The 22-year-old has scored 10 goals and shown much promise since his bargain move from Tenerife in 2014. The Magpies signed Perez for a reported £1.5 million, which seems like an absolute steal for a player that is said to be on the shortlists of Manchester United and Tottenham, and Newcastle would make quite the healthy profit should he move on in the future.
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You would have to be very very generous to defend anybody and it must be a long long time since the team didn’t contain a single player who would roll up his sleeves and try and inspire those around him, even if it is a truly lost cause.
Newcastle were second best during a hugely dispiriting afternoon that was reminiscent of a number of their most chastening defeats in the second half of last season.
“It has taken him a while to get going this season, but he has certainly become an important player”. “I think that’s our worst performance of the season”.
Chancel Mbemba (3.3) and Vurnon Anita (3.4) were the only others to get a mark of 3.0 or better and I would say even those were a little generous. “There is a lot to do, but the potential is massive”.
“But that’s no excuse whatsoever – we’ve still got enough ability and talent, but we didn’t show it”. “That’s what we’re asking”.
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Before Newcastle’s clash with Leicester on Saturday, volunteers were forced to shovel snow away from the pitch in order for the game to pass a pitch inspection.
