The Sun’s Alan Nixon is reporting as an exclusive that Newcastle United are trying to push through a deal for Amiens right-back Emil Krafth.
On Thursday, it was reported that Newcastle had scouted both Jarrod Bowen and Emil Krafth when Amiens travelled to play Hull City in a preseason friendly.
We heard earlier today that Newcastle have been put off from pursuing Bowen due to Hull’s £20m asking price. This is a very high fee for a player who has just one year left on his contract but with an option for an extra year.
#nufc are refusing to pay the £20million asking price for Hull's Jarrod Bowen.
— Lee Ryder (@lee_ryder) July 27, 2019
Newcastle are looking to get the Swedish 24-year-old for just £1m. However this is only half of the fee Amiens paid to Bologna for the player this summer when they took up an option to buy after having him on loan last year.
So Newcastle will most likely have to increase their fee to at least match the price Amiens paid for him. We would also expect that Krafth would be very interested in moving to the Premier League and Newcastle.
Emil Krafth– 20 caps for Sweden
This would be a decent move by Newcastle as they do have two capable right-backs in DeAndre Yedlin and Javier Manquillo. So bringing in some additional cover in that area may be worthwhile especially as the fee does not look to be too high.
It might not be feasible for the club to do a big deal for a right-back this summer. So to solidify the position with Krafth could prove to be a savvy decision.
With time running down on the transfer window, Newcastle are currently working on two big transfers in Stanley N’Soki and Allan Saint-Maximin. Both players reportedly are very keen to join.
It also looks like the Allan Saint-Maximin deal could be completed in the next few days according to Mark Douglas.
'Allan Saint-Maximin should be on board by the time the team take on St Etienne – and Stanley N’Soki could follow him': https://t.co/XxzmECe7ts
— Mark Douglas (@MsiDouglas) July 27, 2019
212 comments so far
toon22
Jul 27, 2019 at 11:21 PM
Comment #1When do you think we will spend that 123 million we got from sky ?
beermonkey
Jul 27, 2019 at 11:30 PM
Comment #2is kyle scott for the first team or the u21s given his age i would have thought he would want and need playing time
was he in the squad today
stan anderson
Jul 27, 2019 at 11:30 PM
Comment #3When the slug is gone.
beermonkey
Jul 27, 2019 at 11:36 PM
Comment #4toon22
it gets spent every year
on what who knows but it aint in the bank
if you came on here once a week called out the shills and spent the rest of the time that you would be on here
looking through the accounts you might find it
your mission should you chose to accept it
ronaldo aarons
Jul 27, 2019 at 11:38 PM
Comment #5Scott is currently at the line, where many, many players have fallen before him. The odds are stacked against him that he will cross it.
ronaldo aarons
Jul 27, 2019 at 11:40 PM
Comment #6This Swedish right back, I don’t recall ever seeing him play. Don’t know if he played v England last year. Very much an unknown to me.
Nicky the ball tosser
Jul 27, 2019 at 11:42 PM
Comment #7I’d pay the 20 million for Bowen, if his wage demands are within reason. Proven in the Championship, good age to make the step up, scores, creates, runs around, wins the ball, and would immediately be worth more than twenty million if on a four year deal.
NY Mag
Jul 27, 2019 at 11:43 PM
Comment #8Beermonkey,
I believe Mikey goes down the quayside once a month with a brown paper bag and withdraws it all 😀
beermonkey
Jul 27, 2019 at 11:49 PM
Comment #9NYmag
nah thats his white lightning and thunder bird in that brown bag
Genjikai
Jul 27, 2019 at 11:49 PM
Comment #10Neil/Ed ive emailed you mate.
EssexJordy
Jul 27, 2019 at 11:54 PM
Comment #11Bowen would be a great player for us, young and full of energy no different to Daniel James
NY Mag
Jul 27, 2019 at 11:55 PM
Comment #12Beermonkey,
LOL……that made me laugh far more than it should have 🙂
Essex Geordie Bill
Jul 27, 2019 at 11:59 PM
Comment #13Tony
Re the HOF shops I’m fairly certain that Ashlie does have an idea for them, if memory serves me right I’m pretty sure he was thinking of multi use, with a floor dedicated to video gaming an updated more technology based arcade environment with extra bells and whistles to attract the teens, geeks and families.
Would probably stretch his finances as things stand at present though.
NY Mag
Jul 27, 2019 at 11:59 PM
Comment #14Chico (if you’re about),
Just wanted to say, it was real pleasure meeting you yesterday. Thoroughly enjoyed the tour of the beautiful city you live.
Great beer, great lunch and great craic……looking forward to next time!!
beermonkey
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:01 AM
Comment #15ronaldo
i just looked at scotts wikki page a fa cup game for chelsea and 14 for a league 2 dutch side i cant see him being bought into the 1st team but then i would have said the same about longstaff this time last season
nicky i dont know anything about bowen or the french player but for a couple of mill more is it not wiser to go home grown will also command a higher fee when we sell
TomaKaThor
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:03 AM
Comment #16Well if we get this guy and the other two we should technically have about 20 million left, but i bet we wont see anyone else apart from a loan or a free
Nicky the ball tosser
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:04 AM
Comment #17Yeah, Dummett is equally good as the left side centre back, in three at the back, or as a conventional left back in a flat back four. Either way though, we need another fullback, because Ritchie isn’t a conventional fullback, and Dummett isn’t a wing back. The other side to me isn’t a priority, so I wonder about the validity of this report, unless Yedlin is looking for a move as has been mooted.
Dragon64
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:17 AM
Comment #18toon22
read some of ya post a few threads back about the 605 million tax fat twat faces.
so is it certain that when the market opens on Monday that we shall see S.D shares drop like a brick????
Dragon64
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:18 AM
Comment #19ppl with billions always find a way out????
Tony Baloney
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:19 AM
Comment #20EGB: the problem with H of F is that it will take a while to make them multi-use. As I said, Department Stores as we used to know them are dead. He need shops, offices, apartments, restaurants in those spaces. It will work, just like the rejuvenation of places like some seafronts, docklands and quaysides did. It will take time though.
I think the Fat Man is very smart but may not have realized how bad a shape H of F was in and their liabilities.
lesh
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:20 AM
Comment #21If we bring in more players who cost a lot of money and are said to have talent, Ashley, having appointed Bruce is almost repeating the advent of McLaren’s reign.
And he claims to have learned from his mistakes? Shish, astonishing.
toon22
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:23 AM
Comment #22NY mag
605,000,000
Hahahahaha
toon22
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:24 AM
Comment #23Beer
Hahahahaha
See ya Monday
Tony Baloney
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:24 AM
Comment #24Toon22 can short SD stocks if he is so sure about SD tanking. I think he can do this on other markets before the London Markets open. After hours markets, also. I am not going to explain what a short sale is because it is too boring. He can also buy put options and make a fortune if he is right. I am also not going to explain what they are either. 🙂
toon22
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:25 AM
Comment #25Ahh
The PR night shift in full flow
As we’re all that stupid
toon22
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:26 AM
Comment #26Tony
It’s irrelevant
He will have the liability of half a billion on his plate
Hahahahaha
toon22
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:26 AM
Comment #27The best Jabba can do is chuck everything he has at saving SD
Problem is it’s DOIMED
Hahahahaha
toon22
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:27 AM
Comment #28DOOMED
toon22
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:28 AM
Comment #29That’s ignoring the whole Grant Thornton affair
Hahahahaha
It’s over
Nicky the ball tosser
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:28 AM
Comment #30Bruce has better man management skills than McClaren. I think he’ll get the side to run around for each other. In that regard, I’d take Bowen ahead of St Maximim. The concern regarding Bruce is that we’ll be quite one dimensional. We’ll have one basic approach and that’ll be it, but to be honest if we do end up with a hard running group with decent quality, depth and balance. I think Bruce will send them out ready to compete and win points.
kc2012
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:28 AM
Comment #31Bruce seems to rate Aarons highly from his loan spell at Sheff Wednesday so it wouldn’t surprise me if he gets a start on the first game of the season and based on his performance today, i’d Have no issue with that because he was very good.
I think Almiron was playing just behind Joelinton today also for a while and there was a few moments of clever link up between the 2 so maybe we’ll see Almiron playing as a number 10 which is where he was most effective for Atlanta United.
On Bowen, if we’re spending £20m on another attacking player then for me it would be Saint Maximin over him. Maximin is an absolute livewire and unpredictable with huge potential. Abit like a Wilfried Zaha type player.
toon22
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:29 AM
Comment #32Tony
Your as big a toon fan as JIB
LMFAO
toon22
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:29 AM
Comment #33Drsgon64
You can bet on it
SD shares just became worthless
Hahahahaha
toon22
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:30 AM
Comment #34The tax bill is about 7 years of profits
toon22
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:31 AM
Comment #35Nicky
The traitor has the 2nd worst win rate in prem history
The stats say he’s the worst toon manager in decades
lesh
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:32 AM
Comment #36ronaldo aarons, Geordie 2, Essex, Tsunki
Thanks for posting some entertaining and perceptive craic about avatars and their symbolism.
The blog was rolling along quite nicely, as it has been all day and it went downhill when the bitching, sniping and stirring oozed in about nine – ten.
And whose appearance coincided with the crap’s arrival? There are no prizes for spotting Jib and Boloney who says he’s a certified financial something or other. Jib’s portfolio expanding by the day and his CV must make interesting reading.
toon22
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:33 AM
Comment #37I emailed a guy at the HMRC tonight
Asking them to take up Jabbs on his offer to look at the accounts
Hahahahaha
Run from it
Dread it
Monday still arrives
NY Mag
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:33 AM
Comment #38toon22,
You directed a comment at me : 605,000,000?
I have no idea what you are talking about ( I’ve of course caught up on the comments and have seen that you posted this many times, not just to me)
But….I still (shill) don’t get the what you’re talking about?
toon22
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:34 AM
Comment #39Lesh
It’s the PRs desperate attempt at putting a lid on things
It’s obvious
Tony Baloney
Jul 28, 2019 at 12:36 AM
Comment #40Just for Toon22:
if you have a brokerage account you can borrow shares/stocks of SD and immediately sell them.
Then, when the price drops, you buy them back and pocket the difference.
In your example of the death of SD on Monday. You would borrow at a pound (100 pence). Then when the shares drop to 10p you would buy them back and give them to the brokerage company and pocket the difference – 90p.
It is pretty risky though, but, good luck.
Hopefully, you have a dog to sit in a doorway with if this turns against you.