Fabrizio Romano blunder forces him to delete Newcastle United transfer post
Newcastle United fans were quick to point out Fabrizio Romano’s mistake.
Fabrizio Romano was forced to delete one of his Newcastle United-related posts after getting the wrong player!
The football transfer ‘expert’ hasn’t been in the good books of Newcastle fans this week, having relentlessly posted about the future of Alexander Isak amid interest from Liverpool.
The speculation surrounding Isak was part of the reason why Eddie Howe left the Swede out of the squad for Saturday’s 4-0 pre-season friendly defeat at Celtic. Howe is managing Isak’s minutes after recently recovering from a groin issue and felt it was unfair on the striker to be sitting in the stands following a week in the media spotlight.
As a result, the 25-year-old was ‘sent home’ by Howe but is expected to link-up with the squad for their tour of Asia. The squad flies to Singapore on Thursday, where they will face Arsenal, before heading to South Korea to face the K-League All-Stars and Tottenham Hotspur.
Fabrizio Romano deletes Newcastle United-related post
Another Newcastle player to get the Romano treatment this week is Odysseas Vlachodimos, although we’re not too sure the Italian knows what the Greek goalkeeper looks like!
In revealing that Vlachodimos had turned down a move to Mexican outfit Pumas, Romano posted a photo of Martin Dubravka,
After hundreds of social media users pointed out his error, Romano later deleted the post. Still, the Newcastle United Supporters’ Club couldn’t help but poke fun (see tweet below).
Odysseas Vlachodimos can leave Newcastle United
If Romano got one thing right, then it is that Vlachodimos can leave Newcastle this summer.
The 31-year-old joined Newcastle for £20million from Nottingham Forest last summer as part of the PSR swindle that saw Elliot Anderson head in the opposite direction.
In truth, the Magpies didn’t set out to sign Vlachodimos but accepted the deal as a solution to complying with PSR and avoiding an inevitable points deduction.
Unless United receive a similar fee to the one they paid for Vlachodimos, which is extremely unlikely, then it’s loan offers only as selling him for a much lower price would have a detrimental effect on their PSR situation.
Vlachodimos was in Austria with Newcastle last week but wasn’t included in the squad for the Celtic game. He has been limited to just 45 minutes of competitive football since arriving on Tyneside as an injury to Dubravka saw him play the second half of the Magpies’ 1-0 Carabao Cup third round win over AFC Wimbledon in October last year.
Eddie Howe praises Odysseas Vlachodimos
Howe has previously spoken highly about Vlachodimos and his conduct behind the scenes.
“He's been excellent behind the scenes,” he said in January. “He's a really, lovely lad, a really nice person, he's got a really nice way about him, very smiley, happy. But you can see he's driven and he's a vastly experienced goalkeeper, so I think he's added a lot to the training group.
“He's been actively involved in all the training that we've done and he's become a really well-liked member of the team, well-liked member of the goalkeeping team, but also the first team. So he's been excellent with his conduct around the building.”