Matty Longstaff (now playing for Toronto FC)

Hope his career tanks from this moment on wards, gone are the days when you would give your left arm to play for your local team.

 

If he wasn't willing to accept 20 grand a week then fcuk him.

lol

Fans always have a very difficult relationship with player wages. We’re desperate for good players, cheer them to the rafters, then say they shouldn’t try to get the best deal they can.

 

We we sign a player, we never say he should’ve stayed at his old club.

It has much to do with the game not being viewed as the business that it is. We wouldn’t begrudge an employee in any other industry from maximizing his earnings. We shouldn’t begrudge football players, without whose labor the game doesn’t exist, doing the same.

Best decision he’ll make, leaving this shit show

yep. good luck to him.

Given our transfer budget will be almost zero and we’re unlikely to sign Bentaleb. Surely it would make sense for his career to sign a deal here as he’s almost guaranteed Premier League games given our squad. It would have been worse for him if the takeover happened.

We are nailed on for relegation

Yeah fuck that.

 

Not even going to wish him luck.20k a week is too much for anyone to live on anyway. A nurses annual wages every 8 days or so.

 

 

Hope his career tanks from this moment on wards, gone are the days when you would give your left arm to play for your local team.

 

If he wasn't willing to accept 20 grand a week then fcuk him.

Get paid 20k a week more to not have to play for the Brucesaurus at Mike Ashley FC.

Don’t blame him one bit.

Indeed, he'd only have stayed if he wanted his career to stagnate.

Given our transfer budget will be almost zero and we’re unlikely to sign Bentaleb. Surely it would make sense for his career to sign a deal here as he’s almost guaranteed Premier League games given our squad. It would have been worse for him if the takeover happened.

 

We are nailed on for relegation

He may have had more opportunity to play in the PL next season, but playing for this rudderless lot doesn't exactly put you in the shop window by making you look a good player, unless you're a player of great physical and technical ability.

State of some of the comments in here 

There been an influx of mackem WUMs or something recently?

State of some of the comments in here 

 

There been an influx of mackem WUMs or something recently?

We have enough nufc wums on here.

20k is absolutely fuckin nowt. Dinosaur fucks.

£20k is fine, he wants £30k.

He can't move directly to another English club without us asking for a fee, and I think the Udinese/watford loan deal now Watford are in the Championship looks dead. I'm guessing our owner situation doesn't help, but his options don't looks as rosy as they did a  few months ago.

This club is a joke.

Good on Bruce making zero attempt to persuade Matty to stay as well.....

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-matty-longstaff-talks-18767993

In talks to start pre-season training, apparently

EDIT: For those who don't want PCAIDS

Newcastle United revive talks to persuade Matty Longstaff to stay

 

The England Under-20 international has been offered an incentivised package by the Magpies

 

Newcastle United are trying to persuade Matty Longstaff to remain on Tyneside and join up for the first day of pre-season training next week.

 

The 20-year-old is now a free agent but has not taken up any of the options available to him so far this summer after fresh talks with Serie A side Udinese and newly promoted Premier League outfit Leeds United.

 

German club Schalke 04 also have an interest in the Academy product.

 

Toon boss Steve Bruce is eager for the midfielder to remain at St James' Park after handing him his Premier League debut last season.

 

But since then talks between Longstaff and his representatives have stalled.

 

Bruce has kept in contact with Longstaff over the summer months and urged him to stay at United.

 

Despite his contract coming to an end, Newcastle want Longstaff to join them at their UK training camp and take part in pre-season.

 

Newcastle are hoping to add a couple of additions to their squad in time for their summer schedule with Burnley's out of contract Jeff Hendrick a target and Wigan defender Antonee Robinson also a player that the Magpies have checked out, although Fulham and Sheffield United are also battling for the American's signature.

 

Bruce has already declared that he anticipates a "difficult summer" caused by the virus pandemic and clubs being forced to work with a limited budget.

Antonee Robinson and Jeff Hendrick are the "couple of additions"? Pushing for top 10 I see.

Don't know why he hasn't signed for someone else already.

Don't know why he hasn't signed for someone else already.

Maybe Colback syndrome

If we really wanted him then maybe we could've at least played him a few times instead of pointlessly signing Bentaleb who offered us nothing in midfield.

He a free agent then? Or is it a compensation situation?

It's a compensation situation if he moves to another English club.

Same for a Euro team but much lower no?

Don't know why he hasn't signed for someone else already.

Good point. It doesn't seem that the likes of Bayern and Man U are breaking down the door for his signature. I don't think he's going to get a better offer than the one that we're said to be giving him. He shows a lot of skill but lacks pace and the defensive side of his game isn't great.

There has been the suggestion that he and Sean's agent likes to hardball, and I think that's what's happening here.

He doesn't need to sign for Bayern or Man Utd to step up from us TBF. Burnley or Aston Villa would do.

Sat at home on universal credit playing fifa is a step up from us

He doesn't need to sign for Bayern or Man Utd to step up from us TBF. Burnley or Aston Villa would do.

Jossie's Giants would be.

The longer he's a free agent, the more chance he has of coming back.

If had any kind of demand he would be off by now.