Southampton midfielder Mario Lemina has reportedly arrived in France tonight ahead of a move to Nice. Newcastle had recently reopened talks for the 27-year-old after Mike Ashley refused to sanction a cash deal last month.
RMC Sport journalist Loic Tanzi, who initially reported Newcastle’s interest in Midtjylland’s Jens Cajuste, has tweeted the following which roughly translates to:
Mario Lemina arrived in Nice this evening to commit for three years with OGC Nice in the coming days
Mario Lemina est arrivé à Nice ce soir et doit s’engager pour trois ans avec l’OGC Nice dans les prochains jours #Mercato #RMCLive
— Loïc Tanzi (@Tanziloic) July 22, 2021
Reports varied on how much Southampton wanted for Lemina, who in 2017 was their record signing from Juventus for £15.4m. Nice had been negotiating a deal for the Gabon international for some time.
On Wednesday evening, The Mail broke the news of Newcastle re-entering talks for the midfielder. Simon Jones wrote the following in his report:
Lemina has a good offer from Nice who have bid around £3.5m so Newcastle have had to move swiftly to try and convince him to remain in the Premier League.
It appears that Newcastle did not move swiftly enough to convince Lemina to come to Tyneside. Tutto Mercato journalist Marco Conterio is claiming that Nice will pay just €4m for the midfielder, which equates to around £3.5m.
? Ai #SaintsFC 4 milioni di euro. Mario Lemina a titolo definitivo all'#OGCNice con contratto da 2 milioni@TuttoMercatoWeb https://t.co/HUz8PRcuXI
— Marco Conterio (@marcoconterio) July 22, 2021
This has been a very disappointing week for Newcastle fans. Any resolution to the stalled takeover has been delayed until next year. Joe Willock’s return doesn’t look to be imminent which was hinted at in reports last week. Young phenom Bobby Clark could be poached by Liverpool. Now we’ve lost out on a quality midfielder due to Ashley’s restrictive transfer policy.
248 comments so far
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:06 PM
Comment #1What a massive surprise
Mund
Do the club sell sponsored sand for the rest of us to use , or will any type be acceptable ?
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:06 PM
Comment #2You think we can get the players to use it ?
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:08 PM
Comment #3Going off today
And i am guessing
There might be a bit of a disapointing turn out for tickets to next seasons relegation circus
Just going off todays BS
Romford mag
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:08 PM
Comment #4It’s just another week in the life of being an nufc supporter !
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:09 PM
Comment #5Rom
Ive heard buckets of sand helps
😉
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:10 PM
Comment #6You think maybe the turds got a side line on selling cabbages outside the ground next seaons
Sort of cornering the market ?
Wouldnt put it past him
Aces-of-Eights
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:11 PM
Comment #7https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CX45pYvxDiA
There you are toon22 just for you
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:17 PM
Comment #8Aces-of-Eights
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:18 PM
Comment #9https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLxpNiF0YKs
DrGloom
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:20 PM
Comment #10Depressing that we won’t offer lemina more than nice both from footballing sense and wages … Can this even be true , surely we weren’t hoping to get him for less than 3.5 million
Not so bothered about letting Clarke go … We rarely progress youngsters and to be fair not many have actually made the grade later …still not great though
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:20 PM
Comment #11Id guess soon we will see some kind of extention to the ST sales
With some kind of covid BS reason
Hiya guys
Romford mag
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:20 PM
Comment #12https://youtu.be/ensWQhBRVik 🙂
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:22 PM
Comment #13DrGloom
Aww come on
Best season eva
Try and just ignore everything
Propper head in the sand stuff
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:24 PM
Comment #14Romford mag
HAHAHAHAHA
DrGloom
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:24 PM
Comment #15Ashley’s going to have to do something , the apathy this season is probably the worst I’ve seen it in his tenure , I know a few who haven’t renewed season tickets.
It’s so sad as these were/ are hardcore fans .. they’ve basically said that not being able to go last season, concerns of covid , the depressive football of Bruce , the failed takeover and the lack of anything positive happening has made them rethink
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:25 PM
Comment #16https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSZxmZmBfnU
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:26 PM
Comment #17Dr Gloom
https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=all+ways+l%3Book+on+the+bright+side+of+like+
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:27 PM
Comment #18Right now
The clubs nailed to that cross
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:27 PM
Comment #19Mund
Aww come on youll love this
magicmac54
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:28 PM
Comment #20Ashley Charnley and Bishop 😀 😀 😀
https://youtu.be/on-y9Pv-CJA
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:30 PM
Comment #21Mund
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvqeSJlgaNk
magscar
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:32 PM
Comment #22magscar
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:30 PM
Comment #83
toon22
“Jul 22, 2021 at 9:01 PM
Comment #77
magscar
If only SBR hadnt been so selfish to have cancer and be 71 years old” ……
I wonder if such a callous and misplaced attempt at humour might catch Jail’s eye?
I know that you twist many things on here but please don’t play with my words and try to imply that i would have contemplated such a base thought
I like many on here have far more first hand knowledge of NUFC than you could hope to have – my age I know but i have earned my scars at this club and can articulate my views very well without your immature attempts to paraphrase them
I try to stay away from your repetitious nonsense about PR and the ad nauseum mantra of Ashley’s faults so do me a favour and unless you have anything adult to converse with me about stay in your little sanctum with your puerile thoughts on loop as you save us fans from Ashley
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:33 PM
Comment #23Hiya guys
Divint worry
Today was pure gold
Cheers
Youll be back and post something eventually
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:34 PM
Comment #24Magscar
From your own keyboard
Not mine
I simply expanded on what you no only said but defended afterwars
Give it a rest
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:36 PM
Comment #25Ive not met a person anywhere
Not just football fans who have ever had a bad word to say on the guy
You on the other have have done and are still defending
Might you apologise ?
Hasnt happened yet
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:36 PM
Comment #26By the way
It wasnt humor in any way
Its basically what you posted
Go back n read it
Mund
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:39 PM
Comment #27Florian Lejeune
@lejeune_florian
·
15m
Level 1:
I wanted to thank
@NUFC
for the all the time spent at the club. I met wonderful people who always have been there for me. I’m facing a new challenge and I couldn’t be more thankful to all the fans, teammates and club’s staff.
I wish you all the best for the upcoming season.
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:44 PM
Comment #28Mund
Do you think a single penny we got for him will ever rech the actual football club ?
Or is narna a better analogy ?
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:46 PM
Comment #29Maybe the turds got a massive wardrobe where all the club cash vanishes at night
While nee bodys looking
Its plausable
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:47 PM
Comment #30And ohh
Ignoring the concequences of your opinions isnt going to wash
Im not going anywhere
Neither are you are you
Cha Ching ….
DrGloom
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:49 PM
Comment #31Mund – shame about lejeune when we still have Clarke etc – not a world beater but still better than our current crop
Not sure why people slag other fans off for an opinion – at the end of the day we’re all fed up of Ashley , some have a positive view on takeover or any glimmer of hope , others don’t , some people jump on any Twitter rumour , some post random ( kets :). )
All part of the blog but the worst thing on here is the personal vendettas … I mean who has the for it and to what purpose 😕
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:52 PM
Comment #32DrGloom
The sand works much better if you keep yer head in it 24/7
DrGloom
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:53 PM
Comment #33Toon22 – mate, I’m P.R … Bishops my dad and Ashley’s my mum
magicmac54
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:53 PM
Comment #34Toon22
With the greatest respect to you 22 whats your obsession with your attacks on Mund, in case you didn`t know he is just another Newcastle fan, he is not the enemy, in fact he despises Ashley just as much as any other fan on this blog, iam not having a go at you Toon22, please continue your attacks on Ashley by all means and that will get my full support, but in life its very important to know who the real enemy is, and no one knows that better than you lad, Lets flush out the turd. HWTL.
Anglosaxon
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:54 PM
Comment #35THE Wife do people have to put up with this crass stupidity from t22.
Time for the brush.
DrGloom
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:54 PM
Comment #36Charnley however is my bastard brother from another lover possibly related to uncle fester
Mund
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:54 PM
Comment #37Gloom
I really liked Lejeune mate and sad to see him go. Real shame.
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:57 PM
Comment #38magicmac54
Im basing this round on his own words today
Not mine
He typed this stuff
He could explain but i can guarentee he cant explain it
Go on MUnd try it
toon22
Jul 22, 2021 at 9:59 PM
Comment #39He will ignore it
Gloss over it
And try and pretend it didnt happen
Just like any other toon fan wit ha strong opinion
magscar
Jul 22, 2021 at 10:00 PM
Comment #40Toon22
I didn’t have a bad word to say about SBR so stop trying to justify that cr@p and poison you tried to twist from my words – you go back and read it
I was a season ticket holder then and like several others i went with we were of the opinion that the season before had not gone well and given his age and the developing problems with several hot headed young players he faced it would have been better if he had moved upstairs
For the record at that time (in my early 50’s) that I was living through and forming first hand impressions what were you doing in terms of NUFC support that can allow such dexterity in determining what should be the correct thinking about that event ?
It is you that should apologise but I’m not daft enough to expect one after your years of craziness on here
If you can’t debate sensibly just stick to your repetition and dodge questions and leave the actual adult conversations to those who can act like adults in putting their opinions
I have said it before you maybe an NUFC fan but you act no different to a WUM and you have no intention of discussing matters on here in a sensible way
Stop trying to twist my words and views and we are done