Bilal El Khannouss (Stuttgart loan, official)

[Dahnsouff]

1 minute ago, fox_favourite said:

If Bilal, Fatawu and Winks go then it'll show what a mess we are in. We are not getting anywhere near the top of all 3 go. 

All 3 would be a hammer blow, and yes it would show the depth of the rot, of a scale of incompetence that seemed unbelievable recently.

[Mickyblueeyes]

I don’t trust this scouting team with £30m. It’s pot luck. Fatawu, winks and Bilal, losing one is bad enough. Losing 2 of 3 ends our season.

[Edingleyfox]

Newcastle have struggled to get anyone in despite Champion league football so I can see them paying the figure that the club wants. The big worry is whether that money will be made available for transfers. Bilal is the only player that we brought in last term that you could sell at any sort of a profit so it worries me whether the club has done the homework needed to spend it wisely in the right areas

[Chelmofox]

2 minutes ago, fox_favourite said:

If Bilal, Fatawu and Winks go then it'll show what a mess we are in. We are not getting anywhere near the top of all 3 go. 

Depends if the plan is for an x year plan via the academy. In that case i would argue that Fatawu would be the only one we should keep for now. If we want to go up this season, you need to keep all 3.

 

[JimJams]

If Fatawu goes at any price the club can well and truly get fxxked.

 

 

 

Predictive text wanted to change the word price to poo rice. And I tell you now there's no amount of poo rice in the world that would make me wanna sell Fatawu.

Edited 11 August 2025 by JimJams

[coolhandfox]

1 minute ago, Mickyblueeyes said:

I don’t trust this scouting team with £30m. It’s pot luck. Fatawu, winks and Bilal, losing one is bad enough. Losing 2 of 3 ends our season.

The same scouting team that brought them in the first place 

[Mickyblueeyes]

Just now, coolhandfox said:

The same scouting team that brought them in the first place 

It’s good you have trust in them. I don’t. They’ve struggled to get any consistency for 3 years. And I’m surprised someone can’t see that. 

[Tielemans63]

2 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

All 3 would be a hammer blow, and yes it would show the depth of the rot, of a scale of incompetence that seemed unbelievable recently.

Yep. Would also suggest our financial situation is even more dire than we thought.

[Jakemoore]

I’m not convinced Newcastle will pay £30m if that is the figure. 
 

I would like to say that if there have been enquiries Marti shouldn’t be picking him. But he probably doesn’t know because Rudkin won’t tell him because he’s a cock. 

[jv1]

30m - I’d offer to drive him up there 

[JimJams]

5 minutes ago, Mickyblueeyes said:

It’s good you have trust in them. I don’t. They’ve struggled to get any consistency for 3 years. And I’m surprised someone can’t see that. 

I think we struggle at higher levels.  Our champ recruitment last time out was really good imo.

[JimJams]

4 minutes ago, Jakemoore said:

I’m not convinced Newcastle will pay £30m if that is the figure. 

They've been knocked back a lot. If they want him I think they just try to get it done before it goes tits up like previous deals.

They'll be anticipating a 150mill windfall burning a hole...

[winteriscoming]

1 minute ago, JimJams said:

I think we struggle at higher levels.  Our champ recruitment last time out was really good imo.

I think a lot of that had to do with Enzo. 
Look at the rubbish we got when he left and Cooper came in. 

[Mickyblueeyes]

Just now, JimJams said:

I think we struggle at higher levels.  Our champ recruitment last time out was really good imo.

Hmm. Fatawu, Winks, Hermansen and Mavididi - yes, get you. 
 

add to the loans, Akgun, Casadei and Doyle. 
 

Coady and Cannon not great for us but Cannon got us some money back. 
 

By far their best window here. And their rubbish windows Souttar, Tete, Khristiansen and last season have been PL. there were rumours that Hermansen, Akgun and Casadei were Enzo led but you could be right. Still difficult to trust them due to the limitation. Bilal was mentioned by the Leuven DOF if I remember rightly. 

[coolhandfox]

8 minutes ago, Mickyblueeyes said:

It’s good you have trust in them. I don’t. They’ve struggled to get any consistency for 3 years. And I’m surprised someone can’t see that. 

We have a very manager led recruitment policy, which is why it was horrific in the PL with Cooper wanting experience.

 

Since Glover joined in September he's had 2 summer window and two winter window.

 

He's done OK.

[ronnup]

He doesn't get into the Newcastle midfield, and hes not a winger. He's bench warming for them.

 

Leeds more likely

[Number 6]

Be surprised if someone was willing to stump up £30m for him. If we could make some smart moves in the loan market then it wouldn't be a bad deal for us, though we lose a huge amount of creativity. Obviously irrelevant on the pros and cons if it's a release clause of course.

[STUHILL]

Be surprised if anyone pays a £30m + release clause for him. He likely wouldn't get into the starting line-up of any Premier League clubs apart from the 3 promoted. 
We rate him highly, but he has only shown glimpses of his potential so far. A year in the Championship playing 1-2 times a week, would do him a world of good. 

Suspect the Newcastle link is his agent trying to push Leeds or another club to make a move. Hope he stays. 

[Mickyblueeyes]

3 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

We have a very manager led recruitment policy, which is why it was horrific in the PL with Cooper wanting experience.

 

Since Glover joined in September he's had 2 summer window and two winter window.

 

He's done OK.

5 - Jan 23 (Khristiansen, Souttar and Tete). Poor

sum - 23 (overall Success)

Jan -24  (no spending)

sum - 24 (poor overall)

jan - 25 (woyo)
 

 

I think that’s being kind to say he has done ok when we’ve had poor windows in two of 5 where money has been spent. (Was he here for Faes?) 2 others where money hasn’t been spent. If it’s manager led when bad, it can’t be scout led when it’s good. But fine, if he does go, a further window to build that trust.  At the moment due to the inconsistency it’s got to make anyone nervous when we do sell.

[HankMarvin]

5 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

We have a very manager led recruitment policy, which is why it was horrific in the PL with Cooper wanting experience.

 

Since Glover joined in September he's had 2 summer window and two winter window.

 

He's done OK.

he joined in 22 

so three summer windows right?
 

Boom boom, let me hear you say Wayo 

Skipp?

Bobby Reid.

Edouard

Zaha nearly signing for about 12m loan 

For every good signing there is probably 2 bad. 

[HankMarvin]

2 minutes ago, STUHILL said:

Be surprised if anyone pays a £30m + release clause for him. He likely wouldn't get into the starting line-up of any Premier League clubs apart from the 3 promoted. 
We rate him highly, but he has only shown glimpses of his potential so far. A year in the Championship playing 1-2 times a week, would do him a world of good. 

Suspect the Newcastle link is his agent trying to push Leeds or another club to make a move. Hope he stays. 

Probably a game changer off the bench for Newcastle, late in games plus they need to strengthen for Europe 

[copunk]

Its either him or abdul, not a chance both go 

[Ted Maul]

Have I missed something, why is there so much talk about Abdul going?

[fox_favourite]

Just now, Ted Maul said:

Have I missed something, why is there so much talk about Abdul going?

Percy bomb has been dropped. 

[lcfc_forever]

Now even Sacha Tavolieri who first broke the clause and Bilal's signing is saying £29m so what he and others wrote before about the release clause being in the low-to-mid 20s is incorrect.