If it had gone through last summer, Newcastle United might have had’more freedom’.
Last summer, Newcastle United made an effort to be “creative” with free agents. However, Eddie Howe felt that discussing the club’s pursuit of Tosin Adarabioyo before playing his Chelsea team was inappropriate.
Howe’s team also attempted to recruit fellow defender Adarabioyo back in June, and Newcastle signed Lloyd Kelly on a free transfer. Although Newcastle could have concentrated on other areas of the transfer market that required reinforcement, such the right flank, by securing these free transfers so early in the window, Adarabioyo ultimately joined Chelsea.
In the end, Newcastle spent a lot of time trying to work out a deal with Crystal Palace for another centre-back, Marc Guehi. However, the Eagles’ outrageous demands for a player with less than two years remaining on his contract caused the black-and-whites to formally stop bidding for the England international a few weeks before the window closed. Could things have turned out differently if the Magpies had signed Adarabioyo? Newcastle ended the “most difficult” summer of Howe’s tenure with a profit.
Before the trip to Stamford Bridge, Howe told reporters, “I don’t think it’s that simple, but we were exploring a couple of free transfer deals that we feel could have certainly given us a bit more freedom.” “You have to be innovative when you’re in our position because PSR is so tight.
“The major financial signings and the large expenditures for wages and transfer fees can’t necessarily be your first focus because you know that there may be issues down the road and that you’ll need to be astute to get through them. We were examining the free transfer market, and Lloyd Kelly struck us as a very astute businessman. Although I don’t think it’s appropriate for me to discuss additional specific targets, we did look into that.
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