Newcastle United's STRONG stance on keeping their KEY players

The latest episode of the Geordie Journos discusses the Magpies financial chat hosted by Darren Eales.

Transcript

00:00Completely different message, a U-turn, if you like, from his message 12 months ago,

00:05which is encouraging. He's speaking about Alexander Isak, talking about his contract

00:10situation. He's a player under contract at the club. What would he say to any players

00:15who asked to leave the club, say if they missed out on Champions League or if a big offer

00:19came in? Well, all the top players are tied to long-term deals.

00:23Didn't entertain it, did he?

00:24No.

00:24He wouldn't even go there, which shows how strong the message was. I was surprised by

00:29the strength of that message.

00:31It also ties into what Eddie Howes also said, where it's like, what if Newcastle, say,

00:37miss out on Champions League and players want to leave? Eddie Howes said, well, if you want

00:42to play Champions League, you've got to earn it here. It's within Newcastle's grasp as

00:49much as we're trying to be negative around certain things. There's still, within touching

00:54distance, a Champions League qualification this season. They're sitting sixth, fifth

00:58will almost certainly be enough to qualify for next season's Champions League.