Winger Ryan Fraser was told to train with the reserves following our 1-1 draw at Howe’s former club Bournemouth and that’s the last we saw of Fraser last season.
He is currently on loan at Southampton, and Newcastle may try to do a permanent deal with the Saints for Fraser in January.
Fraser has no future at Newcastle, and he is said to be on as much as £60K/week wages, so getting Fraser off the wage bill in January would make sense as we expect at least 3 players to be coming in – maybe all on loan – to help with our injury crisis.
From all accounts, Fraser has done well at Southampton with 13 appearances and two goals and Ryan himself would like to make the move on the south coast permanent.
Southampton manager Russell Martin has previously indicated he would be happy to make Fraser’s deal permanent:
“We want good players and we want good characters – Ryan definitely fits into that.”
“Knowing Ryan and his capabilities, would he be someone that we want as part of the project here for longer than we have him?”
“Of course, but he has to do enough on the pitch to put himself in a position where everyone feels the same.”
The price mooted for Fraser, who played 59 games for Newcastle with 3 goals and 6 assists is just £4M.
That seems low, but we think Newcastle are more concerned about getting his £3M/year off the wage bill as soon as possible.
Fraser joined Newcastle back in September 2020 and he has 26 caps for Scotland with 4 goals.
Comments welcome.
137 comments so far
Raj of Hailsley
Nov 19, 2023 at 10:43 AM
Comment #121Adam Campbell, was never given a chance?
Because he was foo#in shite 😀
Raj of Hailsley
Nov 19, 2023 at 10:46 AM
Comment #122I wonder how many man hours BobbyBee spent forcing his opinion of what a mega star Adam Armstrong was/going to be, blamed everyone bar the player as to why he wasn’t knocking 50 goals a season in. He wasn’t, isn’t and never will be good enough to be a PL striker.
CLINT FLICK
Nov 19, 2023 at 10:48 AM
Comment #123Nadj
Krafth’s in the PL squad, but not the CL one…iirc?
The Mighty Quinn
Nov 19, 2023 at 10:50 AM
Comment #124Yes the story of prominent people in America eating babies brains and being part of a power group who were all going to meet their demise, still rumbles on to this day.
Davas
Nov 19, 2023 at 10:51 AM
Comment #125Trippier has withdrawn from the England squad due to personal reasons:
https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/kieran-trippier-withdraws-from-england-squad/
Raj of Hailsley
Nov 19, 2023 at 10:53 AM
Comment #126Davas,
Hope he’s OK.
Davas
Nov 19, 2023 at 10:55 AM
Comment #127Raj,
Yeah me too. Always a bit worrying when they say that.
Raj of Hailsley
Nov 19, 2023 at 10:55 AM
Comment #128TMQ,
You say that as Tom Hanks tucks in to a medium rare baby brain in his Sydney hide away while his body double collects Oscars in LA.
Raj of Hailsley
Nov 19, 2023 at 10:56 AM
Comment #129Davas,
Could be just his dog has worms.
Wor B
Nov 19, 2023 at 10:58 AM
Comment #130Quinny
Mock not…
Bill Gates deffo has you microchipped and controlling your sub-conscious, how else do you explain that avatar?
Raj of Hailsley
Nov 19, 2023 at 10:59 AM
Comment #131Wor B,
Good point.
martoon
Nov 19, 2023 at 11:00 AM
Comment #132Re – Trippier withdrawal – it’s normally something like an illness or death in the family when they say that!
cleveleysbob
Nov 19, 2023 at 11:05 AM
Comment #133Let’s hope the personal reason is that he “personally” wants to be around to lead the way in our beating of Chelsea & PSG. 😉
CLINT FLICK
Nov 19, 2023 at 11:09 AM
Comment #134Mart
Or Trippier has lost the will to carry on under GS?
😀
Raj of Hailsley
Nov 19, 2023 at 11:09 AM
Comment #135Looks like Australia are going to get another World Cup 😕
Regan
Nov 19, 2023 at 11:19 AM
Comment #136I’m going to the Crawley / Harrogate game next Saturday ..
I’ll come on here on Sunday and give an honest assessment as to how Campbell gets on..
😆
Raj of Hailsley
Nov 19, 2023 at 11:27 AM
Comment #137Unfortunately Adam Campbell falls in to that long list of players that we big up without knowing anything about them, I think it’s born out of hope for them rather than relying on facts.