Paul Midgley

And then the new guy, Amaral, is very much on first team recruitment.

And Paul Midgley it is, who will be... continuing to work on the youth side of it.

So I just thought it was kind of quite interesting that he used that phrase, pure and clear alignment, because for whatever reason, it hasn't always been like that.

Even a few years after the takeover now, Jacob, it seems Newcastle are still in this process of getting their ducks in a row and moving forward.

... has been a, a, an issue.

But what's been really interesting this summer is that they've kind of like sat down, I think, and obviously Paul Midgley has, has changed into the position of head of kind of global emerging talent, I think it is.

So he's out there going and trying to get, get these players.

But what they were doing from, this is from sources really high up in the process, was they were, they were doing ad hoc kind of opportunistic signings.

He's been loaned back for the year, can't come to the UK anymore.

until he's 18 and even then Newcastle would have to give him one of the four visa spots if they wanted to they could send him out alone somewhere else but Newcastle are really expanding their global talent pool that they're looking for under Paul Midgley who was the head of youth recruitment and is now head of talent management I think is what they are calling it and trying to find these players and making sure that they sign the best players before they actually become the best players at the young age and that is again in a PSR, SCR world the way that they need to be working moving forward.

Antonio Cordero is one we've not heard an awful lot from recently but he appears to be enjoying life in Spain at the moment.

Yeah, he's doing well at Cadiz, which is, he went there in the back end of last season as well, having struggled at Vestalo in Belgium, but he is someone who was signed a couple of years ago.