[ Generalna ] 13 Avgust, 2017 12:52

RAFAEL BENITEZ 12. avgust 2017:

“We were not demanding crazy things.

“We were demanding to do things in the right way…like we did with Liverpool, with Chelsea and all the other clubs (I have managed).

“With a professional staff all working together.

“This summer I was expecting other things, but okay we don’t have those things, so now we have to move forward and I will do my best.

“Am I happy with what was going on in the summer? No, I think that we can improve and we can compete and do the right things.’

“What we have at Newcastle, which is different to other Premier League clubs, is the city.

“We have a city behind us – 52,000 every game, a good stadium and everybody is there.

“But what we could do, to save some money, we didn’t do it and now we are in a worse position.

“But still, I have confidence that we can compete. One thing we have and which I said last year and in the end I was right: we will compete until the end.’

“I had two or three players, who came here because of me, they wanted to come here because of me and I couldn’t let them down.

“As you know, my family is in England and I decided to come to a massive club, with potential.”

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[ Generalna ] 13 Avgust, 2017 08:37
Danas 13.08.2017. godine, jedan i jedini Alan Shearer slavi svoj 47. rođendan.

Srećan ti rođendan Legendo!
 
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[ Generalna ] 11 Avgust, 2017 20:33
MIKE ASHLEY ZA SKY SPORTS:
 
“Every penny the club generates, he can have, but it won’t generate enough," said Ashley.

"It’s Newcastle United. It doesn’t have a £40million-a-year stadium naming rights deal, it doesn’t.

"So I don’t want the fans to watch this interview and think ‘that’s great, Rafa’s getting £150million in the morning’. He’s not.

"With (United managing director) Lee Charnley’s help – and Lee Charnley answers to Rafa, not the other way around, so we’re crystal clear – Rafa makes all the final decisions on the players out and the players in, but he has to do it with the money the club has.

“If you say to me ‘I’m wealthy’. Well, OK. In theory I’m a whatever, a billionaire, maybe even a multi-billionaire, but in reality my wealth is in Sports Direct shares, which, as I said the other week, are like wallpaper.

"I don’t have that cash in the bank, so I don’t have that ability to right a cheque for £200million.

"I don’t have it. It’s very simple, it’s not there. I’d have to sell Sports Direct shares to fund that.

"So people outside of football looking in and the way sometimes it’s portrayed, is that those sort of wealth terms are in the bank – they’re not.

"I’ve got to make it crystal clear that I am nowhere near wealthy enough in football now to compete with the likes of Manchester City etc and not just Man City.

"Basically, it’s a wealthy individual taking on what is the equivalent of countries. I cannot and I will not."
 
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[ Generalna ] 10 Avgust, 2017 23:15

Žreb je hteo da u drugoj rundi League Cup-a na St James' Park-u koplja ukrste Newcastle United i Nottingham Forest.

Druga runda League Cup-a, kojem je ove godine sponzor energetsko piće Carabao, počinje u ponedeljak 21. avgusta.

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[ Generalna ] 09 Avgust, 2017 21:04

RAFAEL BENITEZ:

"The story is as I said before we missed some targets at the beginning (of pre-season) and now we are trying to do our best with what’s available.

"I can read our fans saying ‘Listen, now will sign a £25million striker’. We cannot. Sometimes they are not available, but if they are available the price is not £20million, the wages are not the same, and the commission of the agents is huge. I think we will try to do our best in the conditions that we are (in).

"I am not happy. I am not happy with it but at the same time for me, it’s a challenge and I will try to do my best.

"If I decide to stay, it’s for the city, the fans, the stature of the club, to stay in England and in the Premier League. So I want to do my best but obviously every manager wants to improve.

"I’m happy with the players I have. The team spirit is quite good and hopefully we replicate that this season.

Asked to clarify the "if I decide to stay" comment:

"I decided to stay.....because for me it’s a challenge......I’m not totally happy with what we did but I will try to do my best, working very hard with people at the club to try and improve what we have at the moment.

"It’s very difficult (for me to leave). My Chinese is not good enough. No I try to do my best now. It has to be something you cannot control. At the moment I am fully committed to do the best that I can do now.

"Our idea has to be one game at a time. To avoid relegation is a priority and after that to go as high as we can."

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