There are a lot of its and buts with Gayle.
Is he happy with us,seems to be.
Is nufc a happy place,never is.
He's playing every week with us,not at nufc.
He's scoring goals with us and the fans love him.
Does he have a buyout clause?
He like any player wants to play in the premier league,why not with us if we get there.
What if nufc are relegated?
What if Newcastle change ownership and manager?
Does he want big wages?
Would he put in a transfer request?
What if a new nufc manager/owners want him to stay? Etc etc
Some answers contracted to 2021 at Newcastle wages thought to be £40k a week. At 28 next month that 3 years pretty much takes him into the twilight of his top level career.
Never played for a Premier League team whose lead striker was ever going to score 20 goals in a season and has generally played for managers whose prime concern is sitting deep and grinding points out. This does not play to his strengths but there is nothing to say that would be different should we be in the Premier League.
Despite rumours to the contrary the ownership issues at Newcastle in all probability won't be resolved anytime soon and even if they are Benitiz looks like a fixture so for the time being it is Benetiz's opinion that counts.
As it stands at the moment Rondon comes back to us at the end of the season and the hierarchy at Newcastle seem to have got that decision right and the easiest route to his signature (e.g. a straight swap) is off the table.
There are 2 stumbling blocks 1. Our promotion and 2. Rumours of £200k a week being on the table in China. If we don't achieve promotion completely and utterly a none runner. If the the offer from China is real then he would be mad not to take it. He hasn't that long left in the game and I have no idea what his plans are after leaving the game but that sort of money would feather his nest for the next few decades.
