Is Jonas the latest in senior player cull at Newcastle?
Posted on June 21st, 2011 | 40 Comments |
Tyneside newspaper, The Journal, are claiming very confidently that Newcastle United’s Argentine wing wonder, Jonas Gutierrez, will be the latest in a series of senior players to be edged out the exit door at St James’s Park as the club are willing to “listen to offers” to use the Journal’s words.
If correct, this news would follow hot on the heels of Kevin Nolan’s exit to West Ham, the complete breakdown of contract negootiations with Joey Barton, Alan Pardew’s earlier admission that Jose Enrique may not be a Newcastle player next season and several other things as Mike Ashley’s Footballer Farm project gathers momentum. However at the time of writing, nothing official seems to have been confirmed by the club itself. However, Joey Barton dropped a strong hint on his Twitter page that he, Jonas and Jose Enrique would be the next to go after Nolan was sold to West Ham, however Barton later expressed that he would be staying at the club to see out his contract, interestingly using the hashtag “#bosmanruling”.
In all the general comings and goings at the club though, to say that the rotund retail mogul is taking another gamble would be an understatement, as stabilty and leadership takes second place to wheeling and dealing in the transfer market in an attempt to savagely reduce costs and improve the profitability of Newcastle’s transfer dealings.
Just as the club doesn’t seem to have learned the lesson that constantly replacing managers will not bring success, it also seems to eschew the wisdom that gradually introducing new players into an already settled side is preferable to a constant merry go round of in and outs, which could be a very risky proposition.
We’re in serious danger of having no squad understanding and that’s before we even get into the language barrier. Football might be universal but I’m sure these lads would like to know what their team mate is most likely to do rather than being caught out.
I can see a few games being an absolute embarrassment this season if it continues like this.
That said, nothing is official until it’s official.