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Howe – ‘I understand fan frustration…but this is why we might sign no one’

Howe – ‘I understand fan frustration…but this is why we might sign no one’

Speaking to the media this morning, Eddie Howe has been discussing our push for late signings and what’s been a hugely “difficult” summer transfer window.

He totally understands the ‘fan frustration’ and admits “I’m not going to sit here and say this has been a brilliant transfer window”, but does attempt to explain why it’s been so tough – and why we won’t just sign someone for the sake of it ahead of tonight’s 11pm deadline.

Despite work going on behind the scenes to bring someone in, Howe insists that we’ve got to find the “right solutions” amidst our battle with PSR, available funds and player availability, saying the “worst thing we could do is bring in the wrong players” who could “harm us in the future.”

“I understand the fans’ frustration over the transfer window,” Howe said. “We’re all in it together. We need one united cause – and that’s a cause against everyone we’re playing. What we can’t do is tear ourselves apart. We’re a formidable force when we’re united.”

“I’m not going to sit here and say this has been a brilliant transfer window for us. I don’t know if expecting (more business) is the right word, but we are hopeful of course.

“When we start out and go into the window, you know there’s various parts of the squad that needed looking at, work and needed to improve. It’s the same wish for everyone working inside Newcastle, we’ve got to find solutions but they’ve got to be the right solutions. The worst thing we could do is bring in the wrong players, the wrong players could harm us for the future.

“We’re in a difficult situation with PSR, available funds and attracting the right players who we think can make a difference. That is such a delicate spot for us and we have to hit it right. If we don’t (find the right player/deal), then doing nothing is perhaps the best option, as frustrating  as that is.

“There’s no one saying, ‘We don’t want to support…


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Author : Olly Hawkins

Publish date : 2024-08-30 09:39:55

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