There will be an announcement soon that Newcastle’s 21-year-old right-back Harrison Ashby will move to Swansea on loan for the coming season and wear the number 30 shirt for The Swans. the same number he wears on Tyneside.
That will be a good move for Ashby as the lad needs games to become a better and more experienced player at Newcastle.
Newcastle have seemed willing to let Ashby leave and that begs the question of whether things are looking up for our long summer pursuit of Southampton 20-year-old right-back Tino Livramento.
The recruitment team at Newcastle are meticulous and would hardly let Ashby leave unless someone else was coming in to fill the gap.
We do of course have Emil Krafth coming back from an ACL injury and he was outstanding for us in the second half of the season before last, when Kieran Trippier was out injured.
The Swedish International played so well in that famous run-in to that season when we escaped relegation and finished in 11th place.
In our final 18 games of the season from 22nd January, we won 12 and drew one for a massive 37 points, – unbelievable given we had only 7 points (7 draws) from our first 14 games.
Did I say it was just unbelievable!
And news today that Tino Livramento is not expected to travel for the Saints’ first Championship game at Sheffield Wednesday tomorrow night.
So maybe we will soon have a breakthrough in our pursuit of the very talented right back who is highly thought of by Newcaste’s Sporting Director Dan Ashworth.
Dan is nothing if not persistent when he wants to sign a player.
News is that the Saints want around £50M for their player and Newcastle recently had a £30M bid turned down so perhaps something closer to £40M can be agreed to – by both clubs?
We will have to wait and see, but it’s clear Newcastle think this lad can become an excellent player for us if we can get him in and under the coaching of Eddie Howe.
And in fact as I finished the article news is coming through from a number of sources that Newcastle have indeed agreed a deal for Livramento, who was very keen to join our club.
Boom ? – so happy with this deal. Kids an absolute beast #nufc https://t.co/AEhwkwbsoE
— Gianfranco Shola (@GianfrancoShoIa) August 3, 2023
Sky Sports have just reported that a deal has been agreed between Newcastle and the Saints for Tino Livramento.
The agreed to fee is somewhere between £35M and £40M, so he doesn’t come cheap.
And that means that Sandro Tonali (£52M), Harvey Barnes (£38M) and now Tino Lavramento (let’s say £40M) have cost Newcastle around £130M this summer.
What do you think about all of this?
Comments are always welcome.
404 comments so far
Wor B
Aug 4, 2023 at 8:24 AM
Comment #361Cheers Jail
‘Cat herder of the year 2023’
I’ll put that in the trophy cabinet next to last year’s.
🙂
Munster Mag
Aug 4, 2023 at 8:52 AM
Comment #362Great article in The Athletic on Livramento
Raj of Hailsley
Aug 4, 2023 at 8:54 AM
Comment #363Eddie H presser coming soon.
Raj of Hailsley
Aug 4, 2023 at 8:58 AM
Comment #364Looks like sn honest interview from our main man Eddie H
https://twitter.com/SimonBird_/status/1687367495395463168?s=19
Raj of Hailsley
Aug 4, 2023 at 8:59 AM
Comment #365Reet,
I’m worn oot, I’m away for a cup of tea 🙂
Wor B
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Comment #366FPL
“Head-to-Head fixtures are generated at the start of the league’s first Gameweek. Once these fixtures have been generated the league is locked and teams will not be able to join or leave.”
“If a Head-to-Head league has an odd number of teams then an average team will join the league to ensure each team has a fixture every Gameweek. This team will always score the Gameweek average.”
CLINT FLICK
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:16 AM
Comment #367Ah!
The old; conflation…
Nobody said, ever…that “everyone’s out to get us”…
Because that is BS!
That is a classic device to rubbish a perfectly good point…usually used by tories, and other minor authoritarian gonks with no argument, and zero allegiance.
I’d be either addressing the ‘actual’ point or stfu…
😉
lesh
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:18 AM
Comment #368Wor B
Cat Herder of the Year has a nice ring to it. CHOTY has a local feel to it rhyming with stotty or…… grotty, dotty…….
Best stop there methinks.
Well done that man
Wor B
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:22 AM
Comment #369Clint
There’s always a little whiff of ‘Infamy, infamy! They’ve all got it in for me!’
🙂
Swablr
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:25 AM
Comment #370Livramento rhymes with cinquecento, which isn’t much use for a song…unless he drives one.
Lord Scattercash
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:27 AM
Comment #371Jail…I disagree re your comment re Tripps…I think Tripps wants to play every game and showed last year he’s fit enough to play every game..he is still very hungry and will want that slot every game and in my opinion he’ll only get rested in early cup games and ‘easier’ league games if there is such a thing…or of course if he’s carrying a slight injury which last year he was forced to play through and this year he won’t have to
IMO
I think Eddie has other ideas for Livvy and will be involved different than you think.
You heard it here last! 😉
dazzler
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:37 AM
Comment #372TDS,
Perhaps those kids 20 years ago listened to the trope that no big names want to go to the north east. A wealthy young player could live in Newcastle and go to London whenever they wanted by chartering a flight and it barely even scratching the surface of their wealth.
The above still has zero bearing on the fact that the narrative in football circles is that the North East is shite. It’ll change eventually, the more international players we bring in but as of right now and historically that is the narrative. I’ve heard it bandied about for years and even heard it during last season. “They’re never going to get Mbappe to move to Newcastle, no matter how successful they are, are they?” Etc.
ToonDarnSarf
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:39 AM
Comment #373I just don’t see Livramento at left back (though it is possible if Howe wants to change the position of this young player so I don’t rule it out) but it looks like he can play at RCB so he could potentially be extra cover for Schar.
Bloody fantastic that we’ve got these 3 major signings in before the season has even started.
CLINT FLICK
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:41 AM
Comment #374Wor b
Definitely!
…but in a backhanded, kinda way!
😉
Wor B
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:43 AM
Comment #375Swablr
There’s more chance of me winning the H2H than Livrimento driving a Cinquecento.
If it is a done deal we might have to revert to the Tino… Tino… Tino… Tino chant.
🙁
Small World
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:44 AM
Comment #376Swablr
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:25 AM
Comment #370
You’ve made me laugh. 🙂 The thought of a multimillionaire footballer who is over 6ft tall driving around in a Cinquecento…..
CLINT FLICK
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:44 AM
Comment #377…maybe focussing on the Tino part of his name, could be more productive and therefore, the way to go…
Just a suggestion, like!
😀
CLINT FLICK
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:45 AM
Comment #378Teeny, tiny, Tino 500!
😀
Small World
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:46 AM
Comment #379Oh Livramento….
O Sole Mio…….
Got the tune sorted if not the rest of the words
ToonDarnSarf
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:47 AM
Comment #380dazzler – that attitude regarding the likes of Mbappe is from a small minority though and is similar to comments about Man City after they got their wealth. Some people think that players like Mbappe will only move to the clubs with the very biggest clubs in football. It’s nothing against us specifically.
The other thing for players like Mbappe is that they’re perceived as wanting to live in a major city alongside massive celebrities and the trappings that come from that.
I just don’t see the problem with any of this really. Newcastle and London are very different places so living and working in them will suit some players and not others. Also, far more players from abroad in their early 20s will have grown up not hearing too much about NUFC.
I just think some people are too sensitive about those comments. Haven’t we all seen comments about certain players perhaps not moving to London due to the temptations? It’s certainly ruined a few players’ careers.
CLINT FLICK
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:50 AM
Comment #381I thought small minorities ruled one’s point dead?
Ah!
The old: Switcheroo!
Only when it suits!
😀
Sir Pugalot, the Dutch Bulldog
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:51 AM
Comment #382Lesh @340 Oi! Geordie born and bred. Went to St. Cuthbert’s Infant School, Junior School and Grammar School. Saw Supermac score his hat trick vs Liverpool in the 70’s in the comfort of the Leazes end. Could even hear the crowd roar in my garden if we scored and the wind was in the right direction.
I think I qualify as a Geordie.
CLINT FLICK
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:52 AM
Comment #383… it’s a tangled web…
😀
A kinda ‘illogical fallacy’?
😀
Lord Scattercash
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:56 AM
Comment #384One more top notch voweller and we’re done!
This is data driven science…you can’t just put a load of consonants out there and hope for the best.
Eddie is on board…he knows what he needs to do
Onwards and upwards
dazzler
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:56 AM
Comment #385TDS,
Whilst I don’t necessarily disagree, I think you underestimate the reach that small minority has.
They push a narrative that there is nothing in the North East that would interest people when it comes to living here – despite themselves never living here – and most of the time they played/lived in the North West which isn’t even all that different to the North East – except you’re more likely to be robbed at knife/gunpoint, or burgled whilst you’re playing a game in the NW.
Even look at Ferguson and his “wee club up north” craic. It’s one person who carries/carried more respect in the sport than anyone (other than SBR arguably). He is a minority who can reach a majority, and that kind of mud sticks stronger than a gimp on Twitter (or X?) or Simon Jordan letting his wobbly jaw go off.
Lord Scattercash
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:58 AM
Comment #386Sir P…Born in Newcastle general and delivered by me grannie!
Deep rooted til me old man got a posting to Singapore when I was two years old! 🙂
Wor B
Aug 4, 2023 at 10:00 AM
Comment #387Lord Scattercash
Keep yer voice down man, if this gets out we’ll be paying vowel tax on our next signing!
dazzler
Aug 4, 2023 at 10:01 AM
Comment #388Also on the Mbappe thing TDS.
He’s been heavily linked to a loan move to Liverpool (I assume agent driven) until Klopp shut it down. That doesn’t strike me as living in the best city and rubbing shoulders with A listers.
Liverpool is no better/worse than Newcastle – yes they have a larger reach than us globally but the city isn’t exactly awash with Hollywood’s elite, and the fashion is still stuck in the velour trackies with “juicy” written on the arse in snide diamonds.
Bills Son Is Back
Aug 4, 2023 at 10:01 AM
Comment #389A Livramento song?
He is a Geordie
A Geordie boot boy
He’s Livramento
He’s fkn fab
He is the best
Fkn full back
The Toon have ever had.
He’s Livramento…
Copyright BSIB.
Lord Scattercash
Aug 4, 2023 at 10:02 AM
Comment #390Wor B…Oops sorry!!!…I don’t think anyone heard though!
My secret’s safe with me!
lesh
Aug 4, 2023 at 10:03 AM
Comment #391Pug
@382
Oi! Oi!!
Wassamatta with ya? Who’s questioned your Geordie blood? Not me bonny lad.
CLINT FLICK
Aug 4, 2023 at 10:06 AM
Comment #392Dazzler
It’s a lost cause, mate.
I guess if ya not from the area you just don’t see it, feel it and are not tuned to it.
Real, everyday people who have met, lived with, loved Geordies know the craic. I meet them every week… people love Geordies and Geordieland… it’s the media, when it suits the narrative, all the old tropes and prejudices come out.
I find the other ‘extreme’ parts if the country suffer the same old crap… Cornwall being a prime example.
😉
Mund
Aug 4, 2023 at 10:08 AM
Comment #393Brett liked
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Eddie Howe’s team-news ahead of this weekend:
Fabian Schär – “We’re going to make a late decision on whether he’s involved. He’s certainly very close.
Joe Willock – “Won’t be involved in either game – he’s still working his way back to full fitness.
Emil Krafth – “He won’t be involved.”
Mund
Aug 4, 2023 at 10:09 AM
Comment #394Sky reporting an interest in Edison Alvarez this morning. Could he be an option to cover RCB and Midfield this season with a bigger outlay next season?#nufc
Mund
Aug 4, 2023 at 10:12 AM
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Eddie Howe on Elliot Anderson:
“He’s done very well. He’s come back very fit and looks very motivated. He’s scored goals and I see a lot of aspects of his game improving. I have high hopes for him. We’ve got a load of games this year so he’s got a big part to play.”
Mund
Aug 4, 2023 at 10:13 AM
Comment #396Eddie Howe on pre-season so far and now rhe chance to play European teams in the
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Cup:
“This season has been a bit different because we played three Premier League teams. They were really good tests for us because they let us directly know where we are and where we need to improve.
“The European teams are slightly different. Different styles and we’re playing two teams from different leagues so it’s a good rehearsal for us.”
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Mund
Aug 4, 2023 at 10:15 AM
Comment #397Eddie Howe on Tino Livramento deal…
“I’m slightly in the dark on that, unfortunately. Let’s see what happens in the next couple of days. Certainly I like the player.”
Howe wants to sign at least one more after Livramento.
#NUFC
Mund
Aug 4, 2023 at 10:17 AM
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Eddie Howe on Sandro Tonali:
“It’s been a big change for him but he’s adapted to his surroundings really well. He’s got good friendships in the squad already. He’s a really good character – he’s very calm and focused on his football so I’m seeing really good signs from him.”
Mund
Aug 4, 2023 at 10:17 AM
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Eddie Howe on Harvey Barnes:
“He’s been at Leicester for a long time, from a very young age, so that would have been a big thing for him to move but I’m excited about what he can bring. He’s certainly shown already that he’s a goalscorer.”
investinyouthtoon
Aug 4, 2023 at 10:26 AM
Comment #400For this next season the parts I’m looking forward to more are:
* Miley development.
* Anderson kicking on hopefully.
* a midfield trio at times being Sandro, Bruno and big Joe.
Obviously I’d love to see us kick on, whether that’s better 4th place finish or winning a cup final.
I will say I’m predicting 6th in the league and a decent cup run or two.