Huijsen
Kerkez
Isak
Cunha
Baleba
FSG and co better be working extra hard behind the scenes.
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I would definitely be looking at Kerkez and Huijsen.
I think Newcastle would demand 120m for Isak, and he misses too many games for that kind of money.
Cunha is obviously a talent, and scored a corker on Sunday - but I have heard reports that he doesn’t really put a lot of running in, and needs legs around him to be effective. Really like him as a player, and him and Slot spent a lot of Sunday making coquettish glances at each other from behind lace fans.
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He arrived at Newcastle with a bit of a thigh issue that saw him get a late start in his first season, but outside of that his injury record is utterly unremarkable. Over the last season and half they only have 3 or 4 players who have made more appearances than him.
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I thought he’d had a few groin issues, and he has done his hamstring at least once.
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Apparently they would be willing to sell for 83.3 million GBP if they don’t qualify for the CL. So it sez 'ere:
Newcastle would be willing to let Alexander Isak leave for £83.3m (100m euros) this summer if they fail to qualify for the Champions League, with Barcelona , Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea among those keen on the 25-year-old Sweden striker. (Sport - in Spanish)
Find a forward who hasnt. The fact is Newcastle has had a busy schedule over the past 2 seasons and he has played the overwhelming majority of those games. The only players who have made more appearances than him in that time are those whose role doesnt require them to run as much (Burn and Bruno), and Gordon.
It seems like people’s perception of his fitness is locked in based on the injury he had that delayed his start for them 3 seasons ago.
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You got my vote
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Let’s hope Newcastle misses out on CL then. Isak in red would be a glorious sight to behold! We’ll finally have a dangerous striker who can finish at #9.
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I like the list, and I like the positions you are covering.
At an estimate, that lot would cost over 300M.
So we would need to be getting some good money in from sales. And we would also need to invest a lot of money - more than we usually see, on top.
It might be doable, hard to say.
Possible outgoings to help offset the cost:
Nunez - 70M
Diaz - 50M
Kelleher - 25M
Morton - 10M
Tsimikas - 10M
Endo - 10M
Elliott - 30M
I’m starting to get a bit brutal in the outgoing column, and it likely won’t go that far.
Arguably we could do the same list, without Baleba, and promote McConnell, who seems to be coming up through the ranks?
It will be interesting to see what happens.
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They will be colouring in till about 3rd week in June.
Cunha strikes me a big fish small pond player get him in that huge pond would struggle.
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Thing is we have no idea how Slot would set up a team if he had ‘his’ players, in particular at 9. He may want a traditional striker like Isak. Or a Bobby-like 9, is which case Cunha might be the preferred option.
Currently everything goes through the wings (I.e. Salah then next option is Gakpo). That might be Slot’s preference or he might be just using the options at his disposal
In what world is Darwin worth more than Diaz??
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Not seeing a right back or right winger here…
The games I have seen Cunha play, not that many, he has always put in a shift for the team.
That keeper playing for Club Brugge in the C/L has pulled of some fantastic saves - could be 1 worth keeping an eye on for a future transfer
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Last 2 Wolves bosses have questioned his attitude and work ethic.
Maybe so, but the games I have watched I have seen him tracking back.
If you want to be pedantic you could question Mo’s work ethic as he doesn’t track back 