Manquillo dreams of playing with Ronaldo, Messi, Mbappe AND Haaland as he reveals ideal Newcastle transfers
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JAVIER MANQUILLO dreams of Newcastle signing Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland as he insists the Toon are unfazed by becoming "hated".
The Magpies' right-back charitably adds Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to the list of newcomers he'd accept at newly-rich St James' Park.
And although the Spaniard knows "[Steven] Gerrard and [Frank] Lampard" have been mentioned for the manager's job, he insists the Newcastle squad support current boss Steve Bruce "without hesitation".
The Magpies are tipped to splash out in the next two transfer windows following their £305million Saudi-led takeover.
But Manquillo claims the present players are only excited by the club's financial transformation.
The 27-year-old told : “I understand that this operation will arouse antipathy or hatred.
“But we are not going to stop enjoying this period because of this. If you ask me who I’d sign for Newcastle, I’d go for Mbappe and I’d go for Haaland.
"If it was a PlayStation team I’d also go for Messi and Cristiano, but the youngsters who stand out the most right now are those two.”
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“I have read that there is talk of Gerrard and (Frank) Lampard.
"But our manager now is Steve Bruce and we support him without hesitation.”
“We are all professionals, Steve the first
“He knows that the situation is not easy and even more so now that there is talk of his dismissal.
"But we are not getting carried away by the rumours.”
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