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title: "Fans on social media react as Newcastle are dealt transfer blow over Issa Diop"
canonical: "https://readnewcastle.com/2022/01/08/fans-on-social-media-react-as-newcastle-are-dealt-transfer-blow-over-issa-diop/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2022-01-08T16:20:57Z"
modified: "2022-01-08T16:20:58Z"
---

# Fans on social media react as Newcastle are dealt transfer blow over Issa Diop

Newcastle United are 20th in the [Premier League](https://www.whoscored.com/Regions/252/Tournaments/2/Seasons/8618/Stages/19793/TeamStatistics/England-Premier-League-2021-2022) for goals conceded (42), 19th for [clean sheets](https://www.soccerstats.com/table.asp?league=england&tid=f) won (1) and 18th for most shots faced (15.7 per game), so it’s clear Eddie Howe needs to bolster his backline before the winter transfer window shuts.

The Magpies [have](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/newcastle-united/ausfallzeiten/verein/762) Jamaal Lascelles, Fabian Schar, Ciaran Clark and Federico Fernandez at their disposal, but the aforementioned quartet are partly to blame for the club’s demise this season. Howe was [reportedly](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10378279/Newcastle-prepare-make-10m-bid-West-Ham-defender-Issa-Diop-coming-hours.html) looking to sign Issa Diop to solve their problems, but West Ham United may need to keep him. Fans on [social media](https://twitter.com/NUFC360/status/1479480408391749640) don’t seem to mind, however.

> Glad he's no the Cb I personally wanted to arrive anyways as long as we get botman I'll be happy with that
>
> — Anthony Leiper (@anthony\_leiper) [January 7, 2022](https://twitter.com/anthony_leiper/status/1479481433051783169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/LukeRogerson12/status/1479480610758479879?s=20

https://twitter.com/AKHAY1000/status/1479739583009017856?s=20 https://twitter.com/ShelvReformed/status/1479480845316542476?s=20

> he’s awful
>
> — .. (@muzza\_\_7) [January 7, 2022](https://twitter.com/muzza__7/status/1479482712889122818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> I also reject any proposal from [#NUFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NUFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for him too.
>
> — Paul Whyte (@Chalky\_Whyte) [January 7, 2022](https://twitter.com/Chalky_Whyte/status/1479482605947035651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The 24-year-old [joined](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/issa-diop/transfers/spieler/272622) West Ham from Toulouse in 2018 and has gone on to make [109 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/issa-diop/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/272622) in all competitions, scoring eight goals with one assist. Diop was a regular in his first two [seasons](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/issa-diop/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/272622) at the Olympic Stadium until 2020/21 saw him fall down the pecking order.

This season, the uncapped Frenchman has made [6/21 Premier League appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/issa-diop/leistungsdaten/spieler/272622), amassing 540 minutes of playing time from a possible 1980 due to David Moyes [preferring](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/west-ham-united/ausfallzeiten/verein/379) Kurt Zouma and Angelo Ogbonna at centre-back. Injuries to Zouma and Ogbonna has led to Craig Dawson partnering Diop, however, so it wouldn’t make sense for West Ham to let him leave.

Newcastle *reportedly* had a chance to sign the 24-year-old for £10m this month, but they may have to turn their attentions elsewhere.

***[In other news, fans on social media react as Newcastle are linked with Anthony Martial](https://readnewcastle.com/2022/01/08/fans-on-social-media-react-as-newcastle-are-linked-with-anthony-martial/)***