000 per week wages by ensuring the Magpies avoid relegation back to the Championship.
MirrorFootball can reveal owner Mike Ashley has worked out an incentive-driven salary which will see Bruce collect an extra payment for every place Newcastle finish above the bottom three.
Ending up in the middle of the table would see Bruce collecting a Benitez-style bonanza payment.
The Newcastle squad flew to China on Saturday to take part in the Premier League Asia Trophy pre-season tournament without their new man.
He was with current club Sheffield Wednesday as they played Lincoln, with the Owls ramping up their compensation claim for losing Bruce and his trusted coaching duo Steve Agnew and Stephen Clemence.
After originally believing he would have to pay just £1m to snatch Bruce from the Championship club, Ashley has now been met with a demand for around £5m. He is not prepared to pay anywhere near that and is hoping Bruce will walk out, leaving both parties to haggle over the final terms.
Bruce wants to bring back Newcastle’s legendary star-finder Graham Carr as part of his St James’ Park revolution.
He knows Carr, who once signed an eight-year contract with the Tyneside club, still possesses the contacts, especially in Europe, to help him bring in the right players.
The super-spy, dad of TV funnyman Alan, discovered emerging players such as Yohan Cabaye, Papiss Cisse, Cheick Tiote and Mathieu Debuchy. It fitted owner Ashley’s philosophy of snapping up young players for bargain prices and later selling them on for a big profit.
Working alongside managers Chris Hughton and Alan Pardew, Carr was handed the eight-year contract by a grateful Ashley in 2012. He left two years ago after Benitez took charge.
toon22
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:37 PM
Comment #127Look back over this
Just your typical views of your average toon fans it seems
Hiya
toon22
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:38 PM
Comment #128SB the traitor
He lives on this planet too ?
toon22
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:39 PM
Comment #129I’m off to but a shed load of cabbages
How many do you think it’ll take ?
Munster Mag
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:42 PM
Comment #130Cathedral, thats a pretty shocking read. Ashley getting away with murder on that incentive based salary. Bruce must be desperate to manage us. I woulnt mind, but on that salary he won’t get much of a payoff when he is sacked and replaced by Moyes!
Munster Mag
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:43 PM
Comment #131Toon 22 you’re on drugs man. Fcuk off to bed.
#BleachTheLeech
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:44 PM
Comment #132It doesn’t matter who the next manager is.
It doesn’t matter what players are bought.
It doesn’t matter how much we spend or ‘splash’ out on wages (I know)
It’s irrelevant because that parasite is still here running us into the ground.
Do something about it. If you do nothing then the cycle continues.
Nicky the ball tosser
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:44 PM
Comment #133Unless Bruce has been approached to simply take the job until we are sold, then take his chances with a new owner, he should have nothing to do with it, and if that isn’t the case, the longer this rumbles on, the greater the chance he’ll see sense and say thanks, but no thanks. Shearer will have had a word.
The even bigger problem for us though, is who Charnley would turn to next. 🙁
toon22
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:44 PM
Comment #134Munster
How do you plan on blaming SB for everything?
It’s over
toon22
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:48 PM
Comment #135We no longer care about the details
Jabba is going to leave
toon22
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:48 PM
Comment #136Munster
Hiya
It’s over
toon22
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:50 PM
Comment #137Try to explain away the current chaos
The utter non interest in our club
In a way that assumes we’re all proper stupid, like normal
Nicky the ball tosser
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:51 PM
Comment #138John Richardson is a tired old irrelevant hack. The worst. He just makes it all up, every single piece and always writes with an entirely negative tone.
As the saying goes though, a busted clock……… In this case he just might be f@cken right.
toon22
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:52 PM
Comment #139Your stuck here the same as we are
We love our club
Your payed to be here
Two immovable opinions
We have stopped caring what Jabba wants we want to hurt him
Cathedral on the hill
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:54 PM
Comment #140Munster
Its an abomination. It really does put into perspective how truly desperate bruce must be. Lard arse can offer these truly appaling terms because he knows these clowns are just eternally grateful for a job they know they are unequivocally qualified for.
Online Guy
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:57 PM
Comment #141Bills son is back
Well I thought I had you worked out but the last few weeks you have gone off to another level
I seen Ed had put his heart into a headline post and you showed him no respect at all.
I found it from the heart from Ed and he related what we all feel and are going through , it was a magnificent piece of writing to us all .
You expect your opinions to be taken on board and you want people to read them while all you seem to do is criticise any post from anyone telling exactly how it is with the owner Ashley who has actually CLUBNAPPED Newcastle United and at the same time holding all our Hearts and minds in his filthy greedy hands.
Your attack on Ed was below the belt at comment # 2 from you timed at 16;59.
Other comments from you are just as Bad.
Your not right for this place, your causing division at a time when we are all together hand in hand in getting rid of Mike “the leech” Ashley.
Your running your mouth off uncontrollably.
A Disgrace .
toon22
Jul 13, 2019 at 11:58 PM
Comment #142Yep
We’re all that stupid
Online Guy
Jul 14, 2019 at 12:06 AM
Comment #143Thanks for the countdown Bill .
I will be joining you in your project ..Double trouble for Ashley !
Remember
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Have you got your Ashley effigies at the ready ..? VOODOO DOLLS ?
Moonraker15
Jul 14, 2019 at 12:11 AM
Comment #144Toon 22
Wolves game gonna be Low profile but will get them worried but I think we’ll get slaughtered by Arsenal cos Rafa has been the glue! We have a championship team and Ashley will get hammered for what he’s done and he hasn’t got a clue!
toon22
Jul 14, 2019 at 12:14 AM
Comment #145Moon
Yep
Sadly we’re left being happy with disaster is s sad end to the last 12 years
toon22
Jul 14, 2019 at 12:14 AM
Comment #146Hiya Keith
Hahahahaha hahahahaha hahahahaha hahahahaha hahahahaha
😉