I did say a couple of days ago that this might be a problem for us.
And now the problem is staring us right in the face, and we’re running out of time before we can solve it.
According to a report from Football Insider, Newcastle United have rejected the Blues’ approach for goalkeeper Karl Darlow, as they intend to keep hold of the 29-year-old so that he can be the established backup to their current number one Martin Dubravka. It was reported a few days ago that the deal could change if United boss Steve Bruce managed to secure another goalkeeper, but it looks as if Darlow will be staying at the club instead.
So now the Blues simply have to turn their attention elsewhere, because with every day that goes past, the closer we get to the start of the season and we still don’t have a senior goalkeeper in place.
Will Blues have a new GK in place for the first game of the season?
Yes
No
I said the other day that the club are making it pretty clear what type of goalkeeper they want to go for to be the club’s number one, mid to late twenties, and have got plenty of experience under their belts, but it might be time to start expanding those views.
Whilst I’d like the club to get someone in for the next couple of years and become ‘established’, at this stage I’d be quite happy if we just took someone on loan for a year, kicked the can down the road for twelve months and reassessed next summer. Look to the Premier League at ay young goalkeepers coming through at the big clubs that will need game time.
Not quite Dean Henderson level, the wages on that would be astronomical, but that kind of player from the bigger clubs.
It’s the 1 million pound loan fee that’s the problem. Plus we also expected to pay is 28k a week wage. I would say that Birmingham are the ones that have stalled and not Newcastle.
They’re asking for too much.
Surely it would have made sense to give Camp a 1 year contract rather than putting us in the desperate situation we are now in. What was the rationale? Good keepers queuing up to join us on free transfers??