13 hours ago, forbzy said:

Newcastle will no doubt spend big on a few signings this window in a desperate attempt to avoid relegation. Maybe we'll offer them Lukaku.

I think the threat of relegation might make players think twice about joining in January. Only greedy c**ts who’re driven by money will go there. So yeah, Lukaku is a possibility. 

3 hours ago, Munkworth said:

I think the threat of relegation might make players think twice about joining in January. Only greedy c**ts who’re driven by money will go there. So yeah, Lukaku is a possibility. 

Certainly if Digne has any ambition to win trophies he's coming here and not Newcastle. 

I imagine Kante has had a word ... 

3 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Certainly if Digne has any ambition to win trophies he's coming here and not Newcastle. 

I imagine Kante has had a word ... 

Is he even any good though? Or is it a case of anyone not named Saul or Alonso?

12 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Is he even any good though? Or is it a case of anyone not named Saul or Alonso?

He should be an upgrade on Alonso (he doesn’t look like he’s wading through treacle at full speed for a start), it’d be a good move as a 6 month loan, an option to buy at a decent fee is good too and if he’s not worth it at the end we send him back. 
 

It’s basically what every club does with our unwanted players!

1 minute ago, Munkworth said:

He should be an upgrade on Alonso (he doesn’t look like he’s wading through treacle at full speed for a start), it’d be a good move as a 6 month loan, an option to buy at a decent fee is good too and if he’s not worth it at the end we send him back. 
 

It’s basically what every club does with our unwanted players!

If that was the deal it would be decent cause then he needs to play well to stay or earn a move elsewhere.

I just don't expect us to do any Jan deals in, even loans.

1 minute ago, axman2526 said:

I just don't expect us to do any Jan deals in, even loans.

Good - we all know what your predictions are like. 

26 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Is he even any good though? Or is it a case of anyone not named Saul or Alonso?

Good enough to be the current France first choice in his position, which seems to be the bench mark for rating Jules Kounde, alongside twatting Jordi Alba anyway  :-) 

36 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Good enough to be the current France first choice in his position, which seems to be the bench mark for rating Jules Kounde, alongside twatting Jordi Alba anyway  🙂

That is far more important. Before he seemed too expensive. Now a bargin lol

47 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

Good - we all know what your predictions are like. 

As good as yours based on Zetas latest table 😉

Apparently Everton only want a sale, not loan or swap, which has ruled Inter out.

Am guessing they will take a loan of they get to Jan 31st with no offers on the table.

I never understand why negotiations take so long. January moves fast. We have lots of games. We need a LWB. Just do it. 

5 minutes ago, ozboy said:

I never understand why negotiations take so long. January moves fast. We have lots of games. We need a LWB. Just do it. 

Agreed. Chilwell is the long term first choice but we need immediate competition/another option for Alonso and will need back up for Chilwell going forwards who is better than Alonso. Digne is a better option than Alonso as a wing back and suffers the same weaknesses as a full back. But he has Premier League experience abd is a much better player than we are currently seeing under a Benitez formation than he clearly isn't suited to. I think we should move quickly and sign him on a permanent deal.

I can understand why the club might be hesitant to sign him permanently. We can’t  be having 5 left backs at the club. That’s ridiculous 

Edited January 4, 20224 yr by JM7

59 minutes ago, ozboy said:

I never understand why negotiations take so long. January moves fast. We have lots of games. We need a LWB. Just do it. 

That is to say we are actually interested in him. Could be his agent using us to make another deal happen.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12509226/lucas-digne-everton-defender-wanted-by-chelsea-newcastle-and-west-ham

Everton have let it be known they want 30mill for a player they don't want anymore.

Well that will rule us and West ham out so Newcastle it is.

2 hours ago, JM7 said:

I can understand why the club might be hesitant to sign him permanently. We can’t  be having 5 left backs at the club. That’s ridiculous 

Alonso, Chilwell, Emerson, Maatsen. Ah got you. I was wondering who the heck were the 4 left backs we already had.

If Digne is as good as I’ve seen him then I’d sell Alonso and Emerson, have Chilwell and Digne, and see if Maatsen can force himself in.

Newcastle next signing priority is expected to be Lucas Digne, once the signing is Kieran Tripper is completed.

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Newcastle next signing priority is expected to be Lucas Digne, once the signing is Kieran Tripper is completed.

Is this basically a rehash of what's been reported earlier or has there been some sort of breakthrough from Newcastle?

11 hours ago, ozboy said:

I never understand why negotiations take so long. January moves fast. We have lots of games. We need a LWB. Just do it. 

To be fair its going to be difficult getting a player who will accept he will be 2nd choice as soon as Chilwell gets back, but who is good enough to come straight into the team, fit the system Tuchel plays, impact on future squad development (youth players on out on loan etc) etc. Theres a lot of background work goes into signing players now, their personality profile etc, goes way beyond "is he a decent player". We`ve seen the impact of brining in one wrong player can have on a squad, you can then be stuck with someone you cant pick and who can have a negative influence on the squad. 

Edited January 5, 20224 yr by dkw

10 hours ago, JM7 said:

I can understand why the club might be hesitant to sign him permanently. We can’t  be having 5 left backs at the club. That’s ridiculous 

It would actually be SEVEN ! We've got 4 left backs out on loan :-) 

Chilwell, Alonso, Emerson, Rahman, Maatsen, Castillo, Digne

And if you also count Azpi's verstaility, then you could even argue Digne would be #8 LOL

If we get stuck, Colwill and Sarr could also play that position, and we've also seen Reece James playing there recently.

So Digne could give us a much needed 11th option LOL, as long as we don't count TT experimenting with CHO and Pulisic !

55 minutes ago, dkw said:

To be fair its going to be difficult getting a player who will accept he will be 2nd choice as soon as Chilwell gets back, but who is good enough to come straight into the team, fit the system Tuchel plays, impact on future squad development (youth players on out on loan etc) etc. Theres a lot of background work goes into signing players now, their personality profile etc, goes way beyond "is he a decent player". We`ve seen the impact of brining in one wrong player can have on a squad, you can then be stuck with someone you cant pick and who can have a negative influence on the squad. 

True enough. My thought was you'd wait and see how well Chilwell does come back, let em compete for a season and may be  sell Digne on. The personality part's important I suppose, maybe thats why he went from PSG to Barcelona to Everton. I dunno about the youth players but Azpi is going to play less and less and Alonso is now 31. Emerson and Baba aren't coming back.  CHO, Pulisic and Mount aren't really going to be wing backs or at least not natural ones. 

And all the while the next game is coming right up. So accepting its hard I still think fortune favours the bold and its better to be decisive and straightforward early in the windows rather than waiting to the end trying to do something clever. 

 

 

9 hours ago, Amputechture said:

Is this basically a rehash of what's been reported earlier or has there been some sort of breakthrough from Newcastle?

I believe a rehash, but we will find out once they have signed Tripper.

16 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

Alonso, Chilwell, Emerson, Maatsen. Ah got you. I was wondering who the heck were the 4 left backs we already had.

If Digne is as good as I’ve seen him then I’d sell Alonso and Emerson, have Chilwell and Digne, and see if Maatsen can force himself in.

 

7 hours ago, ozboy said:

True enough. My thought was you'd wait and see how well Chilwell does come back, let em compete for a season and may be  sell Digne on. The personality part's important I suppose, maybe thats why he went from PSG to Barcelona to Everton. I dunno about the youth players but Azpi is going to play less and less and Alonso is now 31. Emerson and Baba aren't coming back.  CHO, Pulisic and Mount aren't really going to be wing backs or at least not natural ones. 

And all the while the next game is coming right up. So accepting its hard I still think fortune favours the bold and its better to be decisive and straightforward early in the windows rather than waiting to the end trying to do something clever. 

 

 

YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY LEFT BACKS!!!

Once upon a time we had Wayne Bridge and Ashley Cole.

That didn't last.

On 05/01/2022 at 15:47, strider6004 said:

Once upon a time we had Wayne Bridge and Ashley Cole.

That didn't last.

JT had something to say about it 😉

3 hours ago, RomansRoubles said:

JT had something to say about it 😉

From a distance that was fairly funny. I doubt if those close to it saw it the same way.