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Been hearing good things about about Zion Suzuki. But there's no clear standout name there who will be tailor-made for a top English team like Ederson, Allison or Raya two years ago when we hesitated to pull the trigger.

He plays LCB ibut he's still right-footed in all his actions. I would prefer to sign a left footed CB

Nah, Guehi is right-footed^

Makes sense to go for a left footer and with a lot more ball-playing ability than Guehi

So far Estevao is showing he can be trusted with first-team opportunities. Good control, energy and linking up well with Palmer and the mids

No sign of Maresca bringing Veiga back into the squad either

Ref calling a perfectly good tackle by Caicedo a foul

No Fofana either. We need to consider the CB market

This is an audition for George.

Cole is enjoying playing with Estevao

Club has done fairly well with sales - Ugo, Broja, KDH, Madueke. Wouldn't be too worried about the sales There's always Saudi if the market is not there in Europe

Bad choice. The pressure of living up to Salomon Kalou's legacy...

Can't fault Newcastle for staying away from Jackson at quoted 70m price. Seems the Bayern interest was not real either. Don't mind Jackson staying unless selling him is essential to funding new signings

Badiashile is injured till September Anyone know the status of Fofana ? We will be in trouble if we are going into the league with Tosin-Chalobah backline

Nice. Hopefully a hefty panic bid from Newcastle

Likely his only route to staying in England

Info from Sami Mokbel. United asking for 50m https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/...set:df6bcda6-78c5-4265-b24a-1971f4139ba6#post

Ornstein article has this line : A price of £70million has previously been communicated to suitors. Don't like this - not even as a starting point for discussions

I can see us going in for Scalvini

I think we should just keep Veiga around and use Hato/Veiga at LCB instead of signing yet another player for CB when we have 6/7 already for two positions in the XI

Actually think Jackson with two years of experience leading the line at a top 6 PL club will be better than Sesko.

Read a report we need to sell from the players registered for Conference League last season. If Jackson goes for a cool 60m (double the amount we paid for him), I think we can do business again - Xavi and Garnacho to round out the squad

No Jackson for Villa I guess. The market really seems to be closing for Nico

To be fair, the attackers the sporting directors picked out in the last 2 years have been good. Along with signing Palmer, Neto, Jackson, Guiu, and now Delap and Pedro, we were also linked to Duran and Samu who both exploded soon after.

Ben Jacobs says Newcastle could pivot to Jackson as the forward they sign