It was the thriller Newcastle United signing.
The membership paying £20m for a participant able that didn’t actually make any sense.
Then broadly reported that this huge summer time signing could be heading out on mortgage.
Nonetheless, that hasn’t occurred and the £20m Newcastle United signing has been included within the official NUFC 25 man senior Premier League squad (see under) for the primary half of this 2024/25 season.
So what is going to now occur with thriller Newcastle United signing, Odysseas Vlachodimos?
As I say, the 30 yr outdated is one among FIVE goalkeepers named within the senior NUFC 25 man Premier League squad, Pope Gillespie, Ruddy, Dubravka and Odysseas Vlachodimos.
Within the matches up to now, the pecking order seems to have been clear with Nick Pope clearly primary, then Martin Dubravka, while when the Slovakian picked up a concussion in coaching, it was John Ruddy who was on the bench at Bournemouth and Forest.
So will that change now? Will Odysseas Vlachodimos be quantity three, and even quantity two, now that he seems to be staying at NUFC, at the least in the intervening time?
The Greek keeper getting disregarded altogether of the primary 4 Newcastle United matchday squads, may in fact have been just because it was anticipated he was going out on mortgage elsewhere, and even be bought on instantly? There may be additionally the rule of not with the ability to play for greater than two golf equipment in any season.
A lot concerning the Elliot Anderson and Odysseas Vlachodimos double deal was puzzling.
Sure, we all know in fact, that the deal(s) occurred to assist each golf equipment keep inside PSR limits, however you need to marvel on the broadly reported switch charges.
As Newcastle United followers, everyone knows that Elliot Anderson may probably change into an excellent participant. Nonetheless, having began solely 13 Premier League matches in his fledgling profession, was he actually value £35m? Extra to the purpose, does this indirectly should be sanctioned by the Premier League as a good and correct switch charge? Put it this fashion, if any of us had heard that Elliot Anderson had been bought at that time and needed to guess what the switch charge was, truthful to say not many followers would have come near £35m, by way of a membership paying for what they’d seen up to now of the 21 yr outdated.
As for a 30 yr outdated Odysseas Vlachodimos, much more so.
I feel a number of the feedback from Newcastle United followers and people within the media have been very disrespectful. A goalkeeper who performed so many matches at an honest degree for Benfica, together with Champions League, is the Greece primary, but it seems that quite a lot of the excessive negativity comes from the 5 Premier League matches he performed for Nottingham Forest and what their followers have mentioned about Odysseas Vlachodimos.
At first, I noticed media claims that Newcastle United had paid £4m for Odysseas Vlachodimos, as a part of this PSR double take care of Forest. Nonetheless, that didn’t seem to make quite a lot of sense, by way of serving to Forest with their PSR, having paid a reported £7m to Benfica in summer time 2023. Any PSR profit could be minimal at greatest.
What made way more sense, at the least from the PSR perspective, was when it then turned reported that it was really £20m Newcastle United had paid for Odysseas Vlachodimos, with Forest thus agreeing the £35m to Newcastle for Anderson.
Nonetheless, if Forest paid £7m for a 29 yr outdated Odysseas Vlachodimos in summer time 2023, how will you then be justifying a £20m charge for a 30 yr outdated Odysseas Vlachodimos in summer time 2024, after not distinguishing himself in 5 Premier League appearances for Forest?
Newcastle United are relative latecomers to this PSR switch get together, the place golf equipment experiencing PSR pressures have been seen to staff up and put collectively signings heading in each instructions between the golf equipment.
Attention-grabbing to see what occurs subsequent.
Perhaps summer time 2025 will see Newcastle United promote Odysseas Vlachodimos for £50m again to Nottingham Forest, with Elliot Anderson returning in a £70m deal.
Nothing would shock me today…
Premier League official announcement – 13 September 2024:
Newcastle United’s 25-man squad for the primary half of the season is as follows:
25 Squad gamers (*Residence grown)
1 Almiron Rejala, Miguel Angel
2 Apolinario De Lira, Joelinton Cassio
3 Barnes, Harvey Lewis*
4 Botman, Sven Adriaan
5 Burn, Daniel Johnson*
6 Dubravka, Martin
7 Gillespie, Mark Joseph*
8 Gordon, Anthony Michael*
9 Guimaraes Rodriguez Moura, Bruno
10 Isak, Alexander
11 Kelly, Lloyd Casius*
12 Krafth, Emil Henry Kristoffer
13 Lascelles, Jamaal*
14 Livramento, Valentino*
15 Longstaff, Sean David*
16 Murphy, Jacob Kai*
17 Pope, Nicholas David*
18 Ruddy, John Thomas Gordon*
19 Schar, Fabian Lukas
20 Targett, Matthew Robert*
21 Tonali, Sandro
22 Trippier, Kieran John*
23 Vlachodimos, Odysseas
24 Willock, Joseph George*
25 Wilson, Callum Eddie Graham*
U21 gamers (Contract and Students)
1 Anderson, Will Robert
2 Bailey, Scott Patrick
3 Bloomer, Man Thomas
4 Brayson, Joe
5 Bryant, Thomas Jon
6 Charlton, Dylan Harry
7 Cogdon, Jude Anthony
8 Craggs, Luke Steven
9 Donaldson, Josh Kevin
10 Durrant, Jake Thomas
11 Emerson, Johnny William
12 Epia, Aaron Ovie
13 Finneran, Rory James
14 Corridor, Lewis
15 Harris, Aidan Francis
16 Harrison, Adam Alan
17 Harrison, Alfie JJ
18 Heffernan, Cathal Sean
19 Hernes, Travis Enrique
20 Huntley, James Alan
21 Janusz, Adrian Dariusz
22 Johnson, Henry William
23 Jones, Tyler Stuart
24 Kuol, Garang
25 Lucas, Kayden
26 McArthur, Charlie Walter
27 Miley, Jamie
28 Miley, Lewis
29 Munda, Anthony Junior
30 Murphy, Alex
31 Neave, Sean Thomas
32 O’Donovan, Alexander John
33 Osula, William Idamudia Daugaard
34 Palmer, Darren Joseph Zabid
35 Parkinson, Ben
36 Pivas, Miodrag
37 Powell, Harry Llewelyn
38 Powell, Rory Dalgleish
39 Rodrigues Ferreira, Matheos
40 Sanusi, Trevan Farooq
41 Sedibeh Sidibeh, Muhamadou
42 Shahar, Leo Oren
43 Stanton, Ellis Christopher
44 Taylor, James David
45 Taylor, Matthew David
46 Thompson, Ciaran James
47 Thompson, Max Anthony
48 Tika-Lemba, Ezra Gabriel Mekhi
49 Turner-Cooke, Jay
50 Waddani, Mohammed
51 Watts, Logan Mathew
52 Wooster, Kacey Robert Mikie
