Callum Wilson leaves Newcastle United

Shields Gazette

Joe Buck reacts to the confirmation of Callum Wilson's departure from Newcastle United. The former Bournemouth man scored 47 Premier League goals during five seasons at St James' Park.

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00:00So Newcastle United have confirmed that Callum Wilson is leaving the club after five years

00:04at St James' Park. Now the news doesn't really come into surprise. Obviously they had offered

00:08him a new deal but it was very incentivised based on appearances and things like that

00:13and it wasn't a surprise especially after the emotional scenes following the game against

00:17Everton on the final day of the season that he did leave the club. You know he was clearly

00:20emotional then. Video of him at the Gallagher end you know with tears in his eyes almost

00:26so it's not a surprise seeing him leave and he's released a statement upon his departure

00:31already saying to all you magpies it's time to say goodbye after an unbelievable few years

00:36in the toon. Thank you for everything we stood strong together through the highs and some

00:40lows to help the club experience new hikes. I am so proud to have worn the iconic number

00:45nine shirt and to have added a little bit more history to it. Scoring at the Gallagher end

00:49really is as special as they say. All good things come to an end but there's no doubt

00:53Newcastle United will always have a place in mine and my family's hearts. Thank you

00:56for the memories CW9. Now that is a particular point for Wilson as I mentioned you know his

01:02last few years at Newcastle certainly last season wasn't the best you know he didn't

01:05score a Premier League goal and injuries really did play his part but you know before then

01:10he was absolutely certainly the best striker Newcastle I've had since Alan Shearer and before

01:13Alexander Ezekiel came to the club of course but he was brilliant he guaranteed goals. I've

01:17said in an article I did last week that him and Alan St-Maximin were sometimes the only reason

01:23to tune in and watch Newcastle United especially during that lockdown season there wasn't too

01:26much reason to watch Newcastle the football wasn't brilliant but you knew when you turned

01:30it on Alan St-Maximin would excite and get you off feet and Callum Wilson would probably

01:34score when he played and that was for a striker that's sometimes all you need he was absolutely

01:38brilliant. He yeah you can talk about especially in the first three years of the club he was

01:44fantastic I keep using these words but you know you just have to have lived it and understand

01:48that his legacy hopefully hasn't been tarnished by the last year because he was brilliant he'll

01:53go down as one Newcastle United's best ever Premier League striker so that was a shadow of a doubt

01:57you know 47 league goals and 49 in all competitions he didn't get that 20 mark he really wanted that

02:0320 goals of the season he didn't quite get there but he came to the club guarantee and he scored

02:08goals and he leaves having fulfilled that guarantee and that promise and his best season was the season

02:14they qualified for the Champions League you know he's he he scored so many goals I don't want to

02:19repeat that but he did and especially in that week if you remember where they played Tottenham

02:23Everton and Southampton they won all them games you know 6-1 4-0 and then 3-1 Callum Wilson scored

02:29in each of them games and that was just that was probably the peak of his Newcastle United career

02:33I think he loved scoring against Everton he loved scoring against West Ham um yeah it was just

02:38you can think about all these goals Callum Wilson scored most of Newcastle's best moments of the last

02:43few years bar in the cup final it's probably involved Callum Wilson somewhere in amongst it

02:48you know I did not look back at his goals and I'd watching the video that Callum Wilson put out

02:52today upon his day forgot about the overhead kick against Crystal Palace that was brilliant he scored

02:56in that memorable game against Brighton at the end of the season the guaranteed Champions League

02:59qualification he um scored against Tottenham if you remember that the first day after the takeover

03:05even the goal against West Ham at the beginning of the season then he got sort of went to lose that game

03:08but that goal you know really lifted the crowd it's the first time crowds were back

03:12and it was Callum Wilson who really you know set the stadium alight so yeah set the stadium alight

03:16not of like that yeah it was fantastic you know he's been a fantastic servant it's gonna be sad to

03:20see him go I think it's the right decision for him of course Leeds United have been interested in him

03:24this amount it'll be interesting to see where he goes I think he fancies himself still as a Premier

03:28League player and I think if he can get fit and you know have a whole pre-season behind him then

03:31there's no reason he can't score goals in the Premier League next year of course he still has eyes on

03:35England I don't know whether that should have sealed it but he still believes in himself he can get in

03:39that England squad and the only way he can do that is by playing regularly in the Premier League so

03:43be interesting to see on his next move and Newcastle United now know they need a replacement

03:48you know they start this with no not necessarily knowing if Callum Wilson's gonna leave now that's

03:53confirmed they absolutely need a replacement for him whether that's a life-for-life replacement

03:57someone like Dominic Carver-Lewin's being linked or whether it's a winger stroke versatile forward who can

04:02play a bit of everything but they need cover for Alexander Isak Wilson offered it when he was fit

04:05they struggled last year to have that cover they now need someone to properly replace Wilson and be

04:11fit you know three quarters four-fifths of the season so when Isak is rested or when Isak if he

04:16does pick up an injury they've got someone ready to go who you know I say similar more to Isak it's

04:22not the strikers in the world similar more to Isak but someone who can you know really hit the ground

04:26running and offer a presence up front but that's for another video for another time right now it's all

04:30about Callum Wilson I would love to hear your memory to Callum Wilson what was your favourite goal

04:33uh he scored what you know what what feelings did he get from you in the stands because yeah for me

04:39he will go down as one of Newcastle's best ever Premier League strikers certainly one of the best

04:42strikers I've ever seen in my lifetime I was fortunate enough to catch the very end of Alan Shearer's time

04:47at Newcastle and of course Alexander Isak's probably surpassed that like he's been Callum Wilson for the last

04:5110 years and yeah certainly one of Newcastle's best ever strikers

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