As the richest football club in the world, Newcastle United is absolutely unlikely to accept relegation from the Premier League. Although they are currently in the second to last place in the Premier League, there is a lot of relegation pressure, but they have money! The winter window transfer has been opened, the first thing to do is to make full use of this window to buy people, improve the overall strength of the team, first complete the relegation, and then completely upgrade the lineup next summer, step by step to impact the Premier League championship!
Just to do it, Newcastle has officially announced the signing of 31-year-old Atletico right-back Trippier, which is the first signing of Newcastle after the Saudi consortium took over. Trippier is a more practical player, because at this stage Newcastle's main goal is relegation, and their biggest problem is that the defensive end is too big a loophole, the current 19 rounds of 42 goals conceded, the average conceded 2.21 goals per game is higher than the bottom of the Norwich, the back line is almost like paper paste. Trippier, a veteran who has played at Burnley, Tottenham and Atletico, is very experienced, and Atletico has always been known for his defense, further cultivating Trippier's defensive awareness, so Newcastle spent £12 million to bring the homegrown defender back to the team, which is a very reasonable reinforcement.
Of course, in Newcastle's reinforcement plan, in addition to improving the back line, it is also necessary to buy a striker. Previously, in the reports of many media, Aubameyang, Martial, Nketiya and others have appeared in Newcastle's reinforcement list, but the first official forward is the unknown Wood. Wood, 30, a New Zealander, has previously played in West Brom, Leicester City, Leeds United and is also more experienced in relegation. However, his ability is relatively average at present, and he has only scored three goals in 21 appearances for Burnley this season, which is mediocre. In addition, he himself is already 30 years old, so his value in Germany is only 6 million euros. However, Newcastle spent 28 million euros to bring him from Burnley to the club, which is about 5 times his worth!
Newcastle United spent 28 million to sign a striker with only three goals in the second half of the season, and is still a 30-year-old veteran, which is not a good deal. If you think about it, there can only be one reason, that is, I can't buy a good striker, so I will directly buy the main striker of the relegation opponent and save the country! Is this the new thinking of the local tycoons? Anyway, Newcastle's goal this season is only relegation, as long as they kill Burnley, Watford, Norwich and a few other direct opponents. At present, in the standings, Burnley and Newcastle have 11 points together, the two are destined to fight for relegation, after buying Wood, this and the other, Newcastle has taken the lead. If so, they should also consider Watford, which is currently 2 points above the relegation zone, which is also a direct relegation opponent for Newcastle. And Watford's forwards are much stronger than Wood's, whether it's Nigerian striker Dennis, who scored eight goals and five assists, or Sal, who scored five goals, they are stronger and younger.
Of course, these two are now Watford's absolute main strikers, and even if Newcastle were to dig in at sky-high prices, Watford would not be stupid enough to sell the main players to their direct opponents at this critical moment. So to be able to sign Wood is already a good deal. And Newcastle is more focused on this summer's transfer market, first buy a Wood to use, to complete this season's relegation cause. Even if the strength is not good, wait until this summer to spend a lot of money to buy a strong center, anyway, Wood's salary is not high, when the summer window buys a new center, Wood will be placed on the bench for backup, and occasionally the rotation can be used, which is the clear idea of the local tycoons. In fact, Newcastle's current lineup already has such a powerful player as Sainte-Maximin, if it is matched with a strong center + a side fast horse, Newcastle's forward trident is still very competitive!