Leverkusen winger Moussa Diaby topped Newcastle’s wishlist over the summer. An initial inquiry resulted in a quote of £50-60m which forced Newcastle to look for another wide player; a search that will continue in the winter window.
Diaby seemed happy enough to stay at the BayArena in the summer. The club was back in the Champions League after finishing third in the Bundesliga under first-year manager Gerardo Seoane. The Swiss joined last summer after winning a domestic double with Young Boys.
This season started with a shocking early exit in a domestic cup at the hands of Elversberg from Germany’s third tier. The dreadful start continued as Leverkusen lost the first four of five in the league.
After losing at Porto in the Champions League on Tuesday, Seouane has been sacked with former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso taking the helm.
?? #Bayer04 and Gerardo #Seoane go their separate ways. World and European Champion @XabiAlonso becomes new head coach of the #Werkself. pic.twitter.com/VBcCCWHPNJ
— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) October 5, 2022
Leverkusen currently sit in the relegation zone in the Bundesliga and are third in Group B in the Champions League. It is up to Alonso to get the club back on the right track and the best out of their stars Diaby and striker Patrick Schick.
If current trends don’t turn around by January, Leverkusen and Diaby may be more open to negotiating a move to Tyneside. The asking price is likely to have dropped with the Frenchman providing just 1 goal and 2 assists across all competitions.
His stock may have hit its zenith after last season’s return of 14 goals and 17 assists. Next summer he’ll enter the final two years of his contract. At some point over the next two windows, Newcastle may have better luck in landing the dynamic 23-year-old.
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204 comments so far
Sir Pugalot, the Dutch Bulldog
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:31 PM
Comment #1pug power
Sir Pugalot, the Dutch Bulldog
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:32 PM
Comment #2Ledge, an Alt is a 2nd account. I could change my name and/or avatar but I would still not be an Alt. Alts are multiple accounts at one time.
The Ledge
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:34 PM
Comment #3So why would someone change their name and avatar and not let on to who they originally were?
That’s just weird.
Sir Pugalot, the Dutch Bulldog
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:36 PM
Comment #4As Jail states, he doesn’t know 🙂
Sir Pugalot, the Dutch Bulldog
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:38 PM
Comment #5I have changed my name, I have changed my avatar most people have. Jane changed her avatar from yellow to green after TO as an example. (Not picking on you Jane 🙂 )
Raj of Hailsley
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:39 PM
Comment #6I’ll spare my lengthy repost.
A Geordie Mongrel
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:40 PM
Comment #7The Ledge, alts only become an issue when they are used to bully and abuse. I quite liked the little Dutch excursion. What’s not to like about a country that gave us Jonge Genever? 🙂
Wor B
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:41 PM
Comment #8To mark this anniversary week of celebration, I’ve just replaced the ‘best seat in the house’.
To be fair, the old one had developed a bit of a wobble.
She will be pleased. Brownie points aplenty.
🙂
Raj of Hailsley
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:41 PM
Comment #9AGM,
Ha, Geneva, drank it by the barrel full 🙂
catchy in norway
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:41 PM
Comment #10Sir pug
Don’t hate me.
https://youtube.com/shorts/yH6KgxjvsAQ?feature=share
catchy in norway
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:43 PM
Comment #11Pete, honest it’s not aimed at you.
It’s for all the guys that hide behind fake names and call out people on here.
The Ledge
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:43 PM
Comment #12AGM…i have no issue with it really.
Just a bit odd imo.
catchy in norway
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:44 PM
Comment #13But hey, really happy with the club, the players, the owners.
It’s great to see everything around the club happy.
cleveleysbob
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:45 PM
Comment #14Missed the bus, don’t care, “it’s behind you” in the good old pantomime fashion if you’re interested . 🙂
The Ledge
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:45 PM
Comment #15Jordan Petterson spot on 🙂
Raj of Hailsley
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:45 PM
Comment #16This Nijmegen-toon chap seems to have caused a bit of a stir, I’ve not been reading the blog, been stuck in a windmill for a month. Expect that one Saturday when there was a national windmillers and cheese makers strike. Had a day on the lash and watched the match 🙂
Sir Pugalot, the Dutch Bulldog
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:46 PM
Comment #17Mutley, or Botman!!
Sir Pugalot, the Dutch Bulldog
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:49 PM
Comment #18Catchy, good one. And don’t know if you saw this clip, Given my a member of the blog. Really funny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6IyejLa35s
Raj of Hailsley
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:50 PM
Comment #19How about this theory, what if somebody changed their avatar, not to bully or intimidate people or to slap other posters on the back, but just to talk football without others jumping on him, without fear of people using very personal information to threaten him with??
Just a thought!
ToonDarnSarf
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:50 PM
Comment #20Ledge – if you want the comments policies enforced vigorously, then email admin and ask them to do that. Considering your buddies Fenham, OP, and Tom all returned as alts without telling anyone who they are, can you be consistent please?
By all means, email admin about Raj/Nij and if they feel he’s broken a rule, then he’ll be banned. Better ban Fenham while you’re at it too.
The Ledge
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:50 PM
Comment #21“Gary Neville reveals he will work for Qatari state-run broadcaster beIN SPORTS at the World Cup – but insists it does not make him a ‘hypocrite'”
The prick .
The Ledge
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:51 PM
Comment #22TDS….did I say I wanted anyone banned ?
The Ledge
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:52 PM
Comment #23Or the comments policies enforced?
Vask
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:52 PM
Comment #24Jail dude.
He must have had your phone bruh!
ToonDarnSarf
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:53 PM
Comment #25Ledge – try applying that Jordan Petterson rule to everything posted on here. If someone posts something that would get them punched in real life, then they’re just an online troll. Nothing yet on this post that I can see but wait for the first one…
Raj of Hailsley
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:53 PM
Comment #26I wouldn’t call that odd at all but actually find it disgraceful that a group of individuals would go to those lengths to try and terrorise somebody, because they don’t like what he says on a football blog.
The Ledge
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:54 PM
Comment #27TDS…well did I ?
ToonDarnSarf
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:55 PM
Comment #28Ledge – then why are you complaining about whether or not Raj created an alt to talk about football on this football blog? Just be consistent. Fenham, OP, and Tom all created alts to bully people and cause trouble and at least 2 of them were banned/suspended at the time. Just be consistent.
Sir Pugalot, the Dutch Bulldog
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:55 PM
Comment #29Jail. A bit radical!
catchy in norway
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:55 PM
Comment #30Pug, will watch it now.
Jail, from previous thread.
Evil Soros, one of the worlds most evil people along with Mr Schwab, but our governments love these people, these people keep them in a jobs.
When i say governments, i mean both left and right sided, they all take his money.
Sir Pugalot, the Dutch Bulldog
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:56 PM
Comment #31Jail #19 I was referring to
ToonDarnSarf
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:57 PM
Comment #32First comment that makes me think someone runs the risk of getting punched goes to…Ledge for #27. Asks a seemingly rhetorical question and then follows it up with “well did I ?” shortly afterwards. Dunno about you but if someone spoke to me like that in real life, I’d tell them to F**k off.
The Ledge
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:57 PM
Comment #33TDS…no I didn’t si pipe down.
No one is complaining either.
Read the comments before you try act as a bodyguard 😉
The Ledge
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:58 PM
Comment #34TDS…if you ever want to try.
Ed please give my email to tds to get in contact with me
ToonDarnSarf
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:58 PM
Comment #35Catchy – People like Soros help keep capitalism going. And sadly capitalism is literally the only system we’ve got to keep economies growing. One day someone will come up with an alternative that actually works…Communism being a totally failed experiment.
Sir Pugalot, the Dutch Bulldog
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:59 PM
Comment #36Well, the Pug likes Jail, even put up an avatar of the Pug’s toy which was a spitting image of Jails. Put up one , a door stop, which was the spitting image of WorB avatar.
Change is as good as a rest.
Everyone still calls me Pug or Peter
The Ledge
Oct 6, 2022 at 2:59 PM
Comment #37And if you spoke to anyone the way u do on here golf wouldn’t be an option anymore
Wor B
Oct 6, 2022 at 3:00 PM
Comment #38Peter #18
Hahahaha
Sir Pugalot, the Dutch Bulldog
Oct 6, 2022 at 3:01 PM
Comment #39Tin helmet on © the puglet
ToonDarnSarf
Oct 6, 2022 at 3:01 PM
Comment #40Ledge – ok…so I got you wrong? You’re perfectly happy if Raj created Nij as an alt and has been happily posting about football and engaging with fellow Toon fans on this blog?
And no, I’m not pathetic enough to threaten physical violence via a blog! That’s what morons do. My point was that you wouldn’t speak like that to someone in real life so why do it on a blog?