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A Mixed Start to Newcastle United‘S Pre-Season fixtures.
First, The Magpies Demolished Carlisle United States 4-0 in a Behind-Closed-Doors Friendly, With The Now-Departed Sean Longstaff Breaking The Deadlock, Before Joelinton, Jacob Murphy And Youngster Ben Parkinson’s Target On All.
Howwever, on Saturday, with Over 10,000 Geordies in Attendance in Glasgow, Eddie Howe‘S Side Were embarrassingly battered by 4-0 Celtic At Parkhead, With Nick Pope Responsible for Absolute Howler, Gifting Their Second Hoops.
Next Up, The Toon Army Will Take On Arsenal At The Singapore National Stadium on Sunday, But Will They Have A New Signing To Get Excited About then?
Newcastle United’s Latest Transfer News
So Far This Summer, Newcastle Have Signed Anthony luna From Nottingham Forest For a Reported Fee Of £ 55m, Making Him The Club’s Second-Most Expensive Signing of All-time, Behind Fellow-Swede Alexander Isaac.
Meantime, They’ve Seen a £ 25m Bid Rejected for Brentford striker Yoane warnedAlthough The Dr. Congo International has been the ‘pre-season training camp in Portugal, and it iswidely expected This Deal Will Be Finalised In The End.
While Wissa Would Be An Excellent Addition, A Major Upgrade on The Released Callum Wilson, Are Newcastle Also Turning Their Attention Back to Their Top Target?
Well, as reported by Chris Waugh of the AthleticNewcastle ‘Remain Interested’ in Signing Crystal Palace Center-Back Marc GuéhiNoting That Internal During During During Recruitment Meetings Have Been Held.
Fair To Say, Newcastle Hold A Long-Standing Interest in The England International, Having Had Four Bids Rejected For Guéhi Last Summer, The Highest of Wonder £ 60m, Palace Ownerer Steve Parish Telling BBC Sport Back then That It would require the “Superstar Money” for The Eagles to Consider Their Captain.
Guéhi is purportedly Valued at £ 70m By The South London Side, So Should Newcastle Push The Boat Out to Bring Him to Tyneside?
How Marc Guéhi Would Improve Newcastle
Howe Will Be Looking To His Centre-Back Options This Summer, Ahead of A Very Busy Schedule, Given That His Side Have a Qualified For Champions League.
The Table Below Underlines His Limited Options In That Position Last Season.
Newcastle United’s Center-Back Options 2024/25 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Statistics | And Burn | Fabian Schär | Sven Botman |
Appearances | 46 | 42 | 10 |
Starts | 44 | 40 | 8 |
Minutes | 3,974 | 3,629 | 581 |
Total Minutes Of Total Minutes | 91% | 83% | 13% |
As the table outlines, Due to Sven Botman‘S Injury Issues, And Burn And Fabin Shards Started the Vast Majority’s 48 fixtures League and Cup, something That’ll Surely Not Be Possible Again, At A Minimum, Eight Champions League Ties Thrown Into The Mix.
Should Guéhi Arrive, He Would Contain Just Bececain First-Choice in That Spot, Given That-England Manager Gareth Southgate DESCRIPED HIS Performances At Last Summer’s Euros As “Exceptional”, While Former Teammate Josef Buršík, Now of Club Brugge, Labelled on Him “Absolute Tank”.
Meantime, Nathan Jackson of Total Football Analysis Outlines How he has Has The Potential to Become The Best Center-Back In The Premier League, With Elias Burke of the Athletic Praising His Ability to Complete ‘Ambitious’ Forward Passes, Due to His Top-Class Quality, Citing Roy Hodgson, Who Asserted That He is a Future England Captain.
So, Let’s See How He Compares to Burn, The Man He’d Surely Be Usurping In The Newcastle Pecking Order.
Marc Guéhi vs Dan Burn 2024/25 Premier League Comparison | ||
|---|---|---|
Statistics (per 90) | Guhi | Breath |
Pass Completion% | 84.15% | 88.62% |
Forward Passes | 20.8 | 17 17 |
Duels contested | 8.4 | 8.9 |
Aerial Duel Sccess% | 53.91% | 66.07% |
Ground Duel Sccess% | 63.46% | 50% |
Tackles | 1.8 | 1.1 |
Interceptions | 0.9 | 0.8 |
Blocks | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Ball Recoveries | 4.3 | 2.8 |
As The Table Outlines, Guéhi Comes Out Top For The Vast Majority Of Majority Included Metrics; It is Little Surprise That Better Boys Better Numbers When It Comes To Aerial Duels!
This is exactly Why Guéhi Would Be a Key Signing For Newcastle, As He Would A Massive Upgrade Of A Position Of A Massive Upgrade.
Wissa, on The Other Hand, While An Excellent Player, Not So Much.
The Magpies Already have Isak, Who Graham Ruthven of Total Soccer Show Asserts Is One of The Best Four Center-Forwards on The Planet, Alongside Heling Braut Håland, Harry Kane And Robert Lewandowski.
Of course, an isak back-up is nectary, but this is why them willy william osula Last Summer, a player Who Beth Limb Of Breaking The Lines Believes has a ‘Bright Future Ahead’, Praising His ‘Strong Physical Profile’ and ‘Wonderful Burst Of Acceleration’.
So, While Wissa Will Be a Useful Squad Addition, Guéhi Thould A First-Team Starter, Hence Why Newcastle Should Go All Out to Secure His Signature.
