Eddie Howe is still hopeful of a couple of attacking arrivals before the summer window slams shut. The sights are currently focused on James Maddison though there are other routes Newcastle can go down in their hunt for firepower upfront.
Newcastle are waiting to officially hear the fate of their second bid for James Maddison. Though it appears almost certain the Foxes will knock it back with Keith Downie’s revelation that it is closer to £40m than £50m.
Conflicting views/info on the James Maddison second bid. The info I have personally is it’s more around the £40m mark with some add-ons. Unlikely to get the midfielder at that price unless Leicester change tact & decide they need to sell #NUFC #LFC
— Keith Downie (@SkySports_Keith) August 2, 2022
Unless Newcastle break character and go beyond their valuation, it appears the playmaker may be yet another bridge too far this window. The owners have stuck to their guns and not caved for their priority attacking targets but so far come up empty-handed.
If the Maddison pursuit ends after two bids, the groundwork has been laid for Burnley’s Maxwel Cornet. The Ivorian has a release clause of £17.5m, though Newcastle have reportedly started negotiations on a structured deal worth slightly higher.
Watford duo Emmanuel Dennis and Ismaila Sarr are both available for the right price. The pair helped the Hornets down Sheffield United 1-0 last night, with Ciaran Clark making his debut for the Blades.
The price tag may be too steep for Newcastle’s taste. It would reportedly take £25m for Sarr and £20m for Dennis to pry them away from Vicarage Road. Watford would be more than happy to keep them around for their promotion push should acceptable bids not arrive.
Another secondary target is Marseille striker Bamba Dieng, who has been on and off the radar since January. News emerging from France is the 22-year-old has been frozen out at the Stade Velodrome due to excessive weight gain this summer. The report also claims Newcastle are no longer interested.
A player that has not hit our radar who could be a decent option is Inter Milan’s Andrea Pinamonti. Atalanta, our opponents last Friday, have a £15m plus add-ons offer on the table for the striker.
This morning Nottingham Forest have come in for the 23-year-old. Inter reportedly want around £18m for Pinamonti, who spent last season on loan with Empoli scoring 13 goals. He has just two years left on his contract and is an out-and-out striker.
There are decent options available that Newcastle can turn to later in the window. The focus right now is to add bonafide talents like James Maddison or Timo Werner on loan. The jury is still out on whether that proves successful.
156 comments so far
Mister Tuff
Aug 2, 2022 at 4:57 PM
Comment #121WTF is going on on here. Multi posts about super heros and Batman. What a load of shite.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
The tall stories from the world class golfers and champion cyclists and swimmers on here was better than this recent crap.
Please let there be a signing to talk about.
valle
Aug 2, 2022 at 4:57 PM
Comment #122Clint
Netflix Thor? No, are we talking the Marvel character or the real story about the Norse God?
Mister Tuff
Aug 2, 2022 at 4:58 PM
Comment #123And a nice first I hasten to add.
Mister Tuff
Aug 2, 2022 at 4:59 PM
Comment #124Super heros and space cadets………………………………….OOT.
valle
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:00 PM
Comment #125ShaytoStay
I thought the exact same thing about Blade when I heard it was being made. But in all honesty, I have given up hope about anything Disney makes. The guardians of the galaxy are usually fun, so there’s that.
TheDrewid
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:01 PM
Comment #126Valle @113
I wholeheartedly agree with everything you’ve just said. Disney is ruining Marvel and they’ve utterly destroyed my love of Star Wars with the never ending shoe-horning of “woke” ideologies into what are supposed to be escapist, entertaining fantasies.
Wor B
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:01 PM
Comment #127Come on Mr Tuff.
I bet there’s a superhero outfit stashed away in the back of your wardrobe for special occasions!
😆
theartfuldodger
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:01 PM
Comment #128Second bid for Maddison rejected as per twitter
Pat Mania
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:03 PM
Comment #129naptoon
He would excite, for sure.
I more so meant those in the article. Still a long way to go. And no doubt those behind the scenes are working very hard to progress the club in the best way possible.
Romford mag
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:03 PM
Comment #130121st 🙂
Ruddy Marveaux-lous
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:04 PM
Comment #131So my reading of the situation is that our first bid was rejected flat out of hand and was leaked to the press that it was rejected flat out of hand within a few hours. Our second bid (seemingly around the same money but structured differently, but who actually knows?) is speculated to be rejected but as of 24 hours or so of being placed, hasn’t officially been rejected, or at least the press haven’t had wind that it has (Sorry, Bailey of 90 mins doesn’t actually count as an actual journalist)
So while we’re fannying about, there may be internal negotiations ongoing regarding the 2nd bid as it hasn’t been slapped back and rejected.
We really don’t need to penny pinch like this though. Granted, it makes a big change from not stumping up £400k loan fee for Hamza Choudary to negotiating for James Maddison, but it doesn’t half frustrate us fans.
CLINT FLICK
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:04 PM
Comment #132Valle
Real world, modern take.
Dark horse are in movies now, aren’t they?
Romford mag
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:04 PM
Comment #133theartfuldodger
Yellow banner SSN
West Lancs Geordie
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:04 PM
Comment #134Well I’m off too much comic cuts stuff being discussed on the blog now . I’m more for Roy of the Rovers.
We must have been allegedly interested in about 153 players so far this window albeit most will not be genuine . I wonder who it will be tomorrow when “Maddison fever” has calmed?
CLINT FLICK
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:05 PM
Comment #135AvP was their idea!?!
Bills Son Is Back
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:05 PM
Comment #136Very odd…
The number of martoon prediction players who are putting us on low 50’s points…
We got 49 points last season after an abysmal start…
And a good few think we’ll only get 50-55 this season?
I haven’t done my prediction yet – waiting to see if ant new signings before Saturday – but I won’t be predicting anything less than 60pts.
valle
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:07 PM
Comment #137Tuff
I just looked through the entire thread to give you a response on whatever interesting nidbit you had decided to bless the blog with… There wasn’t any. So at least the super hero posts got you out of hiding with a good dose of whining.
Romford mag
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:07 PM
Comment #138Bills
Martoon said we can change it past the start of season if we sign anyone else 🙂
West Lancs Geordie
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:07 PM
Comment #139Good shout Ruddy . Why Has Hamza Choudray not been mentioned yet. We must be able to afford him now. We could buy him and loan him out to West Brom. Their manager admires the way he plays.
CLINT FLICK
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:08 PM
Comment #140Mr T
Feeling left out/behind!?!
😉
We could do weightlifting or make up, if either of tgem suits, dude?
😉
Bills Son Is Back
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:08 PM
Comment #141West lancs 🙂 🙂 🙂
cleveleysbob
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:09 PM
Comment #142Just jumped back on to say, there won’t be just an offer followed by a refusal etc. the way the papers make out.
There will be an ongoing period of negotiation, backwards and forwards with both sides trying to get the “best” deal for them, which will ultimately end with a compromise settlement that both are happy with. The process is constant and ongoing not just “here’s an offer”.
Talk of offers being turned down are journalistic rubbish because they don’t know what’s going on. Discussions will continue until they reach a deal or one of the parties walks away.
OK, I’m gone. 🙂
West Lancs Geordie
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:09 PM
Comment #143BSIB Lets hope you’re right then. We’ll all be well pleased if we perform better than expected!!!
Ruddy Marveaux-lous
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:10 PM
Comment #144Bills
In 2nd half of the season we got 38 points when our xPTS (expected points) was 27.33. So suffice to say that we rode our luck in many of those games during our tremendous run 2nd half of the season.
Not taking anything away from the great job Howe did, but to expect us to simply pick up where we left off from last season isn’t likely. We need to both increase the amount of possession of the ball we secure as well as to create more goal scoring chances before I think we’ll be anywhere near 60 points.
West Lancs Geordie
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:10 PM
Comment #145Well said Cleveleys Bob!!
valle
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:11 PM
Comment #146TheDrewid
You summed it up right there perfectly! That is exactly the way I feel about it as well.
ShaytoStay
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:12 PM
Comment #147Avp was dark horses original , robocop 2 was taken directly from frank Millars run. Not sure if dark horse have a movie studio but they should as they’ve got some great stories in the backlog
Ruddy Marveaux-lous
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:12 PM
Comment #148Cbob
Well it’s a matter of fact that our first bid was turned down so how do we square that circle?
valle
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:12 PM
Comment #149Clint
Sounds cool mate… I will check it out.
ShaytoStay
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:12 PM
Comment #150Predator 2 was taken from dark horses story too. Albeit it was an ok story
CLINT FLICK
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:13 PM
Comment #151Shay
Frank is in robocop 2, iirc.
ShaytoStay
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:15 PM
Comment #152Didn’t know that, he is a legendary writer , sin city book and films sums up his writing.
ShaytoStay
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:16 PM
Comment #153Single handley created the Batman we all like and the daredevil too. Daredevil especially was aweful until he joined
SirRhosis
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:19 PM
Comment #154Wor B @127.
Would that be Tuffers Wonder Woman outfit stashed in the back of his closet?
I’ve got my Broon Bottle outfit somewhere I know. Just can’t remember where I took it off
🙂
ShaytoStay
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:21 PM
Comment #155Super broon.. could have a good ring to it. Drinks shed loads of newkie brown and fights crime while listening to 17 and going under.
CLINT FLICK
Aug 2, 2022 at 5:22 PM
Comment #156Shay
He’s the drug inventor!
😀