Newcastle United are at present seeking to the long run underneath their bold new possession, with PIF hoping to make the Magpies a aggressive outfit within the prime half of the desk over the approaching years.
One man who seemingly doesn’t match with that thrilling, forward-thinking method is long-serving defender Paul Dummett, with the previous Wales worldwide someway nonetheless on the books at St James’ Park virtually a decade on from making his first-team debut.
A product of the membership’s youth academy, the homegrown asset was handed his first senior look in a conflict with Brighton and Hove Albion again in January 2013, earlier than finally turning into a daily fixture of the squad the next season.
Though he has since racked up 205 appearances for the northeast facet in all competitions – that includes at each left-back and centre-back – he has turn out to be one thing of a forgotten determine in recent times, notably making simply three league appearances final season.
The £1.35m-rated man – who has been blighted by accidents in recent times – has by no means really nailed down a daily beginning berth all through his time on the membership, with it maybe telling of his high quality that his most outstanding function got here within the Championship in the course of the 2016/17 season, by which he made 45 league appearances, greater than he has made within the final three top-flight campaigns mixed (34).
Ought to Newcastle eliminate Paul Dummett?
No
Sure!
As for the present season, the 6 foot 2 brute’s solitary outing got here within the League Cup victory over Tranmere Rovers, having didn’t even make the matchday squad underneath supervisor Eddie Howe in three of the six league video games to date.
A participant who has clearly been on the periphery for a lot of years, it was considerably weird that the versatile defender was handed a brand new one-year extension on the finish of final season, maintaining him on the membership till subsequent summer time a minimum of.
Though there may be credit score within the participant having survived on the membership by a succession of managers and whereas it’s pleasing to see an area lad on the books, it might seem that the time has come to shift his £35k-per-week wage off the wage invoice.
When Dummett’s contract does come to an finish in lower than a yr, he’ll seemingly have price the Tynesiders roughy £10.6m in wages, as per FBref, with {that a} pretty hefty quantity for a participant who has by no means registered an help and chipped in with simply three objectives in 146 prime tier appearances.
That could be a fairly dismal tally for a full-back within the fashionable period, with it onerous to see simply what the 30-year-old is providing each Howe and Newcastle at current, nor what he has been providing over the previous couple of years.
