Quote Originally Posted by HughieG View Post
Absolutely - Elanga was a gamble in my opinion. Players can have a remarkable single season sometimes, but can he reproduce what he did at Forest?

I have more faith in Ramsey coming good at some point, to be honest. Hope I'm wrong about them and they will go on to have great careers!
I don't doubt that Elanga will come good. He was a really highly rated player in the filth academy. He left to Forest due to the disarray at the swamp.

He's got a lot of potential and is only 23. I get the feeling that, like Ramsey, he's trying too hard. Trying to do things too quickly and needs to relax into the role. The expectations of Newcastle United are far higher than Forest. There is a real pressure for positions in the squad and it's different from Forest where Elanga was nailed on to start on the right under Nuno.

He'll never be Ronaldinho, that kind of player with the close control, its not his game. He's not that kind of a winger.

However, he's still a decent player who's shown that he is capable of contributing goals and assists at the Premier League level. At his age, there he has scope develop into a much better player than current showings.

With Murph in his 30s, We'll see another right winger brought in. Rayan Vitor the young Brazilian striker from Vasco players off the right, left foot dominant.

Reports have stated that the club are aggressive in their pursuit of 21 yr old Allan Elias from Palmeiras
https://www.transfermarkt.com/allan/...pieler/1082631

Allan, also plays right midfield but is primarily a No.10. Again like Rayan, he's left footed, something we don't have in the squad apart from BDB and Hall, none of the attacking or midfield players have a left peg. If the finances make sense signing them both would be great.

From the January post

IN

Rayan Vitor - Vasco de Gama
Kees Smit - AZ Alkmaar
Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal - Stade Rennais
Oscar Mingueza - Celta de Vigo

OUT
Krafth, Willock, Osula.

Bringing in Allan and Rayan would be great. I does appear that Smit will go for around 50m Euro and the Euro cartel are all in for him. He'll no doubt make a bad decision and go ruin his career at Chelsea or sit on the bench for 3 yrs at Madrid. However, it would be excellent to get Smit in with the two Brazilian youngsters.