🧣 Sir Bobby Robson’s statue at St James’ Park today, with a half-and-half scarf.
🤝 The man who links Newcastle United & Barcelona — who meet in Champions League Matchday One tonight.
❤️ A man who loved football at its very core…
#NUFC#Barca
🚨 Newcastle United have stepped up their interest in long-term striker target Hugo Ekitike.
New: 🗣️ The Tyneside club have held meetings in Germany over the past week with Eintracht Frankfurt & player’s camp.
🇦🇹 And today Sky Germany colleague @Plettigoal reports further meetings have taken place in Austria, where Newcastle have travelled for a pre-season training camp.
💰 Talks centre over what would be a #NUFC club-record offer for the the 23-year-old striker.
💴 Frankfurt want £86m for Ekitike.
🇫🇷 Newcastle tried and failed to sign the Frenchman in 2022, and he moved to PSG from Reims instead.
🆙 Newcastle pushing hard to get Ekitike to play alongside Alexander Isak in attack.
Twelve years ago, these clubs were eight divisions apart. Tonight, we competed as equals.
Defeat always hurts, but this evening was another staging post in our club's progress. We move onwards and upwards ♥️
Watford’s Ken Sema suffers with a stutter, but he bravely came out and did the post-match interview last night... ❤️
This will really help a lot of people. Anyone who suffers with a stammer knows how hard and deflating it can be. Brilliant @Semaken! 👏
My final thought on Mudryk is that it’s a tad surprising to watch a Ukrainian player flirt so enthusiastically with Arsenal and then opt at the last minute for a club whose fans continue to chant support for one of Putin’s best mates.
Don’t understand how Chelsea are not breaking FFP rules with the signing of Mudryk. Hardly any big players sold and cannot tell me a 40k+ fans a week generates enough to cover the cost. London clubs getting special treatment once again 😒