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5 Newcastle players to hand in transfer requests in the coming weeks. Newcastle fans are appealing to other players to do likewise.

Ayoze Perez, Fernandez and Schar are three of the five I've pinned down. Perez was on the border regardless of Rafa but if anyone could convince him to stay it was Rafa. The other two are said to be annoyed at the Rafa situation and Fernandez posted tweets that were later removed.

As previously said, if BZG can't get this done despite being adamant they will then this club is in absolute meltdown. Any manager that comes is losing before you've stepped foot in the door and will be booed relentlessly for becoming part of the Ashley regime. People like Arteta and Viera can only be seen as accepting demands like that because they can use the club as a stepping stone.

Without a takeover there's no winners in this. Local boozers are offering deals and free drinks to any ticket holders that boycott the match against Arsenal.