It was a matter of time before they were linked with Sorloth - he apparently fell out of favour with Simeone and it was made public a few days ago. Given Newcastle’s almost scattergun approach to centre forward signings this summer, they were bound to pick up on this.
With the time difference me going to bed on monday night is going to feel like trying to sleep on christmas eve as a kid…getting up every hour to check if father christmas has been yet
I’d be concerned about his state of mind whatever happens. Even if a transfer is sorted relatively quickly, he’ll take weeks, or even months, before he’s able to focus his entire attention on football.
I don’t think so. I think he’ll come here on a bounce. Relief with getting what he wants. Excitement about playing for top club full of world class players. I think it would be much harder for him to get his mind right if he’s forced to stay.
It’ll take him time to get physically fit, but I think he’ll hit the ground running once he does. He has been training, so my hope is that he would be able to play some minutes after a couple weeks - perhaps a starter’s shift after a month.