A Jonás Manuel Gutiérrez Rumour

[Dave the OAP]

My normally impeccable but slightly erratic source informs me that we are chasing Gutierrez who has made it known he wants away from Newcastle.

We will be in competition from a couple of Spanish sides, but not top division ones.


Ooooooh Would be an good addition to the squad especially if Buckley goes.

 

[Dave the OAP]

In fact there is something on the BBC site

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25704646

 

[TSB]

He'd be on about £40k a week.
Keep dreaming Dave.

 

[¡Cereal Killer!]

No chance what so ever!

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Would be an interesting signing, not sure he is the player he once was.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

I can't tell if this is a joke or not.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Out of our price range in respect of wages.

 

[vulture]

Bullshit

 

[nwgull]

Out of our price range in respect of wages.

Depends when his contract is up at Newcastle I suppose. If it's at the end of this year he may take a pay cut to carry on playing for another 2-3 years.

 

[TSB]

Depends when his contract is up at Newcastle I suppose. If it's at the end of this year he may take a pay cut to carry on playing for another 2-3 years.

75% pay cut?
Nah.

 

[Goldstone76]

Maybe a player just wants regular matches as they approach the end of their career.. At 40k a week for the last few years Im sure his savings account is brimming

 

[nwgull]

75% pay cut?
Nah.

It'll be a 100% pay cut if/when his contract ends in 5 months.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

75% pay cut?
Nah.

It would be like Wayne Bridge now earning £35k a week at Reading wanting to come back here for £10k a week

 

[TSB]

It'll be a 100% pay cut if/when his contract ends in 5 months.

I'd wager he'll end up playing in the MLS or Qatar.

It would be like Wayne Bridge now earning £35k a week at Reading wanting to come back here for £10k a week

He can't be getting that much at Reading, can he?! Consider that he's a prem player and it becomes even less likely than Wayne returning.

 

[nwgull]

I don think this is likely. However it's not beyond the realms of possibility if his contract is up at the end if the season. No-one will pay him 40k a week now - and we don't even know if that's what his wage is - so taking a pay cut may be preferable if he wants to continue playing for 2-3 years.

Wayne Bridge isn't a bad example: he's gone from earning circa £100k to what is probably more like 20-25k at Reading. The most likely reason being that he just wants to play regularly for a few more seasons.

 

[symyjym]

When we had Bridge on loan we were only paying £10k out of his £90k.

A loan until the end of the season may be a good move for him if he wants to pay football.

 

[El Turi]

I heard he's going to Norwich.

 

[TSB]

I heard he's going to Norwich.

Now that's a whole lot more likely.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

He can't be getting that much at Reading, can he?! Consider that he's a prem player and it becomes even less likely than Wayne returning.

Reading are getting parachute payments and can afford the wages , if we had been promoted a similar wage offer would have been necessary for him to sign a one year deal. He has only played 9 times for Reading and in hindsight we have dodged a bullet as he has become a sicknote player.

 

[TSB]

Reading are getting parachute payments and can afford the wages , if we had been promoted a similar wage offer would have been necessary for him to sign a one year deal. He has only played 9 times for Reading and in hindsight we have dodged a bullet as he has become a sicknote player.

He'd have been getting a top division bonus though. Imagine he's on about £25k, though that's a similar stab in the dark. Their top wage earners last year were netting roughly that figure.
Yep, Mr Consistency Stephen Ward has been a great signing in his place.