I have been impressed with Lewis O'Brien of Huddersfield but he would not be a 'Steal'.
Provides energy and aggression, doesn't shy away from a tackle and is useful on the ball.

It would seem more and more the case that we won’t be having Gallagher, next season. So selling Eze, is not essential. Replacing Gallagher, definitely is.
£40-45 mill is a lot of money, if true, so not an impossible option, even allowing for giving QPR their slice. But I don’t see it moving us forward by much. And if Eze, would fetch that money, you have to wonder what Gallagher , might fetch.

i love Eze, but he was work in progress last year and then got his severe injury.
He scored 4 goals last season - 2 against a poor Sheff Utd, plus Wolves and a great free kick v Leeds.

He did get a few assists but many of these were as he takes the set pieces (Everton and Newcastle spring to mind) so in open play there were probably 3 or 4 assists.

Over c30 games that's not a great return - certainly no better than Zaha. In many games he went missing and away from home in particular he rarely contributed. Roy did experiment with him in the No10 a few times - i remember away at BHA he was very ineffective and got subbed.

When someone is missing we often talk them up, the same is often the case with Schlupp.

However, based on the few performances this season and a few sub cameos he has looked a little off the pace.

Next season after a solid pre season i think he could really perform, but on current evidence he is not a starter IMHO.

Hopefully he will get a start v Stoke - let's see how he gets on.

Maguire was already a regular England international and had ~100 Premier league games under his belt - he was also bought in a hurry with a deadline approaching, in a position where there is a massive lack of top class talent.

Silly to think we'll get anywhere close to that for Eze, never mind over it.

There's no point having 11 hard working and pressing players if none of them can produce a chance between them. Having a creative player is not a luxury, it's a necessity. Players like Eze are the difference between a draw and a win, especially in more evenly matched games. Does Coutinho press? Does Fernandes? No, but they do win games, sometimes almost single-handedly. Hard working players are easy to find, players like Eze are not. If he plays like he did in the half-dozen games before his injury then Newcastle need to double that £45m or get lost (I prefer the latter option either way).

Who has said that Eze is being sold, all pure nonsense.

On another thread someone is suggesting we could lose Gallagher ( we know already, that happens with loans), Eze and Zaha at the end of the season. No substance of truth at all, just starting threads to get bites.