Strike

Just get through today without injuries and I think we'll be good for the start of the season. Squad will be beefed up once Lavia, Fofana and Badiashile are back and Xavi/Garnacho arrive

They'll park the bus now and that's good preparation in itself imo

Do we really need Garnacho? Ball progression looks good to me

Love the Joao Pedro pickup. I think between Delap and Pedro we have couple of different weapons up front - something we haven't had in years

Not worried about Lavia. We are well covered in that position now that Essugo looks solid too

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