Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez has demanded that the club improve their offer for Norwich winger Jacob Murphy, as the Spaniard grows increasingly frustrated with
Magpies managing director Lee Chanley's failures to land his transfer targets, as per the Telegraph.
The Magpies managed to rescue a late point against rivals Sunderland last time out so maybe they can take some positive from that.
Not exact matches
The former
Magpie has
managed only 13 starts in Ligue 1, although injuries and a lack of form have also affected his progress.
Should Newcastle
manage to get this deal over the line, it'll almost certainly be seen as a positive acquisition, as the winger's creativity should help current
Magpies forwards Dwight Gayle and Aleksandr Mitrovic score the goals the club needs to survive next season.
Remy, who
managed an impressive 14 goals in 27 league games during his loan spell for the
Magpies from QPR in the 2013/14 season, has been told that he isn't part of Blues boss Antonio Conte's plans for this coming season as per the Express.
As we expected Newcastle set themselves up to try and frustrate Arsenal and try and hit us on the break and they
managed to hold us off until Alexis Sanchez challenged for the ball in the
Magpies box and the headed clearance fell sweetly onto Ozil's left boot who sent a perfectly weighted volley into the top of the net.
Burnley have scored three goals fewer than the
Magpies have done this season and only two sides (Brighton and Swansea) have
managed fewer goals overall this season in the top flight than the Clarets have
managed.
The
Magpies have
managed to take just the one point from their last seven Premier League games and the arrival of Rafa Benitez has done absolutely nothing to change their fortunes.
The
Magpies got off to a rough start in the Premier League suffering back to back losses, but they have
managed to turn things around very well.
Defensively the
Magpies haven't been terrible this season with two clean sheets and only Spurs have
managed to put more than one goal past them in a match this term.
The
Magpies have
managed to win just one of their last ten games in the top flight (W2 D2 L6) and they have
managed to take just the one clean sheet in their last eleven.
Newcastle United picked up a 3 - 1 defeat against Benfica on the first leg of their Europa League campaign on Thursday, but the
Magpies manager Alan Pardew remains optimistic with his team's chance in advancing into the next stage especially since they
managed to score an away goal.
The
managing director of the
Magpies Lee Charnley is among those arrested, amongst other top players in pro English football.
Strangely enough, the
Magpies are searching for their third successive away win this weekend, having beaten West Ham and Arsenal preceding this fixture, while the fact they've
managed to score in every away encounter since the opening day would suggest they're more than a match for the forward moving Trotters.