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The morning after the night before in Budapest, Arsenal fans were beginning the long journey back home, moving around the city with a quiet resignation. The red shirts were looking a little more muted in this grand European city. Off the pitch for much of the game, Paris St-Germain's famously buoyant band of ultras were kept quiet.
Last summer was a turbulent one for Newcastle, particularly without an executive structure in place. It was clear the forward was the likeliest of Newcastle's key players to depart after he was left on the bench for each of the final four games of the season. Barcelona had a prior interest, but the club's formal talks with Newcastle only emerged publicly on Wednesday morning.
Former Celtic forward Mark McGhee says joining his boyhood club was a "consolation" for having to leave Hamburg. After European Cup Winners' Cup glory with Aberdeen, McGhee had an injury-hit year in Germany before returning to his homeland in 1985. "It was the consolation in me having to leave Hamburg that it was for Celtic," the 69-year-old told the BBC's Sacked in the Morning podcast.
