Newcastle need to show some Krul intentions.
Posted on June 11th, 2010 | 73 Comments |
However, Taylor isn’t the only player who we risk losing at the end of the upcoming season as Dutch ‘keeper Tim Krul also enters the final twelve months of his contract.
Krul has been tipped to reach the top for some time now, and the Dutchman is still only 22 years old. As a goalkeeper, his potential is undoubted and you would have to say that he would be knocking on the door of the first team a lot harder at some other clubs than he is a Newcastle. The problem is that Krul has been a victim of playing in one of our most well stocked positions. We had Shay Given for years, then he left and Steve Harper came into the frame, which leaves Krul next in line for the number one, but will he be around for long enough to claim it for himself?
Logic dicatates that now Taylor is being offered a new deal then surely plans will be made to offer Krul a new deal at the same time. But this is Newcastle, and logical thought usually gets cast aside when our beloved club is involved.
I think it’s widely agreed that Krul is a player we should be keeping hold of, and his performances between the sticks have been excellent whenever he has been called upon. Who can forget that night in Palermo where he almost single-handedly ensured we won the game? Or how about the first game of last season when he kept shot after shot out of the net against West Brom?
Fraser Forster looks to be heading back out on loan to Norwich City so the signs have to be positive that Krul will feature at some point in the forthcoming season, whether that be in the league, the cup games, or both, who knows? So I would say that it is pretty much certain that Krul will be offered a new contract.
There really wouldn’t be that much point in selling him at the minute. I mean, we aren’t going to get a truck load of cash for a player who has hardly played first-team football and has only twelve months remaining on his contract are we? And it would be foolish just to let him walk away after we, as a club, have put so much time and effort into his development.
Our current number one, Steve Harper, isn’t getting any younger, and whilst I think Harps will be fine in the Premier League, Krul must surely know that his chance isn’t too far away in the grand scheme of things. Yes he is 22-years of age, but how many 22-year-olds are first choice goalkeepers for their clubs? Not many I bet.
I can only hope that motions are being made to offer Krul a new contract, although it is unlikely we will hear anything about it until a deal is signed and sealed. But if we did manage to tie him down for the next few years then it would be another positive move on the part of the club.
We can only hope though eh?
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Future Given? In ability yes but in attitude and professionalism i hope he can emulate Steve Harper, we are going to need three keepers this season so i hope Forsters loan deal includes an immediate recall to us if needed.
If they are not going to spend cash on signings then it is imperative that they tie the best youngsters down, they are making a start with Taylor and Krul falls into the same bracket.