There are details emerging this morning on why Newcastle’s pursuit of Jesse Lingard took a sudden turn south. The Mail is reporting that Manchester United are asking for what would amount to in excess of £15m to allow the 29-year-old to leave on loan for the season’s final five months.
The report, by Chris Wheeler, is backing prior claims that interim manager Ralf Rangnick gave the move his blessing. However, discussions with the Man U hierarchy have proven infuriating with their inflated demands.
Newcastle were being asked to pay a substantial loan fee, a massive bonus should we survive, and all of Lingard’s £80-100k/week in wages. This just reeks of a fleecing by The Red Devils knowing Newcastle are in a desperate situation.
These are the types of excessive asking prices Newcastle have faced in this window. The owners are right to walk away as it sets a dangerous precedent moving forward. The glaring issue now becomes who can we add to ensure survival.
It is shaping up to be a frantic final stretch in this window. Newcastle need at least another center-back, a midfielder, and an attacker to increase their chances of ending this season outside the bottom three.
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41 comments so far
ToonDarnSarf
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:36 AM
Comment #1Mund – it’s just a meme. It’s impossible to believe that if Halsey said that or wrote that then it wouldn’t be MAJOR news all over the media.
DaraghL
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:37 AM
Comment #2I’ll donate £50 to Sir Bobby Robson’s foundation if we can go one comments section without an insult.
Reilly
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:38 AM
Comment #3Keith Downie
@SkySports_Keith
· 1m
BREAKING: Newcastle have agreed a fee with Lyon for midfielder Bruno Guimarães.
We understand the deal is in the region of £30m.
The Brazilian international will undergo a medical in his homeland, hopefully today
The Prince's Mate
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:38 AM
Comment #4Walk away…even if we go down fair enough,we’ll come straight back up BUT let’s not,EVER forget the way these bastards have treat us….what goes around etc…
Mund
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:38 AM
Comment #5TDS
Is that right? What because the media are just as trustworthy right?
Look I can appreciate you have a different opinion as each to their own but like I said I’m not here to try and convince you about anything.
The world isn’t as black and white as you think
BenbulbenMag
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:39 AM
Comment #6Not surprising to see every hand raised against us. I have no problem with NUFC sticking to their guns and refusing to be fleeced. It would set an awful precedent. I’m hopeful we will get one or two more through closer to the deadline when clubs see we will not be taken for mugs and realise they need the cash injection we are able to supply.
niafron
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:39 AM
Comment #7Bonjour messieurs!
Bad news morning, OL deny any agreement with NUFC about Guimaraes.
DaraghL
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:40 AM
Comment #8Hi Niafron,
That seems to contradict Sky, any source?
The Dyslexic God
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:41 AM
Comment #9DaraghL Only £50 … you tight bug**r.
Doh!
The Dyslexic God
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:42 AM
Comment #10I only believe in signings when I see them pen in hand and wearing the shirt. Everything else is noise.
carltoon
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:43 AM
Comment #11TCPrince I’m with you, If the top six can go behind all the other teams, they can certainly agree not to deal with us. What’s happening with the Lingard loan is a disgrace.
the crown princes nashers
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:43 AM
Comment #12like ive said time and time again ignore the gutter press, when the club announces signings is the only time id take notice, the press honest yeah ask them about the mobile phones they hacked to get stories there the most gutless, spineless, morons and cowards going
niafron
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:44 AM
Comment #13@DaraghL
https://www.olympique-et-lyonnais.com/ol-mercato-le-club-dement-un-accord-avec-newcastle-pour-guimaraes,246889.html
DaraghL
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:44 AM
Comment #14Peter,
Insults towards me don’t count and I’m glad you’ve decided to match my offer.
I’m genuinely serious. It would raise the question to anyone about to insult somebody with common interests (the success of Newcastle), do I want to insult someone and forfeit £50 to a charity we all appreciate.
If anyone does, they should really question themselves or at least donate as a form of swear jar haha
The Prince's Mate
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:44 AM
Comment #15MANURGREEDYBASTARDINGUNITED
ToonDarnSarf
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:45 AM
Comment #16Mund – nobody is saying the world is black and white, I’ve argued exactly the same point here as many people seem to believe things have to be one extreme or another.
But I’m asking a genuine question of why would you choose to believe this as fact? There’s so much rubbish online and you certainly know this. Why would you see a meme and believe it as fact when there is literally zero evidence to prove it as fact?
carltoon
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:45 AM
Comment #17Definitely there’s a hatred towards us, and I won’t be persuaded any other way.
Novocastrian66
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:46 AM
Comment #18Could anyone imagine Charnley having the wherewithal to organise a medical in a foreign country to expedite a transfer and get the jump on any other potential suitors?
carltoon
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:47 AM
Comment #19TDS, can posters just believe what they want to believe,
Why would they have to justify it to anyone.
the crown princes nashers
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:47 AM
Comment #20if I was saudi arabia id take all sponsorship deals involving the PL and its clubs out of clubs wonder how many they sponsor really
DaraghL
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:48 AM
Comment #21Niafron,
I see the quote is from an unofficial account. Let’s hope it’s untrue.
ToonDarnSarf
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:48 AM
Comment #22Surely it’s a good thing to actually establish the facts and then we can all have our own opinions on those facts? If you believe a prank as fact then every opinion you have that’s based on it is flawed.
Anyone can argue whether Dummett or Lewis are the best left back in our squad but if you argue it on the basis that Dummett has 40 caps for England then your argument is obviously flawed!
carltoon
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:48 AM
Comment #23TPM, that’s about right
Romford mag
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:49 AM
Comment #24Novo
He struggled to do it here , let alone in a different country ! 🙂
carltoon
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:49 AM
Comment #25TDS I like dealing in fantasy sometimes,
ToonDarnSarf
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:50 AM
Comment #26carltoon – As I’ve said (multiple times), people can believe whatever they want to believe. But when they post something as fact (a seemingly made up quote), that should be confronted.
And see #22…
Legolas
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:51 AM
Comment #27Breaking on SSN, that deal with Lyon agreed.
ToonDarnSarf
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:51 AM
Comment #28carltoon – Fantasy is great but shouldn’t be presented as reality. That causes a problem when others see it, believe it as fact too, and that affects their opinion on reality.
carltoon
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:53 AM
Comment #29Eh!!!!!
ToonDarnSarf
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:53 AM
Comment #30This Guimaraes would be amazing! One of those transfers that might have been bubbling away behind the scenes for weeks without the media picking up on it!
niafron
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:53 AM
Comment #31@Daraghl
It s a local media close to the club.
So i trust this news.
In my opinion, this NUFC syndrom of this window: they think they could have more money from us.
hibbit
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:53 AM
Comment #32interesting take on man united and its transfer activity and the effect its having on the lingard deal,
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester-united-jesse-lingard-newcastle-22875927
Mund
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:54 AM
Comment #33It’s not made up and you can’t prove it is
Each to their own
carltoon
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:55 AM
Comment #34TDS your too sensible to be on a blog.
We’ve been deprived of anything meaningful football wise for Fourteen years, let’s wallow in a bit of fantasy for a little while please.
niafron
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:55 AM
Comment #35It was the general analysis yesterday in France:” they are rich and desperate… let them offer 45 millions and sell.
Mund
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:56 AM
Comment #36Lee Ryder
@lee_ryder
#nufc sources now confirm work to complete Bruno Guimaraes deal moving “positively”, medical and personal terms to be agreed.
ToonDarnSarf
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:57 AM
Comment #37Mund – can you honestly tell me why you believe that to be true when there’s no actual source for him saying it? It’s literally ONE meme that is doing the rounds with zero written, audio, or video evidence of him saying it. And you honestly believe that none of the mainstream media would pick up on that and run a tonne of stories for such a controversial statement? It would be HUGE news!
Do you question what you read online?
Ruddy Marveaux-lous
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:57 AM
Comment #38Bruno Guimares set to undergo a medical, looks like this one is nearing completion and would an absolutely stellar signing which immeasurably improves our midfield. Ticks so many boxes, is tenacious at covering ground in the midfield, recycles the ball quickly, has an outstanding passing range, can carry the ball forward through the lines. Would be a masterstroke if we can pull this one off.
Saves us from relegation on his own, he is that bloody good.
James Brewerton
Jan 26, 2022 at 11:58 AM
Comment #39So is Lingard loan deal over or is it possible we can still get him ? And hi everyone
James Brewerton
Jan 26, 2022 at 12:00 PM
Comment #40Mund This Bruno guy any good ? I don’t know much about him