🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lewis Hall

[NikkiCFC 8,328]

There is already Hall thread btw. 

The way I see it. We are selling 4th LB for 35m. Fabulous! And if he is a Newcastle fan don't stand to his happiness. My biggest memory of him is missing sitters last season when given chance. 

Regarding selling academy players for me is like this:

Hall, Maatsen, Broja < Gallagher. 

Our fans like to overrate academy players. The ones who are good for starting 11 you know from beginning. James and Colwill. And Musiala but he left way earlier. Others are great for profit 🤑

Edited August 17, 2023 by NikkiCFC

[Vesper 30,202]

3 hours ago, Mário César said:

 

oh god 

 

£40m and buh-bye

we need the funds for other places and he is pure profit for FFP

if he wants to leave, then I would allow him to go (and sell CuCu to the headchoppers, they will drop at least £30m on him)

sell Maatsen for £30m (pure profit as well)

that's £100m there

take some of that combined cash and flash a a big wad at Bayern for Alphonso Davies (especially if we do not buy Kudus) and tempt Davies with a hybrid LB/RWer role (he really wants to play some on the wing, his original position)

I wager they would take €80m to €90m for Davies (£68m to £77m) which leaves us with £23m to £32m left over)

Edited August 17, 2023 by Vesper

[James 5,331]

 

[DH1988 1,348]

Absolutely crazy, so odd to show so much faith in youth signings but discard one of the best prospects we have. I know some here don’t rate him but if we’d been after him the other way round we’d of paid a ton more and considering it’s a weak area for us we’d be all for the signing. Teams are not full of 11 world class players, teams are full of solid players and a few worldies. Hall has all of the attributes to be the 7/10 or 8/10 every game for us, I’m very shocked at this to be honest. Everyone around Hall that’s given an interview has spoken to his work ethic and talent, so disappointed.

[Fulham Broadway 17,320]

5 hours ago, DH1988 said:

Absolutely crazy, so odd to show so much faith in youth signings but discard one of the best prospects we have. I know some here don’t rate him but if we’d been after him the other way round we’d of paid a ton more and considering it’s a weak area for us we’d be all for the signing. Teams are not full of 11 world class players, teams are full of solid players and a few worldies. Hall has all of the attributes to be the 7/10 or 8/10 every game for us, I’m very shocked at this to be honest. Everyone around Hall that’s given an interview has spoken to his work ethic and talent, so disappointed.

100% agree would have been criminal to sell - at least its a loan. Watched a lot of players and he will be a great.

[lucio 5,418]

4 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

100% agree would have been criminal to sell - at least its a loan. Watched a lot of players and he will be a great.

Loan with obligation to buy , he won’t come back 

[Fulham Broadway 17,320]

3 hours ago, lucio said:

Loan with obligation to buy , he won’t come back 

Hopefully will, but a fucking stupid decision the club will regret

[TheHulk 2,470]

3 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Hopefully will, but a fucking stupid decision the club will regret

He is gone forever, hope he is another Cho.

[Fulham Broadway 17,320]

54 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

He is gone forever, hope he is another Cho.

Wont be - nothing like him, hes an intelligent footballer

[Vegetable 830]

His talent aside - what happened here? Did he/his agents forced a move or what? One don't sign long contract just to leave the club for half price week later. Actually, the opposite. If we wanted to buy him, it would be 70+ million easily.

Loans with obligation are more common when club tries to push someone out due to salary, but buyer has no cash atm. Makes it even stranger. 

Edited August 18, 2023 by Vegetable

[Mhsc 1,097]

Just now, Vegetable said:

His talent aside - what happened here? Did he/his agents forced a move or what? One don't sign long contract just to leave the club for half price week later. Actually, the opposite. If we wanted to buy him, it would be 70+ million easily.

I don’t understand this narrative. If he had actually broken into the team then sure, but this guy is 4th choice left back… no club is selling their 4th choice fullback for 70m just because their fans like him! He’s done absolutely nothing to earn a big money move yet. If he had done the loan and succeeded big time he MIGHT have been 70m at the absolute top of his value range. 

[Vegetable 830]

6 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

He’s done absolutely nothing to earn a big money move yet.

I'm not saying he is worth it… Very young player, big potential, from top academy, HG and English Tax. We are supposedly after very unimpressive players for 50+ million, so do You think, in current ridiculous market and Chelsea mugging tax included, any club (looking at Brighton now lol) would sell us player like Hall for 35 million, no questions asked, the same week he signed long-term contract?

Edited August 18, 2023 by Vegetable

[Mhsc 1,097]

We haven’t been approaching people for their fourth choice left back though. Reckon we would manage a deal!

[TheHulk 2,470]

10 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

We haven’t been approaching people for their fourth choice left back though. Reckon we would manage a deal!

Didn't we get mugged off for Brighton's 3rd keeper?

[Mhsc 1,097]

54 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

Didn't we get mugged off for Brighton's 3rd keeper?

25m, similar fee. Players that aren’t even guaranteed to get onto the bench have an inherently capped fee. If Hall had gone on a loan and done amazing, could have been a different story. Or maybe he flops and in a year we are wondering what to do with him with no suitors.

[James 5,331]

 

[nyikolajevics 2,700]

I didn't know him and his family were lifelong Newcastle fans.

 

However, quite sad that last two YPOTY(Hall and Livramento) both play for Newcastle now, while we keep spending big money on fullbacks. Hope at least Gusto will turn up good, so far I am not so convinced..

[manpe 10,861]

Everybody keeps saying he was 4th choice LB. Based on what evidence? Afaik Maatsen only played attacking positions in pre-season, no indication that Poch saw him ahead of Hall at LB.

[Mhsc 1,097]

 

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"To now be here at Newcastle, the club that I've supported since I was a kid, I'm honoured and very proud to wear this shirt," Hall said.

"Me and my family are Newcastle fans, and for me and my brother growing up, it was drilled into us that we were Newcastle. It's a big club and I can't wait to get started."

Now I am a simple, nostalgic kind of man and if he is a life long Newcastle fan, from a family who've always supported Newcastle, and his life long dream was to go and play for Newcastle then I wish him well and hope he has a good career, just not when he plays against us. Good luck sir, and thanks for the £30m. Better to get it out of the way now than integrate him and have him pining after the move year after year.

By comparison with the way Mount handled the situation, this guy was outstanding, signed a deal with the club to protect his value and only asked to leave on a perm deal when his childhood club came in for him, from a position of being 3rd/4th choice behind other first teamers. Absolute ideal behaviour and respect to the club.

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

Apparently “insiders” at the club are disappointed he was allowed to leave whilst other disappointing signings remain at the club….