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If you were to name just one set of Premier League fans who sincerely need their collective spirits lifted in the run up to the 2015/16 season, the St. James’ Park faithful would likely arrive as the most obvious group.

Despite the near sell-out crowds week-in-week-out on Tyneside last term, Newcastle’s output towards the end of the campaign was quite simply atrocious. Mike Ashley’s notoriously cheap boardroom tactics really came back to bite the Magpies and almost cost them their top flight status.

The players themselves didn’t quite seem like they were truly giving their all out on the pitch, while recently dismissed boss, John Carver, looked completely out of his depth with every passing result, and as Newcastle famously went on an unbelievable eight-game losing streak between March and May of last year the Toon Army have every reason to expect better as their side gear up to embark on another Premier League campaign.

However, now that the determined Tynesiders have finally replaced Alan Pardew with a recognised figurehead in the dug-out for next term – the ever controversial choice of Steve McClaren – the Magpies do at least seem to be trying to head in the right direction.

The former FC Twente manager, and Eredivisie winner, is supposedly looking to bring his inside knowledge of Dutch football to the North East next season, and as PSV’s Georginio Wijnaldum has already signed for Newcastle for a reported fee of around £14.5m, it’s all starting to look slightly more positive for the St. James’ faithful ahead of the new campaign all of a sudden.

So then, will McClaren successfully usher in a new Dutch renaissance on Tyneside next term, or will the classic money saving tactics behind the scenes only serve to dampen the club’s fate throughout the upcoming 2015/16 campaign?

First things first, the signing of Wijnaldum certainly seems like a promising one for the Newcastle fans at this stage in the proceedings. The 24-year-old successfully led PSV to title glory last season as club captain and an all-round leader out on the pitch. He therefore seems like just the character McClaren needs to lift his side up from the public debacles that took place on Tyneside last term.

Wijnaldum is a creative midfielder with a sharp eye for goal and a real ability to link up with his team-mates from all over the pitch. The Dutch international is also not scared to get involved in the ugly side of the game when necessary, putting his foot in when it counts across the middle of the park and breaking up play just when his side require it most.

Newcastle have, arguably, signed a real talent in the 24-year-old, and with the likes of Tim Krul, Daryl Janmaat and hopefully Siem de Jong – if he can ever return to full fitness – making up the numbers within the Dutch contingency in the North East this summer, perhaps Newcastle will slowly enter the new campaign under a whole new identity if a few more signings from the Eredivisie can be completed this transfer window.

Pardew had previously overseen a French wave of talent wash over St. James’ during his spell in the North East, and whilst it certainly petered out somewhat after the selling off of players such as Yohan Cabaye and Mathieu Debuchy, the plan initially worked wonders for the Tynesiders.

However, whilst McClaren may admittedly prove useful for his inside knowledge of the Dutch game, he still isn’t exactly the most inspiring choice Newcastle could have gone with for next season. This is the man who was recently sacked from Derby County in the Championship after all, and, as England fans will certainly remember, the last few major stints McClaren has held down in this country haven’t quite gone according to plan.

As serious further squad investment is still required on Tyneside before the Magpies can truly call themselves a force once more, don’t expect Newcastle to be pulling up trees any time soon in the Premier League without proper strengthening.

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It’s all well and good signing promising Dutch attackers to aid the front line at St. James’ next season, but if McClaren fails to address his side’s major defensive concerns ahead of the 2015/16 campaign, Newcastle fans will likely be feeling the frustration once again next term, whether or not the new Dutch renaissance on Tyneside ever manages to successfully take off.

The signs, however, do at least carry with them a fair degree of positivity ahead of the new season, which is something the somewhat embarrassing performances of last term really didn’t offer in abundance.

As reported by the Daily Star, Real Madrid are set to offer Tottenham Hotspur a cash-plus-player deal for their star striker Harry Kane.

What’s the story?

Harry Kane has again been in absolutely lethal form this season, scoring a magical 24 goals in 24 appearances for Mauricio Pochettino’s side.

That kind of form is bound to attract the biggest and best clubs around to his services and it appears a European giant are preparing to make their move for the English striker.

The Daily Star report that Real Madrid are set to offer former Spurs favourite Gareth Bale in a cash-plus-player deal that could be worth an incredible £150m.

The paper say that while no move is expected in January, the La Liga side will pursue various options in order to sign Kane and see offering Bale, who signed for Madrid for £85m four years ago, as a key part of their strategy.

Should Spurs do the deal?

There’s no doubting that Bale was a once-in-a-generation sensation at Tottenham during his time at the club, transforming their left flank and contributing over 100 goals and assists in 203 appearances.

However, that was then, and right now Harry Kane is the man for Pochettino’s side, arguably even more important to their current fortunes than Bale ever was at his peak.

He is on his way to becoming one of, if not the best, strikers in the world, scoring an unbelievable 123 goals in 189 appearances.

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If Tottenham are to ever become a side capable of competing for major honours at home and abroad, then retaining Kane must be their biggest priority, even if it means spurning the chance to re-sign Bale and huge money from the likes of Real Madrid.

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The Chelsea fans here in the Transfer Tavern are absolutely in love with summer signing Alvaro Morata, though do reserve some slight doubts about the complexion of their current frontline. Indeed, while many clubs around the world would envy the attacking options at Stamford Bridge, appeasing the Blues in our bar is a different matter entirely.

Few would doubt the fact that Morata is a truly wonderful striker, one capable of linking up with Eden Hazard to devastating effect, though the Spaniard does lack some of the traits so often associated with Chelsea strikers in the past.

The likes of Diego Costa and club legend Didier Drogba have provided the West London giants with a physical presence up front, acting as a battering ram (very talented ones at that) and spearheading their side with blood and thunder. Obviously, Morata has proven he can play up front on his own in the Premier League – a doubt at the start of the season – though doesn’t boast the same kind of presence as the other two.

Though Costa could have been a legend with Chelsea, it’s fair to say they haven’t truly replaced Drogba since his initial departure in 2012. While the Ivorian came back to the Bridge under Jose Mourinho, the Blues haven’t had someone as all-conquering as the African in his prime in over half a decade. For all of Costa’s strengths, he was simply too unreliable.

With that in mind, Roman Abramovich would be wise to make a move for a striker in that mould, one who can complement Morata when his side are battling on a number of fronts.

Step forward, Mario Mandzukic.

The Juventus forward has played all around Europe at some of the biggest clubs on the continent, winning a huge amount of trophies along the way. While he’s currently an integral part to the Old Lady’s set-up, the Serie A giants have certainly proven willing to sell key players if the price is right.

Currently rated at £18m on Transfermarkt, paying big money for a 31-year-old may not seem like the smartest idea, However, the Croatia star has never relied on his pace, rather his ability to outmuscle defenders in a variety of attacking positions and could seriously go on playing at the highest level for another 5 years.

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Able to either replace Morata, pair up with him, or drift wide to allow the Spaniard to run in behind through central areas, the former Bayern Munich star would truly be a wonderful signing. Perhaps he’ll never reach the cult-hero status of Drogba if he joins, though he’d certainly go some way into replacing the traits that left with him in 2012.

Thoughts? 

Whether it’s a ball boy, a referee, a rival manager or even his own employers, Jose Mourinho has always needed an enemy – a source of injustice to rally against. Maybe it’s a consequence of his own personal psychology; it’s certainly true that, during his first Chelsea spell at least, Mourinho was at his irresistible, invincible and enigmatic best when his team were engrossed in a besieged mentality.

The rest of the world vilified Chelsea for pragmatic tactics and buying success, and that’s exactly how Mourinho liked it – the Portuguese inspiring his troops to keep the wolves at bay by barking orders from the back of the trenches and romantically swivelling his sword in the air.

But this trick isn’t exclusive to merely Mourinho’s own agenda or the world of football; nationalistic politics in countless countries across countless centuries have thrived from the idea a common enemy. It creates a single common goal, it collapses social cleavages for the sake of unity, it adds to the sense of a shared identity and most importantly of all, it provides someone to triumph against – a surmountable challenge that allows a legitimate claim of glory once conquered.

Often though, these enemies are nowhere near as powerful, aggressive or threatening as the politicians would have the public believe – after all, what’s the point in creating an enemy if you have no chance of actually beating them?

That’s why Mourinho’s focus has sharply shifted in recent months from Pep Guardiola to Antonio Conte. Perhaps there is a genuine sense of dislike between the pair, perhaps Mourinho struggles with the idea of another manager being successful at the club he’s most synonymous with – all the more, the club that sacked him amid the most turbulent, implosive season of the Roman Abramovich era.

But nonetheless, compared to his own and Manchester United’s more obvious, more traditional rivals – Guardiola and City – who are already champions in waiting and setting a new precedent of utter dominance in the Premier League, Chelsea and Conte at least represent a beatable foe.

Little will be gained from going to war with Guardiola in every press conference for the rest of the season when City win the title by a record margin at the end of May. In fact, it would be a completely embarrassing exercise.

And despite the apparent bad blood between the two, there is a manufactured feel to Mourinho’s swipes at his Chelsea successor. Previous Premier League management rivalries, including his own, have always been logical and arguably unavoidable.

Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson were never going to see eye-to-eye while competing for the title every season, and Mourinho’s foul-tempered feud with Wenger was a consequence of how the former changed the dynamics of the Premier League at the expense of the latter, especially tactically and in terms of finance, replacing him as the division’s new revolutionary force.

“What never happened to me – and will never happen – is to be suspended for match-fixing. That never happened to me and will never happen.”

Mourinho and Conte, though, have never really duelled for titles and silverware in the same way – in fact, they’ve only ever faced each other five times as managers. Regardless, whenever one has been questioned about the other this season, they’ve nearly always had a prepared answer to float in the media.

That’s especially in Mourinho’s case who, after seemingly alluding to Conte’s touchline antics, unexpectedly used his post-match interview after a routine FA Cup win over Derby County to raise the issue of the Chelsea gaffer’s chequered past – bringing up prior accusations into match-fixing.

The key word there is accusations; Conte was cleared of any wrongdoing, and Mourinho knew his remarks would create a heated reaction. They would turn a potential enemy into a willing one.

“In the past he was a little man in many circumstances, he’s a little man in the present and for sure he will be a little man in the future. I consider him a little man and I consider him a man with a very low profile.”

But Conte too, is no angel. He’s thrown mud back towards Old Trafford – criticising their summer spending, accusing Mourinho of ‘crying’ about injuries and even dubbing the Portuguese a ‘little man’ – and the truth is that he needs the rivalry as much as Mourinho.

During a season in which City have moved so far ahead of their domestic competitors, a hatred-fuelled feud gives Chelsea and Manchester United’s race for second place a much-needed sense of elevated purpose, something more than merly two also-rans battling it out for the slim financial gain of second over third.

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In both camps, it provides a new source of motivation, one that the players might well find refreshing with not much left for them to play for in the top flight. In any case, it will keep Mourinho and Conte charged for the coming months.

In turn though, the manufactured feel and the terminology used leaves a nastily sour taste. This is the manager of one of the most illustrious clubs in the world, trading slanderous blows with the man who replaced him at his former club. While Mourinho and Conte may both need an enemy to create an engaging narrative that allows them to paint triumphing over the other as something more glorious than simply finishing a distant second to City, it has already proved an incredibly undignified process.

Neither manager will care too much about how the public perceives them, however; what will continue to drive this rivalry forward is the ruthless characteristic the feuding pair share – they’re both at-all-costs winners.

According to reports in Spanish media outlet El Confidencial, Newcastle United have joined Premier League rivals West Ham United in the race to sign Real Betis midfielder Fabian Ruiz, who has a release clause of €15m (£13.1m) and is also admired by Barcelona.

What’s the word, then?

Well, The Telegraph reported on Tuesday that the Irons are considering making a bid for the highly-rated 21-year-old after David Moyes watched him in action against Barcelona at the weekend.

However, El Confidencial now reports that Newcastle, along with English top flight rivals Arsenal, Chelsea and Everton, have also scouted the Spain U21 international, who has enjoyed an impressive campaign for Betis.

How has Ruiz done this season?

He has become a regular for the La Liga outfit following the departure of Dani Ceballos to Real Madrid during the summer, making 17 appearances in all competitions, scoring two goals and providing a further two assists.

The 21-year-old has primarily played in a central midfield role, but he is also able to play in a more advanced position in the middle, while he scored one and assisted another as a left winger in the 4-0 success against Levante in September.

According to WhoScored.com, the 6ft 3in Spanish starlet’s main strengths are his long shots, dribbling, passing and ability to make key passes, and he has an overall passing accuracy of 87.4% in 16 La Liga appearances this season, while he has made 10 key passes and successfully completed 28 of the 37 take-ons he has attempted.

Would he be a good signing for Newcastle?

He certainly would be.

The 21-year-old looks to have a huge future ahead of him, but it remains to be seen whether the Magpies need to add another central midfielder to their ranks this month unless Jonjo Shelvey leaves.

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That said, the chance to potentially bring a player of Fabian Ruiz’s potential and quality to St James’ Park for around £13m could be too much of an opportunity for Rafa Benitez to ignore as he looks to ensure the Tyneside outfit retain their Premier League status.

Schalke 04 CEO Christian Heidel has revealed that Max Meyer will soon make a decision on his future amid suggestions of interest from Arsenal, as reported by Bild.

What’s the story?

Meyer, 22, will see his contract with Schalke expire at the end of the current season, and the versatile midfielder is yet to pen an extension with the Bundesliga club.

Heidel recently told reporters that the German ‘will be deciding shortly’ if he wants to sign a fresh deal or indeed seek pastures new at the end of the current season.

According to Bild, Arsenal are closely monitoring developments as head coach Arsene Wenger prepares to boost his midfield at the end of the current season.

Heidel claimed that Meyer is ‘very happy’ at Schalke, but it is thought that Arsenal are confident of turning his head with a contract offer over the next couple of weeks.

Would Meyer suit Arsenal?

In any market, signing a player of Meyer’s ability on a free transfer would be an incredible deal.

Not too many bargains exist anymore due to the state of the transfer market, but Meyer’s refusal to pen a new contract with Schalke means that he will be available for nothing in the summer.

The four-time Germany international, who is valued at £14.4m by transfermarkt.co.uk, has spent his entire professional career at Schalke – scoring 22 times in close to 200 appearances in all competitions.

His best scoring season came during the 2013-14 campaign when he managed seven goals in all competitions, whilst the midfielder has netted once in 21 appearances this term.

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Meyer’s ability to operate in a number of positions makes him an attractive proposition for Wenger, who was recently boosted by the news that Mesut Ozil has signed a new deal at the Emirates Stadium.

At 22, Meyer is the perfect age to develop, and he would boost an area of the field that Arsenal desperately need to address at the end of the campaign.

Former Liverpool defender Phil Babb has claimed that Mohamed Salah is worth ‘well over £100m’ due to his exceptional form during the 2017-18 campaign.

Salah, 25, joined Liverpool from Roma last summer for a figure in the region of £37m.

It was seen as a gamble when considering that the Egypt international struggled to make his mark in the Premier League during a spell at Chelsea.

Salah has scored 21 times in 25 Premier League appearances this season, however, in addition to registering seven assists.

In total, the attacker has managed 28 goals in all competitions during an incredible campaign to date.

As a result, Babb has claimed that interested parties would have to spend well over £100m if they wanted to tempt Liverpool into a sale.

Babb told Premier League Daily:

“It’s well over £100m now. His low centre of gravity and his ability to just waltz past players, it’s just an exceptional goal.

“You’re not walking past kids in a park on a Sunday, he’s going past international, elite footballers like they don’t exist.

“He is one of the hottest properties in world football there is no shadow of a doubt.”

Real Madrid and Barcelona have both been credited with an interest in recent months, although it is understood that Liverpool have no interest in a sale.

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According to Portuguese media outlet A Bola, via Sport Witness, West Ham United have been scouting matches in Portugal again, and it could suggest they are ready to reignite their bid to sign Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho, rated at £22.5m according to Transfermarkt, this summer.

What’s the word, then?

Well, A Bola, via Sport Witness, reports that Irons scouts were in attendance in the clash between Moreirense and Rio Ave at the weekend, as they continue their regular mission of watching teams and players in Portugal.

The continued presence of the east London outfit there – and with manager David Moyes failing to sign the central or defensive midfielder he wanted during the January transfer window – hints that they could be ready to move again for Carvalho in the summer having failed with a bid to bring him to the capital last year.

How has Carvalho done this season?

The 25-year-old has once again been a key player for Sporting, and he has scored one goal and provided a further two assists for them in 29 appearances in all competitions this term.

The Portugal international has even captained the side on a number of occasions, while he effortlessly slipped back into a centre-back role in the 2-1 win against Tondela on Monday night after Jeremy Mathieu had been dismissed in the second half.

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Would West Ham still be interested?

They certainly would be.

If Moyes is looking for a top class player who will sit in front of the defence and protect them, there are a few better options on the market that they can realistically sign better than Carvalho.

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The Euro 2016 winner is strong, good on the ball and looks to be ideally suited to the Premier League, and if the Irons could bring him to the London Stadium this summer it would be a huge coup for them.

Will they get him?

Well, the two clubs patched up their differences following a disagreement between the senior figures on each side of the protracted deal last summer, and with just two years remaining on his contract at the end of this season they will hope to be able to sign the Portuguese enforcer for a more reasonable fee than the £36.1m Sporting wanted in August.

This time last season, Ander Herrera was a terrier.

Perhaps Manchester United’s most effective outfield player, the Spaniard is last season’s player of the year. Indeed, he is the first outfield player of the year United have had since Robin van Persie in 2013, the last time the Red Devils won the league.

Last season, he wasn’t just an effective football player, though, he was also a teacher’s pet. He was the on-field propagandist for the Mourinho regime, committing the niggly fouls, embodying the hard-working defensive mindset and executing the game plan. In their FA Cup sixth round defeat to Chelsea last March, the fact that it was Herrera who was sent off was apt: he was the victim of referee Michael Oliver’s wrath when the man in the middle simply got fed up with United’s clear and obvious gameplan, which was to kick Eden Hazard. Herrera was only following orders, your honour.

This season, though, the Spaniard is inexplicably out of the team. And it would make a lot of sense for him to be there.

It’s not just his form from last year. Nor does it seem strange because of the fact that, in a side where Paul Pogba is at loggerheads with the manager over his defensive contributions, you’d expect a player like Herrera to be a failsafe option for the manager. Instead, the main reason he should be in the side is because on paper he appears to provide the perfect balance to the midfield: Matic to hold, Herrera to keep busy scuttling around the middle and Pogba to provide the link to the attack.

And yet despite the obvious need for a Herrera-like player, it’s Scott McTominay who is routinely given the nod, or else the manager elects to play a midfield two. Tying Pogba to Nemanja Matic serves only to stifle the Frenchman’s creativity and infuriate Mourinho because of his lack of defensive discipline. Herrera is the obvious solution.

This is a moot point at the moment, of course, because the Spaniard is currently injured. Picked ahead of Paul Pogba so Mourinho could make a point in the first leg of United’s Champions League last 16 tie, Herrera was subbed off in the first half after suffering an injury.

But it’s striking that he’s not been as good as he was last year, especially given he’s the player United so obviously need. In fact, there have been reports this week – hardly the most concrete evidence, but whispers nonetheless – that Herrera might be on his way out of the club, possibly to Atletico Madrid, which would certainly make sense for a Diego Simeone team. But as he is a similar sort of manager to Mourinho, why doesn’t he just keep Herrera instead?

It could be a case of extra-curricular problems. Outside of football, players have lives and are human beings like everyone else, and so poor form could be set off by that. Indeed, this week it’s been reported that Herrera could be caught up in a match-fixing investigation in Spain from his time at Real Zaragoza. The United midfielder stresses he knew nothing of the alleged infringement, but it’s only natural to be anxious when such a serious allegation is aimed at you, even if you know it to be false.

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But whatever the matter, it seems to add up yet again to another Jose Mourinho tantrum. And if even Ander Herrera, the perfect player in the perfect position for the perfect manager, doesn’t match up to the his standards, you have to wonder just how much better Mourinho can make this team.

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Everton are on high alert after Jack Wilshere told TalkSport he has yet to talk to Arsenal about a new contract.

What’s the word?

Speaking on the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast this morning, Wilshere said he has not yet decided on a contract and will discuss it in the summer.

“When the time is right we’ll have a conversation and see how we go from there.”

Everton and West Ham have both been linked with moves for Wilshere recently, and these comments will only further the speculation of a summer switch for the 26-year-old.

Wilshere may or may not be at the world cup with England this summer, but with his contract set to run out and no signs of a new one to come, it could be a bidding war for wages between Everton and West Ham.

Wilshere is reportedly on £90,000 at Arsenal, so Everton should be careful about entering a bidding war for the midfielder this summer.

Should Everton pull the trigger?

There has never been any doubt about Wilshere’s quality when he’s fit, but his injury record will be a major concern for both interested parties, even if he is prepared to take a reduction in wages.

Everton will be at a sort of breaking point this summer. Make the right moves and strengthen the squad, and they could challenge for a European birth next season, but overpay for unproven and unreliable talents and it could be a disaster. This is exactly why Wilshere would be a huge risk.

Wilshere would make a handy partner to Idrissa Gueye in the heart of Everton’s midfield, but the Englishman has only started ten league matches this season. In fact, in his last five Premier League seasons, Wilshere has only started an average of eight games.

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Bringing in a player who will miss most of the season and making him one of the highest earners at the club will annoy the fans and could even upset the dressing room. Everton should only pursue Wilshere if he is happy to take a significant pay cut, and base his bonuses around playing time.

Everton fans, would you like to take a punt on Wilshere? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below…

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