Why NUFC are likely to sell Callum Wilson
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- čas přidán 22. 04. 2024
- The Daily Mail's Craig Hope has been speaking to Eddie Howe at Newcastle United's training ground ahead of Wednesday's Premier League trip to Crystal Palace.
Callum Wilson is fit again - but will he be off in the summer? Craig shares his insight and opinion.
Click here to read what Howe had to say... www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo... - Sport
We have so many injuries that I'm surprised that BUPA did not sponsor our shirts.
I think as usual you are bang on the money with callum craig. It's such a shame because the man is quality. He's got the ability, a great attitude & obviously he fits with this team but we just can't go through the season with a striker who breaks down so often. If we can get £10-12m for him i think we have to take it. Totally agree with eddie that we won't get a callum wilson quality player for that kind of money but we are going to have to choose quantity over quality. All that said if we do sell him i will consider callum to have been a fantastic servant to the club when he was available & wish him well wherever he ends up. Cheers as always craig.
We need to remember, Wilson is an England international striker who will get 10 to 15 goals a season. He's definitely worth £20 million to any club.
He’s always injured though
It's literally what we paid for him, be lucky to get 15m
My Leeds mates are looking at Wilson with adoring eyes, a newly promoted Leeds Utd with new money to spend would be a perfect match, but would he see it that way?
"England international" 😂.he's played 9 games in 6yr. Give over
Wilson an England international merely indicates how bare the cupboard is. Dreadful first touch and Howe is talking nonsense about the difficulty of replacing him.
Years ago I had a Ford Capri that I needed to do some work on and it would take a while, so I bought an old Alfa as a runaround for a hundred quid.
The Alfa had holes in the floor, the interior was hardly palatial, but once the Capri was fixed, I saw no point in selling the Alfa from a financial point of view, because bang for buck it just gave me too much fun.
If we sell Wilson the buyer is going to be 100% aware that he's only good for half a season at best, and his one in two record then translates to one in four - 10 goals a season, and the price we get will reflect that.
It would make more sense to extend his contract and keep him.
Isak could play as number one striker with Wilson as back-up / sub, and hopefully a bit of summer observation will show us that Minteh could do a job as and when required, maybe even ahead of Wilson.
I appreciate the Eredivisie isn't the EPL, but the lad must be brimming with confidence and with Eddie around to coach him, he has to be worth a punt.
Don't sell the Alfa. - for what you'd get selling it you won't come close to replacing it for the same money.
Save your cash for another year, run the Alfa into the ground and splash out on an Aston Martin next year.
Totally agree with Wilson moving. He has been a great ambassador for the club. A warrior through the good and bad times. He deserved the number 9. But I don't see him playing 25 games in a season with his injuries. I also don't see him happy sitting as 2nd, 3rd choice striker.
Great podcast again Craig loving these 👏 year on year we’re getting better, patience is the key word !
Thanks Mark.
It is very harsh I know, but applying the same injury/availability logic, we surely must look to sell Joe Willock now (I know he is a great player on his day, but those days are few and far between).
To be fair, this was an upper torso injury. The fact that he hasn't had a lower body injury in such a long time is actually very interesting, but nobody is noticing it.
He hasn’t had a lower torso injury because he’s been out injured 😂 Had he have been playing/training at the intensity they do, he probably would have!
And it really was a freak injury.
@@JordiBoy_😂😂
But it's still an injury & what's more, yet another injury that's kept him out for weeks & weeks . Very sadly it's now dead men's shoes, every single player in our squad takes a place up that is absolutely vital to our future, not theirs . I love Callum but my goodness , even before these last 2 & 1/2 years when FFP, FSR have become imprinted on our brains , I found myself at least twice a season sighing and saying to my friends , here we go again , this will be another couple of months without Callum ! We couldn't really afford someone with that sick record then but we loved him , we're like that. We knew this would happen, we were warned we would lose players we really didn't want to lose &, for me, the first was Maxi & now it's Callum. Now I look and think, phew, at least it's not Bruno or Isak because, by next season at this time, if we're nowhere near getting back into the CL , it WILL be one or both of them ! Think of that , now that would be really tragic , with Callum we have to accept it's a natural progression ❤😢
The conundrum is when fit he's a 1 goal every 2 games striker with the stats to back it up. How do you replace that without spending a load of cash or weakening the squad. Ideally we keep Wilson, guve him a year extension, and add a younger striker to the ranks
Absolutely!
I get that but what if we extend his contract and he only plays another 8 games in that year and then we in same boat. Don't get me wrong, when fit, he's great but he can't stay fit. Why gamble when we can get some cash now
Negotiate a contract that entails his availability to play!
We can’t continue with 2 very injury prone strikers. Isak is the better striker and needs to be our first choice. We need a player who can be available a lot more than Wilson, somebody young who has potential like Sesko would be ideal.
Wilson may score more goals per game than Sesko would initially but if Wilson is injured he’s not only not scoring but he’s also contributing to Isak being over used and increasing his injury risk.
I belief we need to be investing in a young striker even if we decide to keep Wilson, the rumours are that Wilson doesn’t want that extra competition so let him leave and cash in now. If we can can £10-15m that’s money towards a new striker which we have to buy very soon anyway.
It's also down to the player. Wilson is very competitive and won't want to be second or third choice striker. He'll want assured starts when he's fit. Been a great servant but I think it's best for both parties.
Nail on the head as usual, Craig. We need pure pragmatism for the rest of the season. We need to be in Europe next season.
Great report Craig, every bit fair comment , would love to know the stats for when Eddie has had a decent No of first choice players in the team! Really like the vibe at the club ..really get the impression no one is wanting to leave , not like back in the day ..what I mean is you get the feeling they’d be happy to achieve their ambitions here .
I think we need to be challenging for a Champions League place Craig, we haven’t been anywhere near challenging this season.We need to continue to improve like EH says.I think if we can add one or two quality players and have more luck with injuries I’m sure we will.
I think it's misleading to crow about his strike rate and how good he is when he's fit because he's so rarely fit. Every season he regularly has spells out injured. As a squad with only 2 actual strikers, that puts a massive strain on the 1 remaining striker - which has adversely impacted Isak resulting in him having time out injured. If Wilson hangs around, it needs to be as a 3rd choice backup/competition option. He's never fit long enough to be the main man anymore. But if he isn't happy with that, then I think it makes more sense to sell and replace. But I think we need a new striker either way.
My fear is in this morning's presser, Eddie seemed to be campaigning for Wilson to stay. Saying it would cost loads to replace him with a player of similar ability. But that depends when you compare - when he's on the treatment table ANY ability fit striker would be an improvement. I hope Eddie's player loyalty to his old friends don't derail next season due to again being stuck with injuries and selecting players in poor form.
Great coverage as always Craig, safe travels to Selhurst Park mate and hopefully we can do the business 🤞🖤🤍🖤🤍
Dear Craig,
Canny video as always👍
Score prediction: 5-0 the Toon👍✊🤘👏😎😁
Regards,
If it’s any less than 20 million then what’s the point. Keep him as a 2nd/3rd striker, limit his minutes + minimise the risk to injury = he’ll score goals. He’s been managed injury wise this season
Wilson played 31 games last season and scored 18 goals. With less games he was rotated nicely with Isak and their playing time was managed properly.
We all knew that to continue to manage them properly this season with the increased games the club needed a 3rd striker: ideally someone young who was happy to pick up 20-30mins here and there and learn from them both.
Sadly, the club decided to collect full-backs instead and they have both suffered as a consequence.
Just part of rebuilding and getting to where we want, if he was playing even half of the season id have him but the recovery rate is abysmal, every injury its at least 4-8 weeks and weve seen our squad depth not able to recover when both strikers are crocked. And we have to let Isak rest so his knee or hamstrings dont fall apart
It would be madness to sell Wilson before Almiron, Ritchie and Dummett. Afterwards, then yes.
It would be madness to sell Almiron. He's our best player
I still really don’t understand how NUFC appointing a new Director of Football has ANY bearing on how quickly they tie up a deal with Man U.
The average PL Sporting Director earns about as much as Sean Longstaff, so there’s no issue with the club paying two salaries until the end of 2026. It really is immaterial in the grand scheme of things and they would be very happy to keep DA in the garden if it slows Man U’s progress.
Callum is a great individual, but as a squad Newcastle cannot have room for cheerleaders,,we need available players as you say Craig who offer value to the squad. all the best
We've had no strikers at times this season. Wilson guarantees goals. We need a 3rd striker to give depth and who can be a future investment. Selling Wilson to leave us with only Isak and then gambling the £15m on a young player who might be crap isn't getting us into Europe next season
That’s the point we need players who like to have the ball not just run with it like you say Craig if we want to evolve.
Very intelligent and persuasive as always BUT you say it's time to sell Wilson and you say if Howe doesn't get Champions League next season then Bruno and Isaac will leave BUT you never mention FFP and what our budget is in the summer. You kind of setup Howe to fail if he doesn't replace Wilson and if he doesn't finish 4th. We have half the turnover of all the toxic 6 so Howe can't spend as much and has to build more slowly.
Tomorrow will be a very tough game, palace picked up recently
Ooooooo I can't agree with you ok Wilson only started 8 how many did he come on for as a sub I remember Eddie didn't want to play both forward together so was he only fit for 8 starts???? And I can't agree about you seemed to suggest that availability is more important than Goals that's madness you may as well put jolinton back up front he used to play every game when he was up front but couldn't hit a barn door?10 or 12 million how that going to get you the goals Wilson scores it's madness we need to keep are proven goalscorers not sell him on the cheap to just fill his place on the bench if he is fit Eddie won't play two up front and as for being fit there are questions about the other forward should we sell him to just to fetch someone who can play every game never get injured but will never score a goal
8 games as sub - scored in 2. In 8 starts he scored 2 penalties & 3 other goals; his 7 goals came in first 9 appearances, but he's always been very streaky
the measure of this season was always going to be against the over achievements of last season, that success barometer now so difficult to gauge considering the unprecedented injuries....yet still so close in qualifying from the 'group of death'' and still placed within a whisker of a euro comp place....I would like to think the likes of Bruno, Isak, Gordon, Botman and Joelinton are willing to stake at least another year at the club and another summer of new players coming in before deciding on placing their ambitions else where.
I don't think we will to expensive to replace this summer got more important positions to fill
I would agree but for the fact we are going to have to bring in a new centre back given that both Bottman and Lascelles will be out until 2025. The cost of bringing in a new striker will be exorbitant. FFP has us by the short and curlies unfortunately. Between a rock and a hard place is the phrase that comes to mind.
Generally agree. However, they may feel that they need 3 strikers but can only afford 1 new one so will keep Wilson as back up for Isak and the new guy. He could be a useful sub and may be able to stay fit with less minutes
We need 3 new strikers. Sell Wilson and sign some cheap South Americans. Marcos Leonardo was £17m. We need players like that
He is a top quality finisher and may perform better in a nicer climate with less injuries - a temporary two year Saudi payday beckons. Good luck to him. The money could be re -invested into another player (remember we can go 3x whatever fee is paid for him in regards to FFP). I'm hoping he'll remain based at Newcastle in the long-term. We have to remember that quality players are using the move to Saudi as their tax-free pension.
I wouldn't be surprised if Trippier does the same in a years time.
we have had 1 season in cl and another most likely in europe with a massive injury list. dont think its quite that drastic if we have them on 5 yr deals etc that no cl means they go. clubs still need to pay the money. and noone seems willing to.
NUFC definitely need to keep their star players. Also Need to sell off a few & bring a few new players
What will the market be like for him? And at what price?
His fitness issues are going to see other clubs either stay away or enter a low-ball bid.
I think a Saudi club would snatch at a chance to sign wilson. Might be a good move for him finish his career on a big salary.
Personally I would sell Wilson, today’s market he should be around 12 to 15 million?
What happened with trippier? You said he we meant to be back for West Ham then said palace, set back Fc.
I fancy we could move on Wilson Almiron Longstaff and a few on the fringes.
Wilson is easily worth 20m even with the injuries.
Good
Love Wilson but it’s time to move him on. 8 starts in 32 games is too little. Problem is will there be many takers for him with that injury record?
I have no doubts that with a kinder injury list next year, we WILL qualify for champions league next year.
He won’t be sold unless he wants to leave. I can’t imagine too many clubs that’ll want him for what we’re willing to sell for.
We sold wood for £15 million.
Eddie looked a bit uncomfortable today and the question on DOF when he said he wasn’t involved in that let’s hope who ever get the job they can build a relationship.
Let’s face it, it Eddie was involved, he would get everyone from Bournemouth, he would get their DOF, their players, the lot, that’s all he knows and all he wants.
@@HolloMollo8Spot on. We'll be signing Lloyd Kelly, Solanke, Phillip Billing, Kalvin Phillips and Tyrone Mings in the summer
@@BrianPinas9 don’t cause it fills me with dread!! Id take Lloyd Kelly as a squad player and that’s it. He needs to stay away from all our transfer dealings cause he genuinely thinks he’s still in the championship the way he recruits. It will hold us back in my opinion.
@@HolloMollo8 This is why I want him out plus because of his favouritism towards certain players
@@BrianPinas9 same bro. Wanted him out for a while now. I want Hansi Flick to replace him. He’s available right now, he had Bayern playing some of the best football I’ve ever seen in my life. He won 6 trophies in a couple of years. He’s been available since September.
I also like Nagelsmann however he’s very outspoken and I could see him sitting in press conferences just slagging off people. He’s very hippie-ish, he goes to training on a skateboard instead of a car, I just couldn’t see it working here.
Howe is even trying to cling onto Wilson as Craig states in this video. He’s made 8 fkn starts for us and Howe is trying to keep him. He’s like a hoarder!!
If we can’t get 20m we should keep him, when did he scores goals regularly
The owners will have as much ambition as Bruno, Isaak or Gordon
Wouldn't be surprised if Real Madrid submitted a £250m bid for Anthony Gordon in the summer
Ok let's say we get $10 mil for wilson, now we have to sign another striker, the club will likely want a relatively young forward who can go straight into the team. That's going to be $40 mil at least. When we still need a rw, a no6 and a new cb minimum
We already have to sign a new striker we cant carry on with wilson and isak especially if we have europe they are to injury prone. If we sell wilson then we can buy a better striker. I want sesko who is young exciting and has a 40 mil release clause. Probs can get 15 mil for wilson.
Sorry, i dont think it was a reasonabke question, and eddie kinda looked at you like it was a stupid question, asking a what if question based on 18 mth into the future?
We need three strikers and the irony to me is this, that Wilson would be the perfect third striker.
Definitely not .. on Wilson .. we need to find a player to sign to compete with Alex and Callum. When the squad is stronger and we have replaced Ritchie and Dummett and the other fringe players have gone, then yes of course, he'll go but here and now, we really only have Isak ...Gordon is not a centre forward 😕 IMHO no to selling Wilson ..
Too old and injury prone, get him sold!!
HEEEEY CALLUM WILSON!!!!!
Selling wilson for 15m ish we will lose about 8-10 goals a season at least and that could be the difference between finishing 4th and 5th and that alone is worth more than what we could get for him
The headline could easily read 'Why ANYONE would buy Callum Wilson'
Great player but his body cannot handle the demands of professional football.
If it wasn't for the fact we need the money (FFP) id be happy to keep Wilson as a 2nd/backup/sub. Striker
He's right up there with the best in the league when fit ..
But realistically we will have to sell
3 points away at palace 🤞🖤🤍
Completely disagree. First of all, you can't complain about squad places and highlight Wilson when the manager parks the players on the bench for the majority of the season (Krafth, Dummett, Ritchie, Manquilo and to a lesser extent Hall)). Wilson is not the reason squad places are limited. It is the manager who keeps players he has no intention of utilising.
Secondly, Wilson having only started 8 matches still has scored 7 goals. He is not some dead wood you can discard. Gordon for all his brilliance has only scored 11 given the number of games he played. This club needs to add a striker, not sell a striker. Especially you would not get a like for like replacement for Wilson with his numbers. Mediocre striker Rasmus Højlund who costed around 72 mil pounds has only 7 goals to his name. Imagine what an effective striker would cost!!!
As to your comments about lack of champions league qualification, we were in the champions league this year and we did nought. Many teams regularly play in the champions league but the winners are rarely first time champions. It is mostly the established teams who go further in the competition. If it just to collect appearance numbers then it is meaningless in the grand scale of things. It would be much preferable to win the competitions that we are actually in, rather than lament not making it to the Champions league. That is how Italy got the extra place of the champions league by going further in all competitions regardless of tier.
Should've gone for Marcus Thuram who was available for free.
He's been a great servant to Newcastle but it's definitely time for him to move on
We should sell Wilson Miggy Dubs and Cashworth get rid of the dead wood the wages that we save and that’s a tremendous start to our summer buying plan don’t forget the Adidas and UCL money we should have a canny pot
I would not play him, if he’s injured then his selling value will decrease. He clearly doesn’t look after his own body, clearly doesn’t do recovery work, am glad he’s going to be sold, I’m absolutely sick to death of Wilson letting us down constantly being out and then still thinking he should be a guaranteed starter when he’s back. He’s very moody when he’s not first choice and he doesn’t deserve to be first choice due to his lack of care about his own body.
They must sell him. He’s been good for us but as his whole career has been blighted by injury we need a striker that will get at least 30 games a season in and will score 15-20 goals. That’s gonna cost £50 million plus but it must happen along with a centre back. Then it’s keeping everyone else fit.
Not necessarily. Getafe paid £7m for Arthur Dobryk. He's had a great season. Benfica paid £17m for Marcos Leonardo. We need to sign players from overseas
Wish Callum was 25
Notorious BIG 😂
I think we should sell Jeff Hendrick to a Saudi Club for £40b. That shud sort out our FFP.
The club won’t get very much at all for him.
So who is going to pay good money for a 32 year old walking sick note
Any newly promoted team.
@@robertofulton Not for anything like the money this lot mentioned
Think its cheeky as fuck walking on the training ground filming yoourself talking about selling player's. Have a bit of class mate. Apart from this i love your content
Wilson is a great striker but he’s made of glass get rid while he’s worth something Craig
He's looked poor this season when he's played. Definitely in a decline and time out doesn't help. I hope the board doesn't allow Howe to dictate incomings and outgoings because he seems to want to keep everyone. It's time to move on and actually win something, and you can't do that with a player who is lucky to play a quarter of the season.
Yeah howe is going to come out and say I want rid of this and that player😂😂😂
Howe will be after players from Bournemouth , I hope he doesn’t spunk our money on crap . That’s what worries me the most
@@juliogeordio7358 what Bournemouth players has he signed so far?
@Jake97x I think history proves that we're reluctant to get rid of players and essentially keep them on as cheerleaders.
@@Adamm357 it's not football manager unfortunately
He ain't getting no younger and he's injured more than he's fit.
Swap him for solanke +20 million
And they can look at free transfers like lloyd kelly
I’d rather Lloyd Christmas
Lol Solanke and Lloyd Kelly. They're not champions league level players
@@juliogeordio7358Or Lloyd Owusu
@@BrianPinas9 neither is Paul dummett
@@BrianPinas9 also if solanke was playing for top 6 club he would get more chances to score higher xg
I love Callum Wilson but I don’t know why any club would want to sign him. His constant injuries are an absolute joke. Basically paying someone to be on the sick all the time.
Wilson to Saudi for 50million
Only Saudi can accomodate Wilson on wages ,age, and injury history.
Because he's made of glass
Why are you bringing up needless negativity about next year alread man
We need rid of 5 or 6 that aren’t going to bring any money in I say sell Wilson to the highest bidder and I’m sure they’ll have a young prospect lined up or just get Benzema on loan