This week on the Magpies' Nest Newcastle United Podcast, Daniel and Jordan chat about Eddie Howe's comments about his job and the vacant England role, whilst in Germany. They also discuss the interviews given by Lewis Hall, Tino Livramento, and Lloyd Kelly.
Plus! The pair preview Jordan's trip to Japan with the Magpies, and what the club needs in the transfer window
Plus! The pair preview Jordan's trip to Japan with the Magpies, and what the club needs in the transfer window
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00:00Hello and welcome back to the Magpies Nest Newcastle United podcast. We are back for
00:16a new season. We did have a bonus episode which you can go and listen to with the Athletics
00:21Chris Watt. That was about the PSR issues when they occurred plus the signing of Paul
00:26Mitchell as a new sporting director but now me and Jordan are back for a new season.
00:31Jordan himself has just come back from the pre-season trip to Germany and is soon off to
00:35Japan and we'll get through all of that in this podcast. But Jordan how are you? Has it been a
00:39good summer? Yeah I mean it's been a it was a quiet summer until probably the last weekend of
00:46June when all the PSR situation kicked off if you like and then from then on it's just been
00:52very full-on at Newcastle United. Amanda and me had had leave-in and then had Paul Mitchell
00:57come in as sporting director, James Bunce as well as performance director. So yeah it's been a it's
01:02been a busy couple of weeks and it'll get even busier as Newcastle step up their preparations
01:08for the for the new Premier League season but I certainly prefer it to busy rather than being
01:12quiet in the summer months about any football at all. Yes I mean obviously we've had the Euros and
01:16the disappointment of that since then I mean and for other sporting fans we have got the Olympics
01:22to look forward to at the end of this week as well which I'm certainly very much looking forward to
01:25but yeah it's as you say there it was a quiet summer until it wasn't and then it suddenly
01:32became very very not quiet and to be fair though at the moment it's sort of in a little bit in
01:36between obviously we'll get into the anyhow comments that came towards the end of last week
01:41but on the transfer front it is quite quiet even though there's still a few weeks in the transfer
01:45window left but to start with though Jordan you've been a journey recently so maybe I should
01:49have started this podcast with Guten Tag for example but how was Deutschland how was Nuremberg
01:56and how was the adidas headquarters if before we get into the how comments in his interview just
02:00how was the experience? Yeah I mean the adidas headquarters was phenomenal unbelievable facilities
02:07everything you could wish for was there in terms of sporting facilities olympic-sized swimming pool
02:15tennis courts and just everything everything you ever want was there and it was an incredible
02:21place to to see and probably the highlight for me was being able to go into adidas archives
02:28and seeing some very very old gear well that'd be all the castanets shirts and boots
02:37there was even shoe boxes as well trainers it was it was incredible for a sports memorabilia freak
02:44like me being able to see all that so yeah it was on them trips where you don't necessarily
02:50get to see things like that in your standard life sort of go behind the scenes adidas was a
02:55was a real pleasure and you know I hope Newcastle can make that a regular annual trip and hopefully
03:02I can get myself back over there because even though I was there for the for the day there's
03:05still so much to see but yeah incredible facility and it sort of underlines how lucky Newcastle
03:13are to have adidas as their partners and how big adidas are so yeah a really good trip yeah it's
03:20certainly looked at yes I mean one thing that really interested me was some of the old prototype
03:24kits the ones that never got released that were just ideas uh for kits that could have been there
03:28was there was a black and white one which on the front looked really good but then it had an all
03:32black back which to me I wasn't a massive fan of because I and even with the current kit I don't
03:37like no stripes on the back I prefer stripes on the back I don't know what your thoughts on that
03:41are but yes yeah yeah it's but but as I say some of them were really quite interesting ones that
03:48never saw the light of day but are just there um interesting indeed but yeah in terms of the
03:54training sessions though of course you watched some of Newcastle's training how was that
03:59yeah I mean Eddie Howe doesn't quite like joining the Spain on the on the training ground next time
04:03um he's keen to get us off as quickly as possible so we've got to see the opening 15 minutes and
04:09that opening 15 minutes literally was just players running around the pitch and doing a few stretches
04:14and then as soon as we went over to ball work we were turfed off the adidas training pitch and
04:19into the the building at the back where we set up camp for the day in terms of our laptops etc but
04:25yeah it was um look it was it's good it's a privilege to always see things like that um
04:32there was most the players that were there were training for the exception of um Lloyd Kelly,
04:39Joe Willock, Callum Wilson of course left the camp as well who's got a back injury
04:46I doubt whether he will uh start the the season against against Southampton which yeah
04:52Green Jordan, Grass is Green yeah all that stuff yeah yeah so there was I mean on the trip there
04:59was a lot of youngsters and involved as well um but I say all the international players will
05:05I think most like set the return for the trip to to Tokyo um but yeah Newcastle played a game
05:12over there against a German third third tier side they kept that one quiet because even though we
05:16were over there they didn't they didn't tell us that um because they didn't want fans traveling
05:20over which was the the reasoning for for that but yeah they got a run out like Isaac, Barnes
05:28and someone else on the score sheet as well but it was a was it Murphy yes so it was it was a good
05:35good sort of first proper week back in pre-season training and of course now they'll they'll step it
05:41up in the next few weeks when they play Hull on Saturday and then they'll say head to Tokyo which
05:45will come on to later. I mean apart from the Tokyo trip which we will mention it certainly seems like
05:50a more of a low-key pre-season compared to last year because of course they had the big America
05:55trip last year uh which some would say you know tied the players out a bit too much given how
06:00competitive some of those games those games were um it seems a bit more like the pre-season than
06:06what the season before of course they had that trip to Germany Austria was it then and I think
06:11when they did they play Mainz that summer I think and then of course they had the Benfica game as
06:14well but it feels a little more like that sort of bit more in-house bit more low-key yes I've got
06:19Japan which will be a bit more sort of publicized and of course fans will travel out to that but
06:24for the most part does is that sort of do you think what anyhow wants a bit more of a low-key
06:28pre-season where he can just focus and not have the spotlights like they really had on them last
06:32year in America yeah absolutely I think I think the Germany trip was almost as a use as a trade-off
06:39for Newcastle going to Japan because if you go back to last summer Newcastle and anyhow didn't
06:44have that um sort of private time together in terms of being away together um of course he had
06:52the U.S. but that was so full-on it was so commercially driven um traveling between three
06:57different states I think it was so that was a very full-on trip and I think anyhow was disappointed
07:03and probably looking at the season felt that not having that private time of the players actually
07:09impacted Newcastle in the season um I think one of the reasons as to why there were so many injuries
07:13in this way anyhow point there was the fact that um because of that U.S. trip and how how full-on
07:18it was but yeah similar the Austria trip which you mentioned there and this is the season before
07:23they finished in the in the Champions League that's very much what they've done in in Germany
07:26they've went away went to a sort of a private camp in the middle of nowhere um just the players just
07:32the staff etc and anyhow loves that as well he loves spending time with his with his players
07:38and having him himself and just his players to to work with so yeah obviously that's over with now
07:46I think pre-season will step up now they've got the Tokyo trip which in many ways will be similar
07:51to the U.S. last summer where again a little bit it will be commercially driven but
07:55um at least they've had that sort of private time at the start of pre-season um to get themselves
08:00going and then you know they'll have to finish the season or finish pre-season busy because Tokyo
08:05will be so full-on but yeah the Germany trip was was really important for in the eyes of anyhow
08:12I think the difference of the Tokyo trip compared to America last year is obviously
08:16they're not playing other Premier League teams the games are not going to be as competitive as
08:20as those ones were last season I know that obviously they're playing in this event in
08:26Tokyo against some of Japan's best but as I say you're not playing Chelsea you're not playing
08:31Aston Villa you're not playing Brighton and games that even though they shouldn't matter because of
08:35who you're playing they sort of did a little bit and there's that extra edge to them just because
08:39essentially it's like a warm-up Premier League match so yeah I think it's even though it's a
08:43commercial trip it's perhaps not the the full-on in terms of the the energy exerted
08:50that they will have when they go to Japan at the end of this week
08:54but yeah if we now come on to anyhow himself there's quite a lot to get into Jordan now of
09:11course you sat down with him and with the other written reporters to the side of that there was
09:16the the broadcast interviews the TV the radio now if you just watch those you'd think anyhow was
09:23relatively happy he'd sort of pushed aside talk of the England job of course Gareth Southgate left
09:28his post as head of the national team and to be fair even in your interviews it sort of seemed as
09:33if he didn't really want to take that England job in the written ones that wasn't really his
09:39priority but having said that though he still didn't see a very happy man did he
09:46yeah so I want to give a little bit of context on on this and the way sort of the afternoon
09:51played out so Eddie Howe spoke to the written press first and obviously written press is just
09:58recordings and the recordings don't go public it's literally just for our own transcription
10:02in terms of the the written words that you would have seen on Newcastle World and wherever else
10:06you've you've looked at Eddie Howe's interview but yeah it seemed if you look at the Sky Sports
10:12and BBC interviews you would think Eddie Howe was was relatively happy in Newcastle no problems at
10:19all but he didn't paint that picture in the sit down with with myself and the other nine journalists
10:26in the in the room as well he he came across as a man that his demeanor was very unsettled
10:34and was asked sort of questions on his on his future and he kept saying I will stay here as
10:40long as I'm happy he was then asked what will what will it take to make you happy and he started
10:45talking about sort of the he was hinting at the behind the scenes changes and that's what I think
10:49it's came down to I think it's been a big summer of change in Newcastle with Mila Gaddusi and Amanda
10:55Stavely leaving they were two very very close allies to Eddie Howe they were two people that
11:01give Eddie Howe the keys to everything and that first transfer window Eddie Howe along with sort
11:07of Jason Tindall, Amanda and Steve Nixon they ran the transfer window the first ever transfer window
11:13the PIF and obviously saying the likes of Bruno, Dan Byrne, Matt Target and lots of others as well
11:22and then it sort of continued from there where Eddie Howe did have total full say and total
11:27control over over transfers and I think that's there's a restructure behind the scenes with
11:33Paul Mitchell coming in and I think Eddie Howe his fear on that he has lost a lot of control in terms
11:38of incomings which I understand from his point of view because look he's controlled the transfers
11:45for I think it's four or five transfer windows now and he would probably say that being a
11:50being a success certainly the success on the field has been has been good and look from 19
11:56for the Premier League to finishing fourth in the Premier League qualifying for the Champions
12:02League that's huge success so Eddie Howe probably feels like he's earned the right to have total
12:08control of our transfers but I do think the appointment of Paul Mitchell will change that
12:13slightly now I do think Eddie Howe will have the final say on transfers but I do think
12:18Paul Mitchell given his sort of recruitment background you think about some of the signings
12:22that he's made and the likes of Tottenham, Monaco with Southampton you think about Sadio Mane,
12:27Son, Christopher Mkuku at RB Leixic when he worked for the Red Bull group as well
12:32so I think it would be really silly of Newcastle not to tap into Paul Mitchell's knowledge
12:37and I do think there should be a balanced stroke where Paul Mitchell can submit a list to Eddie
12:42Howe and Eddie Howe essentially you know ticks off the ones that he's interested in ones that
12:46he isn't interested in and I do think that's how it'll play out but as of Saturday or sorry Friday
12:52we spoke to Eddie Howe I don't think he was quite sure as to how the new structure would play
12:56out and what it meant for his responsibilities so that's in terms of transfers and then of course
13:02the second appointment which arrived shortly after Paul Mitchell is James Bunce who has been
13:09brought in a performance director and whatever way you want to look at it it's sort of a level
13:14of scrutiny for Eddie Howe in terms of you know the training methods and how that sort of translates
13:22to injuries so now you've got a new direct line from Eddie Howe to James Bunce looking at training
13:30and looking at ways where you can almost you know look at injury prevention and all that things as
13:36well so I understand why Eddie Howe had his back up about that because Eddie Howe is a man that
13:43has inherited his backroom team since his ball mouth days like say Stephen Purchase,
13:47Simon Wellaston the only person that has came in from the outside really is Graham Jones
13:54beyond that it's been Eddie Howe and his staff for you know the last 10 years plus so someone
13:59coming in from the outside I think that probably made Eddie Howe a little bit uneasy but I think
14:05as I say that was Friday I think there's been clear the air talks since then and I do think
14:11the next time we speak to Eddie Howe he'll be a little bit clearer and a little bit more positive
14:15as to you know his role and responsibilities but yeah it was certainly an interesting half an hour
14:20with Eddie Howe because I've never seen him like that before he's usually quite crystal clear on
14:25his message unless you ask him about injuries but yeah on Friday he was yeah he looked a little bit
14:33unsettled unsure as to what his role was under this new structure but as I say I think since then
14:40more talks have taken place and hopefully now everyone can move in the right direction and
14:46really attack the summer transfer window because Newcastle they're in my opinion still have a lot
14:51of work to do in terms of bringing in new players ahead of the ahead of the new Premier League season
14:56they do yes and we'll come on to that in just a moment's time but yeah it was interesting wasn't
15:00it because of course as you say there you're not used to seeing Eddie Howe like this he's not that
15:04type of character normally to sort of use the media or the press to get his points across in terms of
15:12to those at the club who he's working with surely or normally you think that sort of internal
15:17discussions that go on and they're never normally made public because as far as Newcastle don't like
15:22leaks to go out but it was very much a public front from Eddie Howe using people like yourself to
15:29tell people with other people within the club what he thought or the dissatisfaction that he had with
15:34the way things had gone on so I mean some of some fans on social media you know they thought nothing
15:40of it and perhaps they had only watched the tv interviews but yeah I mean just from being in the
15:46room with him Jordan not just going off what he said but like what was his body language like what
15:50was his sort of demeanour like? Yeah I mean his demeanour was a very very unsettled person
15:57there's no there's no way about it and I he denied that he was unsettled but he certainly wasn't a man
16:02that appeared happy in that and I say that having sat in a room with Eddie Howe on several occasions
16:07since he's been at the club every Friday I get the honour of sitting with Eddie Howe
16:11previewing their weekend matches and as I say I've never really seen him like that
16:19so yeah his demeanour was off and that wasn't just me that was that who thought that there
16:25was other journalists in the room that thought that and his answers because if you go through
16:29the the full transcript they'll be part of the transcript where you read his answer and you think
16:34oh he's very very happy at Newcastle there's no problems at all and then his next answer you
16:39place a little bit of doubt into your head over how happy he really is and again after Eddie Howe
16:47left the room myself and other journalists in there debated for about two or three hours as
16:52to how to attack what Eddie Howe had said because it was so what he said was like so confusing and
16:58so different in every answer and I say that isn't Eddie Howe because he's usually quite crystal
17:04he's message so yeah I think I think he came into the the interview with with us
17:10with the intention of probably using us as to try and gain a little bit of power I don't think he
17:15came in I think he came in to to open the um yeah use us a little bit of a power play if you like
17:22and get his his message out and look I think that's uh I think that's probably probably worked
17:28and yeah it just shows that um you know maybe myself and the written journalists do have uh
17:34some uh use these days rather than sort of just the tv interviews because yeah the tv and bbc
17:40radio interview on bbc radio newcastle they're painting a very different different picture but
17:46it was all sunshine and flowers with there wasn't it it was all very happy and just
17:50yeah I think I think more on on tv interviews naturally you don't get as much time to
17:56just sort of question and follow up what Eddie Howe has said because you know you get a set time
18:00in tv and you've probably got four or five topics that you need to get through and whereas we got
18:05essentially half an hour with him and um yeah when he sat down we initially probably thought
18:11Eddie Howe was gonna um rule himself out of the England job and I think he has done that I don't
18:18I don't think he's going to go to England I don't think that's a burning desire inside of him I just
18:22think he left his future open didn't shut the door on on sort of leaving Newcastle and I do
18:29think that was almost as I say a power play to try and get his message across and I think that's
18:34worked I think from hopefully from now um the club have had conversations with Eddie Howe it's all
18:39sort of resolved and yeah we can can move on and look forward to to the new season. You'd hope so
18:46Elyse yes now before we get onto the transfer window there was also interviews I believe
19:00conducted with Neil Livermanto, Lloyd Kelly and Lewis Hall I don't know if you were in many of
19:05those Jordan or any or if or all of them but uh how were they and if if you were then like how did
19:11they go? Yeah I was there I interviewed all three of them I sat with um Kieran Kelly with the
19:16Chronicle, Matthew Raisbeck from BBC Newcastle and their fellow colleague Liam Kennedy as well so
19:23yeah I mean out of them them interviews really got to speak to Lloyd Kelly and you know hear about
19:28his sort of story now he got on Newcastle because um he was a player oh sorry he was a a child that
19:35was actually brought on the foster care system which was quite you know emotional hearing that
19:40story from from where Lloyd Kelly's came from so an incredible story for him to be signing for
19:45for Newcastle this summer I know spoke about how big the club is how much he's looking forward to
19:50playing at St James' Park having previously experienced it with with Hornmouth um team
19:56Livermanto the the question around him was more about sort of the right back spot and you know
20:01does he say the right back spot is something he should be grasping so on a permanent basis this
20:07summer he sort of played that down saying he's still only 21 he's got time to to develop but
20:13I think uh I do think team Livermanto will have much more of a starting role this summer it'll be
20:19sorry this season it'll be a very very big season for him in my my opinion especially with the
20:23um question marks around Kieran Trippiar's future but even if Kieran Trippiar stays he's you know
20:27he's 34 at the end of the year um probably at points that season should um moments of
20:37moments of decline in many ways um because he's you know he's in his late he's near retirement
20:42age now to be honest so team Livermanto for me that's his starting spot and it's up to him to
20:48grasp it and then yeah I really enjoyed speaking to Lewis Hall out of out of three if I had to pick
20:52one it would be Lewis Hall's sort of my favourite interview because I just think he's a really
20:55really nice lad and spoke about his struggles last season and the opening six month how he had
21:01dark days etc not you know coming to a new club moving away from home not getting the game time
21:07fans asking why he's not playing there's obviously doubt over the the clause and to trigger a permanent
21:13deal but yeah it was really nice that he had sort of behind the scenes to how his journey played out
21:17last season particularly at the end as well when he did come into the the team and was probably the
21:23sort on the shining lights at the end of last season and it left back so yeah it was um it's
21:28always good to get that sort of sit down with players because you don't really get that during
21:33the season no um so it was yeah and them trips are brilliant like that so even with Eddie Howe you
21:39don't really get much time to to sit with him when the camera isn't on and then players as well it's
21:44always after games when he's speaking the mix on the they're dying to go home so yeah it was um
21:49it was really good to see to get that get the time with Eddie Howe and those three players
21:54yeah I I thought as I say as you say there Jordan it's it's um it's rare that players speak sort of
22:00mid-season as I say mixed zone interviews do happen but they're perhaps not not exactly you
22:05know they're not they're not brilliant content all the eight times but um yeah um I enjoyed I I've
22:11watched all that the the broadcast well I mean if you were sat with Riz I presume that's what
22:15you it was within your piece as well the rate yeah because I I watched those ones so um
22:22yeah all three just you know so they seem sort of down to earth lads didn't they and I know
22:27football football has got a lot of stick these days for some of them being
22:30having inflated egos or whatnot but those three just seem generally three nice lads to me
22:36yeah they were yeah they really were um that's I mean it's probably from the outside look and then
22:41you think footballers are you know fairly sort of arrogant etc but you know they're just a lot
22:48of them are very very down to earth and just and just normal people and those three lads definitely
22:53definitely were um all got similar ambitions as well you think about Lewis Hall and Tino
22:59Livermanto still at a very young age very similar age both got England ambitions Newcastle could
23:06potentially have two players there who are leading Newcastle at leading England's full
23:10back spots in the next few years if things progress well and then you've got a player like
23:15Lloyd Kelly who as I mentioned earlier is a is a lad that's came through the foster
23:20system and you know became a Premier League footballer at Newcastle United and
23:24if he can keep fit this season then there's no reason why he shouldn't be pushing the England
23:30conversation as as well so yeah as I say three very nice lads and you know hopefully they'll
23:36bring plenty of success to Newcastle this season very much so yes
23:50now we'll finally get onto the transfer window uh we'll start with someone who you mentioned
23:54just a moment ago that is Kieran Trippier in terms of outgoings um he is probably likely
24:00to leave according to a lot of reports uh I think there's Saudi interest and you know
24:05towards the twilight of his career is it just a case of one final big payday?
24:10Well yeah I mean essentially yeah um I got information back in the start of February
24:16that there was there was going to be interest from Saudi clubs this summer and you know as
24:20we're getting close I think to the towards a deadline if you like and after Kieran Trippier
24:25has finished the Euros those noises are becoming a little bit louder um I think probably in hindsight
24:32given the way out the second half of the season played out and Kieran Trippier didn't play much
24:37many games hindsight you probably would have parted ways with him in January but at the time
24:44it didn't it didn't feel right and I don't blame Newcastle for keeping hold of him because you know
24:49he's a he's a leader being a great player for for the club and I do think there's merit in keeping
24:56him around this summer as well I still think he's got a lot to to offer but from Kieran Trippier's
25:01point of view now as I mentioned earlier he turns 34 in September I think it is and got one year left
25:06on his contract from a personal point of view if he if the offer does come in from a Saudi pro
25:12league club then you know that's life-changing money and you can probably go and earn enough
25:18money out there in one year that you would probably do in sort of three years over here I feel like
25:22um because it's the Saudi money is life-changing hence why a lot of players have made the move
25:28over there a lot of players that were in the you know peak of their careers have moved over there
25:33for for the money which you know it is a foot as a football fan you don't like hearing that
25:39football is money driven but essentially it is um so I think for Kieran Trippier as I say he's
25:45what more is he going to achieve in his career now he's probably achieved everything he can
25:50playing Champions League playing for England and European finals World Cup semi-finals
25:57look maybe he might stay this season in Newcastle might decide to mount a title
26:00charge or something like that but and of course that's that's what you're thinking so
26:04yeah I think Kieran Trippier from a personal point of view is in a is in a difficult situation and
26:09if an offer does come in from the Saudi pro league then he's got a decision to make and I'm sure if
26:15he does decide to to go to the Middle East then he leaves with everyone's blessing because
26:19you know he's been a transformative signing for this club that the first of the you can say he
26:24was the first yeah he was the first and he's he's been out outstanding but as I say the Newcastle
26:30guy right back there in team Liverpool who um is more than capable of coming and replacing
26:37Trippier if he is to go but yeah I think there's a point of view I see why Trippier want to go
26:43from my point of view and I'm probably a lot of Newcastle fans as well you'd want to see him stick
26:47about from there yeah maybe finish finish his career yeah um but there's money to be made and
26:53if there's an opportunity to go make that life-changing money then I don't think anyone
26:56can begrudge him with that yeah if he was to leave to the Saudis I think it was it's a deal
27:01that will benefit him as a person and also Newcastle as a club so it's it's it's a win-win
27:06both in both counts but of course as you say there is also reason to keep them around but
27:11we shall see how that plays out right in terms of incomings it's all a bit quiet at the moment
27:17isn't it now that could be just because leaks are being kept at a minimum people like me and you
27:22just not hearing anything at all or anything uh but yeah it all just as I say it's quiet
27:29Newcastle probably needs a right winger as a priority especially if Miguel Almiron leaves
27:35as well which he may well do a young striker may well be needed obviously we don't know what
27:40Callum Wilson's future will will be because a lot of reports perhaps suggesting he wants to stay at
27:46Newcastle and you also might want to keep him as well but obviously as we've already mentioned he's
27:50injured again and it's it's just a a regular occurrence with Callum Wilson now so if he does
27:57stay you could argue you could still bring a young striker in who could deputize because then
28:01it's then when Callum Wilson is fit he can play when he's fit but even when he's not you still
28:06then got another person behind him to to keep Isaac sort of on his toes obviously Alexander
28:11is the number one choice always will be from now on but if Callum Wilson leaves and you have to
28:17perhaps have scope to bring in a more challenge a striker who would perhaps challenge is actually
28:22the number one spot more so than if Wilson stayed and you bring a young striker in but yeah I think
28:27you need like you need a right winger definitely and you need perhaps a young striker if Wilson
28:31does stay but it's anything else I think perhaps set a half is that probably looking at for Fabian
28:36Shaw's long-term replacement as well I should imagine yeah well do you know I think they need
28:41a goalkeeper they've only got five I'm going to tell you I've got a lot of them haven't they yeah
28:46they've got I mean obviously Nick Pope number one still and you've got Martin de Brathca still under
28:51contract in Newcastle you've got I've got Mark Gillespie, John Ruddy and I really don't know
28:55how to pronounce this other one Odysseys of Lacademos I think I'm going to leave you to
29:01that John I'm going to try that but yeah so yeah five under contract in Newcastle
29:07at the moment it is quite a lot I mean obviously they've already got rid of
29:10Loris Karius but you'd imagine de Brathca will probably leave won't he? Yeah I think de Brathca
29:16will be the man that gives Rhian that goalkeeping department I think when you bring in a new number
29:24two a new number three I think it probably sends out a message to de Brathca I can't imagine he's
29:29too happy with them with a number of goalkeepers they've signed whilst he's been competing at the
29:34Euro so yeah I do expect him to leave but yeah going back to going back to incomings I think
29:40you mentioned about the striker situation there Newcastle regardless of Calum Wilson's future
29:45I desperately need a striker this summer I say regardless of whether Calum Wilson stays or not
29:50because last season let's not forget Alexander Izak had his fair share of injury problems
29:57as well he had that thigh injury that he was managing so it's you know it's not out of the
30:01question that Alexander Izak may need a time on the side sidelines next year and when you look to
30:07that second or backup striker Calum Wilson's currently the man and Calum Wilson as he's proven
30:13which is he's proven that he's not very reliable in terms of he's being available for selection so
30:21it's a real it's a real shame of Calum Wilson because he's an incredible Premier League goal
30:26scorer like there aren't many better if you're looking the two strikers Newcastle have got in
30:30terms of ability I would argue they've probably got one the best one of the best two or best
30:35pair in the Premier League if they both could stay fit you'd be laughing wouldn't you absolutely
30:41yeah so look maybe maybe with the less the least amount of games or the less amount of games next
30:48season maybe Calum Wilson will be available more often but for me it's a risk that just isn't worth
30:53taken so yeah they need to go and sign a striker this summer I think they haven't
30:59replaced Chris Wood from I was just gonna say haven't replaced Chris Wood from 80 months ago
31:05which is silly in many ways given that last season they played more games and didn't have that third
31:12third option so yeah regardless they've got a signer a striker but they don't come cheap so
31:21yeah what what what do you do do you do you try and sell Calum Wilson to help fund the
31:26striker is there room in the budget to go and sign the striker regardless of Calum Wilson's
31:32situation but yeah that's the that's a tough thing about sort of PSR and budgets etc each
31:39summer you've got to weigh up your your priorities what positions are priorities and look for me I
31:44think the striker position right forward and a centre back are three absolutes absolutes this
31:51summer so I'd hope Newcastle got enough in the bank to go and sign a striker probably I think
32:00one thing they should be looking to do is look on the on the continent across Europe more often
32:04because I think that's probably one thing that Eddie Howe as a as a head coach has been criticised
32:09for is they haven't signed too many players across Europe and then of course when you sign players
32:15from England they've got the sort of that premium price if you like so and as I said that goes back
32:20to the Paul Mitchell sort of argument where both people are going find gems across Europe
32:28maybe even the Premier League that can you know that don't cost as much money as
32:35what you'd usually be paying indeed yes obviously as you say striker right forward right winger
32:41and a centre half I think that you're covered in the left wing department you've got Anthony Gordon
32:46you've got Harvey Barnes you're fine there obviously in the right wing you'll need one
32:50Alvaro probably goes and you keep Murphy as you as your backup right back if Trippier goes you've
32:56got Livermanto you've got Kraft as your backup left back I think you're probably okay now you've
33:01got Lewis Hall he's probably your number one choice Dan Burden can play there Lloyd Kelly
33:05could play there as well and then obviously that goes into the left centre half so Burden can he
33:09can also fill in too you've got you've got LaSalle and Botman both to come back towards the end of
33:15this year start of next so probably covered on the left side of the centre half then obviously
33:18it's one to be covered for Fabian Scheer with all his head injuries that he has 10 times a game
33:25and then obviously goalkeeper goalkeeper yeah inundated I think it's fair to say
33:30even the midfield centre midfield obviously Lewis Miley probably will miss the start of the season
33:34but if Joe Willock is back to full fitness which we hope he will be you've got here you've got
33:38Tonali two or three games into the season coming back and obviously you've got Joe Linton you've
33:43got Bruno Longstaff there's a chance he could be sold perhaps maybe to a bit like Elliot
33:49Arneson do you think like because you'll get that pure profit premium on the fact that he's an
33:53academy graduate yeah possibly the Sean Longstaff arguments are difficult actually because
33:59they've got a player there who as you mentioned can earn pure profit from if they were to sell him
34:06his Conrack expires next summer so a pure profit margin month for a minute by minute month by month
34:14this season will gradually get lower so Newcastle have got to wait up now do you offer Sean Longstaff
34:19a new long-term contract or do you look to cash in this summer whilst you can I think
34:26me personally I think you'll I think you'll stay I think as much for as much criticism
34:31he gets off Newcastle fans I think Eddie Howe is a big fan of the player as a typical Eddie
34:38Howe performer in many ways works hard just lacks that little bit of quality but I think
34:45I think Sean Longstaff will probably be in the start 11 for the first game of the season
34:49at this rate because Tonali is still not available and Joe Willock is still working his way back for
34:54a minute Achilles injury so I think I think Longstaff will say stay but I do think they've
35:00got a decision to weigh up over while I offer him a new contract and if I'm not going to offer him a
35:04new contract then it probably does make sense to cash in. Indeed yes I mean to be fair to
35:10Sean Longstaff he's been bowling very well for Tynemouth Cricket Club this summer. Yes I've seen
35:14yeah it was um I've seen that he took a wicket. He took several actually I think I mean
35:22yeah I have a friend who um I think it was up at um they were playing away against
35:29Gosforth and I had a friend who was watching them and got a picture of them afterwards as well
35:32and apparently had another good bowling performance as well took a few so um yeah I was going to say
35:39who was it who played was it was it Ian Botham who played cricket and then football for
35:43Scunthorpe United I think as well so yeah you never know. You might do that this summer you might
35:53you know Newcastle might sign with Tynemouth Cricket Club or something like that maybe I don't know
35:58or Mike might call quits on football and start playing. Yeah I was going to say he might just
36:03he might leave football entirely and suddenly like summer suddenly he's off he's at Lourdes opening
36:08the battling or opening the bowling. You know going from scoring against Paris Saint-Germain to
36:15opening the bowling against the West Indies at Lourdes for example that would be quite the
36:19quite the difference but uh yeah there's certainly a decision to be made on
36:23on Sean Longstaff there but I think that sort of covers the transfer window Newcastle need
36:28as a priority as we've said a striker a right winger and a centre-half to cover for Fabian
36:32Scheer so and then anything else that comes in that can be generated from the budget perhaps
36:37from other sales uh would be very good indeed but it's obviously nothing's going to come cheap but
36:42I think that you need those I think as a priority you need those three to make sure the season's
36:48going to be good of course when Willock and Tadali are fully fit you may feel there's going to be
36:52should be bolstered to be honest you should be fine there um but I think yeah it's it
36:59they need to get a bit of a move on I think they need to start doing making some deals uh getting
37:04them done but we'll we'll move on finally Jordan because you are off very soon to the other side
37:19of the world you've already done Germany uh but soon enough you're off to Tokyo in Japan uh for
37:26Newcastle's second pre-season trip of the of the summer uh firstly are you looking forward to it
37:32yeah I mean I'm looking forward to getting there because uh as people know the flight to Japan
37:38isn't exactly short so I think me travel time's around 17 hours so yeah cover um the friendliest
37:46hole on Saturday then drive down to Manchester stay in Manchester for the night and then yeah
37:53fly to Tokyo on Sunday morning I don't get there till Sunday afternoon sorry Monday afternoon I
37:58think it is um obviously I know there's a time difference but it's a lot of hours traveling so
38:03yeah I'm looking forward to it but just want to get the traveling out the way first and then
38:08once I'm there I'll be happy but yeah it should be should be a good trip Tokyo is a place I've never
38:15been to before I never thought I would go to before so um yeah really looking forward to seeing
38:20the the sights if I get a chance and then of course um the football teams at Newcastle will
38:25be playing as well because I've heard that they're quite impressive so yeah looking forward I mean
38:30from what I hear I mean my dad's been to Japan before and apparently karaoke bars are quite a
38:34big thing over there so right well yeah well if you don't know about me I'm a good singer
38:39well I mean I can't say I've seen you I've seen you dancing though Jordan and I'm not entirely
38:44sure about that um but yeah if you want to go and sing something you know go go and start singing
38:50the Blade and Races in a karaoke bar in Japan I'll be all for it uh but yes as you say there
38:56Newcastle um they've got two fixtures over there against two Japanese sides as we mentioned earlier
39:03again it the results don't even matter it's just a case of building the fitness building the
39:08technical awareness up isn't it yeah it is exactly that yeah um and they'll pop up well
39:13they'll be able to bring the international players back into the mix as well uh Bruno likes your
39:19Bruno's uh Gordon's Trippier maybe um you know Almiron etc so Tokyo will be the the time where
39:29we'll get to see Newcastle at full strength if you like hopefully you know likes your
39:35and Willock's who weren't able to train properly and Germany will be able to get minutes under their
39:42belts against the two Japanese teams out there they're playing so it's a it's a very important
39:49trip not just in terms of that game time as well but the wider picture after you look commercially
39:54for the for the club because this is what these trips are about it's it's about you know commercial
39:59commercial gains and um sort of finding new fan bases really are attracting new
40:06fan bases shall I say so it'll be a busy one I don't think Eddie Howard's you know particularly
40:12gets particularly infused by by these trips but totally understands why it has to
40:16has to be done so it'll be a busy busy week for them and they'll then return from then
40:22have the Sella Weekender and then yeah the Sella Weekender which is uh yeah we'll see how many
40:29tickets are sold for that one because I don't think the opposition are too uh lucrative for
40:33this one they were a bit better last year wasn't it was Villarreal and I forget who else it was
40:38uh it was Florentina and Nice but of course Inglos didn't play in Nice because yeah as I said
40:45they were all teams you have teams that you know they had a bit of weight about them I guess to be
40:50honest um but still yeah I mean and just before we finish Sean so what what is the plan in Japan
40:55of course we've got the two games but what sort of media activities can we expect and
40:59anything else that you can we can look forward to on Newcastle World? Yeah I mean I'll give Newcastle
41:06World a plug yeah just check Newcastle World out for check it out now check it out next week as
41:11well when we are in Japan because there'll be lots of content um as I say we'll we'll be speaking to
41:17Eddie Howe before and after games or then cover the games as well play our ratings etc
41:22um I'm sure there'll be a commercial things that the players do I will be invited along to be able
41:28to speak to them and get video footage from that so as much it'll be a busy trip for the players
41:34and Eddie Howe will be a busy one for us as well because you know we'll be aiming to cover absolutely
41:38everything that Newcastle do so there'll be there'll be lots not just the matches but everything
41:44outside of it as well um you know try and capture the mood over in Japan as well just
41:49you know how big are Newcastle United over in Japan yeah it's um yeah it's a it's a big
41:56opportunity for for the club to go and build a farm base over there you know and hopefully in a week
42:00and hopefully we can capture that. I see you can have a Newcastle World farm club over there maybe
42:05the Tokyo brand. There's already one over there I think I think Newcastle World's gone worldwide so
42:12yeah oh wow fantastic well yeah I'm certainly looking forward to what comes from it as well
42:18um certainly the video content and um what we can see but yeah it should be interesting as you say
42:24then sell a weekend after that and all of a sudden it'll be time to kick off this new season again
42:29we'll be back into the thick of it Southampton at home on the 17th of August at three o'clock
42:34kick-off at St James's Park we'll kick start the new season and oh god here we go again I mean
42:41I think we'll what we'll finish on Jordan before we I know we said that there but
42:46I know there's still a bit of the transfer window left to go and obviously there's still
42:49lots of preparations still to come but what do Newcastle need to do this season
42:54in terms of expectation what should what should they be aiming for?
43:00Yeah it's a good question because I think a lot of people probably have different
43:05answers to this but for me it has to they have to go and finish
43:09inside the I'll say top six but I do think they should I do think they should be pushing top four
43:15again I think they've got to use the no European yeah they've got they've got to use it their
43:23advantage there was real disappointment that they're missing out on the Europa League spot
43:28last season but the only way they can come back from that is they utilise it and you know last
43:34time last time they didn't have European football look at what they wanted to achieve they went in
43:39you know not just not just where they finished but the football they played
43:42in the season where they went and finished fifth was was so entertaining you know that
43:46there's this high intensity just a really good football team to watch so you know hopefully
43:52that'll return this season because I think last season the football was tough to watch
43:59at times because of the lack of bodies and you know they weren't quite able to fulfill what Eddie
44:03how wanted but yeah there's there's no sort of excuses this season for not being able to
44:10to do that so I think without European football they should be pushing to get back there
44:18I think top four should be a name they should certainly be competing for the top four whether
44:23they finish inside the top four is a different different answer but I think they should be in
44:28and around there and then of course as well the cup run as well should be should be a massive
44:36aim and I think you know Eddie how has already told his player that as well because you think
44:42about in the last two seasons they've got a final last season they got a two-quarter final so
44:49they weren't a million miles away now it's about trying to go that little one step further and then
44:55end in the end the way yeah I was gonna say I mean obviously top five could get your champions
45:01league again yeah so you know because it depends on the coefficients and how they were again this
45:06season but um yeah I'd be happy with say sixth in a cup personally but I think either or
45:15and it'll be hard to compete but then again of course you know two seasons ago they came
45:20forth and got to the final of the league cup and we're just you know 90 minutes away from
45:23from winning something there so you could you could even argue fifth in the cup as well sort
45:28of top because that could get champions league in a cup so yeah as much as I want champions league
45:34and all that I think I'm more desperate to see them finally end the way to win something you've
45:40got to they've got to become a winning club eventually haven't they and that's got it's
45:44got to happen at some point um and as I say I'd take a league cup or FA cup so much right now
45:52as as obviously as a fan as well as a journalist as well but I think yeah that sort of sums it up
45:59for Newcastle as going into the new season in terms of what they should be achieving it'll be a
46:06as always a long arduous up and down roller coaster season but I'm sure that they will I'm confident
46:13that they'll better the seventh place they got last season and perhaps go further in the cup so
46:18let's be honest in the cup last season especially the league cup they were a key and trippy mistake
46:23and 60 seconds away from probably and no disrespect to Middlesbrough making the final
46:30because let's be honest Newcastle were just as good as Chelsea last season Chelsea had a good
46:34end to this season but he also beat them forward earlier on in the season as well and Newcastle
46:38were winning that game 1-0 so I know Chelsea finished above in the end but they were probably
46:42just on par with each other and and Chelsea I know they got beat by Middlesbrough in the first
46:46leg but they hammered them in the in the second just like Newcastle beat Sunderland as well
46:50in the FA cup so Newcastle would have let's be honest in all in nine times out of ten would
46:55have beat Middlesbrough in that over two legs in the semi-final and so would have been again in the
46:59league cup final so it would they were that close really again weren't they and and they would have
47:04played Liverpool side who ended up feeling a lot of youngsters and Chelsea couldn't quite get past
47:08that but regardless it is what it is but anyway thank you Jordan once again obviously you're in
47:14Japan next week so it'll probably be a lack of a podcast unless you send some stuff back and I
47:20could try and edit it all together we'll see how it goes but apart from that if not if that doesn't
47:25happen we'll certainly be back the week after after back from Japan to review that trip and
47:30look ahead to the belting seller weekender that we've all got to look forward to and then after
47:35that we'll certainly be into the new season but until then thanks Jordan we'll see you next time
47:39and how are the lads