Chris Wood having medical at Newcastle

[burnleymik]

I don't think it's accepting the amount that is the problem, it's having nothing in place when we have two very big games coming up for our Premier League survival, which is worth far more to the club than Wood's transfer fee.

[randomclaret2]

The only thing you can trust on Talkshite is the date

It isnt only Talk Sport relaying this information

[Lowbankclaret]

I have just read a few reports.
Why would you have a release clause that starts in the last 12 months, as within 6 months you can do a deal when leaving on a free. Then pocket the 25 million in wages yourself. It just does not make sense.

[RVclaret]

Get a grip, would be ludicrous to turn down £25m for Wood. He’s 31 this year and out of contract next summer. We should have took the £35m for Tark when we could, who is now going for nothing.

[Woodleyclaret]

Now with no big striker perhaps it's time to actually play pass and move
With players running into space and shooting on site of goal

[PadihamThickNeck]

He will play Kevin Long upfront before changing his style of play.

[Lowbankclaret]

Robbie Blake posted on Twitter, he is happy to dust his boots off!!

[Blatherwickstattoo]

They are paying 5 million upfront and the clause in the summer according to other sources. No brainer for me, If we have a replacement then it’s too good of a deal to turn down for an ageing player.

Been told we are looking at Few Belgium league s strikers

[duncandisorderly]

Get a grip, would be ludicrous to turn down £25m for Wood. He’s 31 this year and out of contract next summer. We should have took the £35m for Tark when we could, who is now going for nothing.

He's a month into 30, lets not pretend he's ready for the knackers yard.

As I understand it, there is a release clause for £20m that can be activated in the summer. Newcastle have agreed to pay £25m to have the offer accepted now. They are paying £5m extra to get him 6 months early.

[PadihamThickNeck]

Robbie Blake posted on Twitter, he is happy to dust his boots off!!

I’d rather have him than Rodriguez & Vydra.

[Colburn_Claret]

Various media outlets including TalkSPORT now reporting the release clause didn’t come into effect until the summer and Alan Pace accepted the deal voluntarily.

This is going to cause an uproar if we don’t have a replacement ready right away I wouldn’t put it past or blame Dyche for walking.

The club is a mess a really big one.

It was in a mess before Wood went. The squad is stale as he'll, complacency seems to ooze from the players, as if resigned to a fate that is far from certain.
We need new faces, and if the 25million is used wisely, it could be cracking business.
We need the man, or machine, that found Max, to come up with another gem or two.

[evensteadiereddie]

They dont need to be an elite unit, just gain more points than the other three at the bottom which they should quite comfortably. Not nailed on, of course, but they have just improved their chances considerably.

[jurek]

I think everyone knew that Newcastle would be splashing out
on a number of players but nobody really expected then to come in for Wood.
We've got good money for him and there's little point in keeping someone
who wants to go and better his lot.

What happens now for us?

I'm sure we'll try and bring someone in that's for sure given we've only
got one fit forward and possibly also a midfielder.

Will the shock of losing Wood galvanise Dyche and the team or
will it have the reverse affect?

We'll soon know after our next two games.

[Ptgclaret]

If we're getting 25 million, it's good business.

We got a few great years from him, made 10 million profit from his sale (obv not including wages), and he's in really bad form.

We have to play him because he's all we've got, but playing him dictates we play a particular style.

Wood leaving, for however much, and being replaced by something else could be a good move for us.

[SalisburyClaret]

He's a month into 30, lets not pretend he's ready for the knackers yard.

As I understand it, there is a release clause for £20m that can be activated in the summer. Newcastle have agreed to pay £25m to have the offer accepted now. They are paying £5m extra to get him 6 months early.

Exactly the state of play. TalkRubbish as usual talking rubbish

[arise_sir_charge]

Various media outlets including TalkSPORT now reporting the release clause didn’t come into effect until the summer and Alan Pace accepted the deal voluntarily.

This is going to cause an uproar if we don’t have a replacement ready right away I wouldn’t put it past or blame Dyche for walking.

The club is a mess a really big one.

People keep saying about Dyche walking.

If he did that would be a monumental piece of business.

£20-25m for Chris Wood and a saving of circa £10-12m on having to pot Dyche. That’s the stuff of dreams!

As it happens, I expect Dyche is fully onboard and couldn’t believe that Newcastle wanted him and were prepared to pay so much.

Selling Wood isn’t the issue, that makes sense, the issue and challenge is replacing him.

[alboclaret]

I have just read a few reports.
Why would you have a release clause that starts in the last 12 months, as within 6 months you can do a deal when leaving on a free. Then pocket the 25 million in wages yourself. It just does not make sense.

It make perfect sense if the clause is in place through the summer, as this is the window we tend to deal in. The reason it's not in place during the season is we struggle to do deals then. This is protecting the club. It's not just for the summer coming up it would have been active for last summer too and all summers since he signed a new deal.
Tbh if it is as it sounds it'd really good business from us, wood wants release clause we agree on our terms . We'll done bfc if that's correct.

[Lowbankclaret]

He's a month into 30, lets not pretend he's ready for the knackers yard.

As I understand it, there is a release clause for £20m that can be activated in the summer. Newcastle have agreed to pay £25m to have the offer accepted now. They are paying £5m extra to get him 6 months early.

That looks like a good deal to me.
3 goals in 17 games this season.
Let’s hope we can buy a younger striker who can get 4 or more over the rest of the season.

[tarkys_ears]

£25m for a non scoring striker.

One who can't net an open goal or hit a barn door most of the time.

If he's still looking for a lift, I'll drive him to Newcastle tonight!

[Lowbankclaret]

It make perfect sense if the clause is in place through the summer, as this is the window we tend to deal in. The reason it's not in place during the season is we struggle to do deals then. This is protecting the club. It's not just for the summer coming up it would have been active for last summer too and all summers since he signed a new deal.
Tbh if it is as it sounds it'd really good business from us, wood wants release clause we agree on our terms . We'll done bfc if that's correct.

You make a very good and valid point.

[Blatherwickstattoo]

The defour era we certainly played a better style of football. He’s got it in him to play football. Everton away last season, few other games here and there where we look brilliant but then back to our usual one dimensional long ball stuff.

excited now wood has gone. Cornet back with a fast younger striker and new midfielder we will be fine….I hope

[quoonbeatz]

It really doesn't matter if there was a release clause or not. If the player wants to go and the money is right for us, it's best he goes.

As soon as Wood's agent told him of the interest from the uber-rich, he'll have wanted to go.

[jojomk1]

He will play Kevin Long upfront before changing his style of play.

He'll play Chuck Norris up front before changing his style of play

[SalisburyClaret]

Our whole play is built around crosses and long balls over the top. It's not going to change overnight. For this season at least we need a striker who can win the ball and hold play up.

[alboclaret]

Now with no big striker perhaps it's time to actually play pass and move
With players running into space and shooting on site of goal

Passing is hard for these player righ now, moving is even harder

[Roosterbooster]

I wonder if this is the start of the new business model.
We've brought in young players in the summer.
We are offloading older players for money now.
If we replace with younger and cheaper and develop them for later, then maybe this is exactly what Pace had in mind?

I'm concerned to an extent, but I'm not devastated about this by any means

[Vino blanco]

It’s not the strikers who hoof the ball, it’s our weak midfield and often our defenders who do so. I sincerely hope that, in this window, we bring in by buying or on loan, at least two new midfielders who know how to pass the ball forward, move forward with the ball and create chances. If we had Defour and Barton at their best in midfield, I honestly believe we would be comfortably placed in mid table.

[arise_sir_charge]

To me that is the business model we should operate.

Said it before. We moved away from it after Pope, Tarks etc but we really need to get back to it.

[Burnley Ace]

He’ll get plenty of crosses too from Saint-Maximin and Almiron on top of Trippier. He will get his 10 goals in the Premiership for the 5th consecutive time and keep Newcastle up.

Based on what? There is no evidence that would support the contention that he will get more crosses. Why does anyone think he will get 7 goals before Wilson is back in the team? He’s gone to a struggling team that have scored 3 more goals than we have, having played two more games. 31 year old Trippier who is just coming back from injury isn’t the golden ticket that people think he is.

[clarethomer]

Our whole play is built around crosses and long balls over the top. It's not going to change overnight. For this season at least we need a striker who can win the ball and hold play up.

I agree that this is our style of play but if we spend millions on a striker to continue that style of play - I feel that we will just be making the same mistakes with short term thinking.

You want pace to stretch teams and make them less comfortable holding a high line for those over the top balls to ease pressure on the defence.

You want pace to run on to those over the top/through balls and get on the end of crosses from the counter.

To buy someone to hold the ball up- May as well keep the money and play Barnes there and have McNeil and Cornet trying to feed off him as well as continuing to try and supply him as we have tried to do for wood.

Don’t get me wrong- if we had the ability to get balls into a big man to hold up- we wouldn’t be selling Wood.

[Shaggy]

Wood isn’t going to hit 10 goals by the end of the season. Not a chance.

Good business by us. Hope Pace signs the replacement and not Dyche as if It’s up to Dyche we will end up with Dykes or Moore.

[Spijed]

Hope Pace signs the replacement and not Dyche as if It’s up to Dyche we will end up with Dykes or Moore.

So you'd hope someone who doesn't know anything about football sign someone, rather than a manager who's kept us in the Prem for six years?

[kentonclaret]

Aside from the fact that Wood had only scored 3 times this season people are overlooking the ZERO Assists.

So, he had hardly struck up a fantastic partnership with Cornet, whatever the "experts" on the Sky Transfer Show want people to believe.

[arise_sir_charge]

So you'd hope someone who doesn't know anything about football sign someone, rather than a manager who's kept us in the Prem for six years?

I’d like whoever was ultimately responsible for our summer signings to make the call, whoever that might be.

[Stockbrokerbelt]

The claim is made by Jordan on talksport, he also says its by someone who could have an alternative agenda & is only moderately knowledgeable. Just total bull from an chav passed his sell by date. I live not to far away from Marbella & try to find anyone with a good word about him around there…..

[Lancasterclaret]

Pretty sure he wanted to go

Pretty sure that the right thing to do is let him go for a decent price

Course, the key here is replacing him before the end of the window

[joey13]

The claim is made by Jordan on talksport, he also says its by someone who could have an alternative agenda & is only moderately knowledgeable. Just total bull from an chav passed his sell by date. I live not to far away from Marbella & try to find anyone with a good word about him around there…..

Jordan is brilliant on Talksport

[agreenwood]

Nowt like a bit of outrage enduced by selecting the media reports that best help you fuel it.

It’s the stuff that got the Tories elected.

[buzzclarets79]

Going to get bombarded with abuse for this but Wood has been that poor this season I’d rather take the cash now and play a U23 who ok might not be premier league level but I’d bet he’d show more energy and desire and aid his development.

That said I do feel they have a proper ready to go replacement in mind.

[Lancasterclaret]

Jordan is brilliant on Talksport

No, he was a breath of fresh air when he first came on

Now?

He's just a slightly more knowledgeable Jamie O'Hara

[buzzclarets79]

It’s not the strikers who hoof the ball, it’s our weak midfield and often our defenders who do so. I sincerely hope that, in this window, we bring in by buying or on loan, at least two new midfielders who know how to pass the ball forward, move forward with the ball and create chances. If we had Defour and Barton at their best in midfield, I honestly believe we would be comfortably placed in mid table.

Can you imagine a midfield four of :-

Little (in his prime), Defour, Barton, Blake (in his prime)

Now that would be a midfield worth seeing.

[Devils_Advocate]

Regardless of his form this season losing Wood in isolation is a massive blow and is almost like waving a white flag to staying up this season. However with the money received we need to wait and see what Mr Pace and Dyche do with it.

If they pull off a couple of Cornet level signings in this transfer window including a goal scorer then the fight is back on and it could be a really positive sign of how Mr Pace plans to transform the club. If signings aren't made then regardless of the money received we've pretty much sealed our fate and given up.

On another point around selling to a rival and strengthening them I dont see this as a big problem as such is Newcastle's financially position. Im sure they will have multiple targets lined up (some probably better than Wood) and they were not going to struggle to get someone in sharpish with the money they can throw about.

[elwaclaret]

Can you imagine a midfield four of :-

Little (in his prime), Defour, Barton, Blake (in his prime)

Now that would be a midfield worth seeing.

You could also say the same thing about Steve Daley, Gerry Gow, Tommy Hutchison, Steve Daley, Gazza and many, many others.
Had all of those players been at their Burnley would have been pushing for a European place.

[Tall Paul]

Aside from the fact that Wood had only scored 3 times this season people are overlooking the ZERO Assists.

So, he had hardly struck up a fantastic partnership with Cornet, whatever the "experts" on the Sky Transfer Show want people to believe.

I bet you could find a few more threads to post this on if you tried hard enough.

Maybe start one especially for it...

[ClaretTony]

The report I read said the Tripps and Wood are managed by the same company. On the completion of the Tripps deal, the company made Newcastle aware of the availability of Wood due to his release clause.

Burnley, Dyche, Pace . Not even the Queen could prevent this deal going forward. A release clause is just that, the only thing that could stop this is Wood not agreeing personal terms.

It has become clear since last night that any release clause is for a summer window only.

[Walkerpool]

I think the most worrying thing about the Chris Wood transfer is the fee because if he's worth 20-25 million imagine what a decent striker will cost

[kentonclaret]

I bet you could find a few more threads to post this on if you tried hard enough.

Maybe start one especially for it...

It took a long time to convince people like yourself that we didn't score enough goals and needed a shake-up in the striker department.

Sunk in now has it??

[Tall Paul]

It took a long time to convince people like yourself that we didn't score enough goals and needed a shake-up in the striker department.

Sunk in now has it??

No. Until the first half of this season our strikers have scored enough goals. It has always been goals from midfield we were lacking.

[Stayingup]

It’s not the strikers who hoof the ball, it’s our weak midfield and often our defenders who do so. I sincerely hope that, in this window, we bring in by buying or on loan, at least two new midfielders who know how to pass the ball forward, move forward with the ball and create chances. If we had Defour and Barton at their best in midfield, I honestly believe we would be comfortably placed in mid table.

Got to agree with that.

[Stayingup]

It has become clear since last night that any release clause is for a summer window only.

That being the case it could be that a replacement for Wood is in the pipeline. The speculation regarding the potential transfer of Wood was around prior to this week. So maybe the club has been working on something.