Liam Thompson

Defensive Midfielder - Newcastle United
21 Aug 2028
Monday
Process
Overview Personal Contract News 28 Transfers Relations Events 29 Awards 1 Matches History

Events

29

  1. Worried by competition from a new signing Adama Soumaoro

    Moderate
    Cause
    He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  2. Left out as Bruno Guimarães was preferred

    Moderate
    Chosen instead
    Bruno Guimarães was preferred — his higher squad-status priority.
    Cause
    His squad status would normally start, so the omission stings.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  3. Unsettled by the squad wage hierarchy

    Moderate
    Cause
    The squad's wage hierarchy is the underlying issue. The gap to the squad's top earners has become a daily reminder.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  4. Left out as Bruno Guimarães was preferred

    Moderate
    Chosen instead
    Bruno Guimarães was preferred — his higher squad-status priority.
    Cause
    His squad status would normally start, so the omission stings.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  5. His club is fighting to avoid relegation

    Serious
    Cause
    The points gap to safety, with matches running out, is the issue.

  6. Senses a managerial change coming

  7. Worried by competition from a new signing Callum Elder

    Moderate
    Cause
    He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  8. Worried by competition from a new signing Semi Ajayi

    Moderate
    Cause
    He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  9. Worried by competition from a new signing Matt Crooks

    Moderate
    Cause
    He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  10. Unsettled by the squad wage hierarchy

    Serious
    Cause
    The squad's wage hierarchy is the underlying issue. The gap to the squad's top earners has become a daily reminder.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  11. Unsettled by the squad wage hierarchy

    Moderate
    Cause
    The squad's wage hierarchy is the underlying issue. The gap to the squad's top earners has become a daily reminder.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  12. Encouraged by the squad investment

    Serious
    Cause
    A meaningful signing arrived this window.
    Outlook
    Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.

  13. Worried by competition from a new signing Tom Atcheson

    Moderate
    Cause
    A much younger rival has arrived in his position. He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  14. Worried by competition from a new signing Matías Machado

    Moderate
    Cause
    He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  15. His club has been relegated

    Serious
    Cause
    A long campaign of poor results, not a single defeat, decided the drop.

  16. His club is fighting to avoid relegation

    Serious
    Cause
    The points gap to safety, with matches running out, is the issue.

  17. Settling well into the dressing room

    Moderate
    Cause
    A strong training-ground partnership is behind this. He is still inside the early-weeks window of a transfer.
    Outlook
    Settling-in period is still under way.

  18. Free transfer

    Decision
    Movement
    Derby County → Newcastle United

  19. Pre-contract agreed

    Decision
    Movement
    → Newcastle United

  20. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    4y · $1.2M/y

  21. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    4y · $1.2M/y

  22. Transfer listed

    Decision
    Cause
    Contract talks stalled — listed after repeated failed renewals
    Who
    Hall Stephen

  23. Returned from loan

    Decision
    Movement
    Cardiff City → Derby County

  24. Contract renewal rejected

    Decision
    Movement
    4y · $260.0K/y

  25. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    4y · $260.0K/y

  26. Joined on loan

    Decision
    Movement
    Derby County → Cardiff City · 170.0K

  27. Loan listed

    Decision
    Cause
    Surplus to tactical requirements
    Who
    Hall Stephen

  28. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    4y · $890.8K/y

  29. Transfer listed

    Decision
    Cause
    Below average in surplus position group
    Who
    Hall Stephen