Newcastle United

[Yozza]

Time for Rafa to put his feet up & enjoy his retirement - hate seeing him getting treated like this even though it is self inflicted

[Charly]

Time for Rafa to put his feet up & enjoy his retirement - hate seeing him getting treated like this even though it is self inflicted

No Rafa... take your dick out of the blender...

[frank the tank]

In reality Howe hasn't exactly been brilliant for them so I actually wouldn't be surprised to see Benitez approached.

It might all depend on how his contract with Everton was set up. If he got his payday and there is no clause stating that he can't work for anyone for the rest of the season, then he isn't going to pay that back.

However, if he gets his cash from Everton and gets to start tomorrow in Newcastle, then I wouldn't be hugely surprised to see it happen. Particularly since Howe couldn't even get a win at home against ****e like Watford, Norwich or Man United.

Best scenario for us all here is that Rafa takes over at Newcastle, heads a resurgence with their team turning everything around and finding form and they then ramp up the table with Everton being sucked into the bottom and being relegated!!! How feckin brilliant would that be - they end up paying millions in compo to the guy that saved their rival and sent them down!!!

[baitman]

Rafa as their D of F would be ideal for them, and for Rafa, only if they relocated to tranmere.

[Mr Pink]

Particularly since Howe couldn't even get a win at home against ****e like Watford, Norwich or Man United.

Haha, I like what you did there…

[Rafa Justice]

Lyon have accepted a £40m bid for Bruno Guimaraes, he's having a medical in Brazil.

It begins...

[Irishnev]

Diego Carlos next

[S-RED]

Signing players from abroad is a risk at this stage; they will need time to adjust to the speed of the league.

[Irishnev]

Signing players from abroad is a risk at this stage; they will need time to adjust to the speed of the league.

And they are not getting elite players - there us still a risk with the guys they are buying. I hope they go down because if they stay up they’ll lash money at it in the summer

[Rafa Justice]

And they are not getting elite players - there us still a risk with the guys they are buying. I hope they go down because if they stay up they’ll lash money at it in the summer

They're shopping below elite level, just like City did in the first couple of years.

[Norbs]

And they are not getting elite players - there us still a risk with the guys they are buying. I hope they go down because if they stay up they’ll lash money at it in the summer

Unlike most clubs burdened with higher wages in a lower league, they don't have to consider their spending levels at all

[Sus]

Newcastle have spent 80m quid this window so far! That's blown my mind since I feel like they've just added Chris Wood and Dan Burn. Forgot about that Lyon midfielder but they don't seem significantly stronger for that level of spend

[rudedog]

Newcastle have spent 80m quid this window so far! That's blown my mind since I feel like they've just added Chris Wood and Dan Burn. Forgot about that Lyon midfielder but they don't seem significantly stronger for that level of spend

You have only got to look at Everton to see that spending huge amounts of money does not necessarily mean the quality of the team will improve.

[spud_gun]

Apparently they're trying to sign Ekitike from Reims.

Good prospect but is he what they need at this stage of the season?

[Sus]

That sounds like a character from world of warcraft or Kings Quest