Dwight Gayle: Stoke Cy sign Newstle Uned striker on two-year al - and rec John O'Shea as ach - BBC Sport

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• DWIGHT GAYLE: STOKE CY STRIKER SAYS HE IS NO LONGER 'YOUNG AND LEGGY' FOLLOWG FIRST GOAL
• DWIGHT GAYLE: STOKE CY SIGN NEWSTLE UNED STRIKER ON TWO-YEAR AL - AND REC JOHN O'SHEA AS ACH
• WHAT 'GRAFTER' DWIGHT GAYLE WILL BRG TO STOKE AND WHY NEWSTLE UNED ARE PREPARED TO LET HIM GO
• DWIGHT GAYLE 'FDS RIGHT CLUB' AND PLET STOKE CY TRANSFER
• WHAT HOWE, SHEARER AND OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT DWIGHT GAYLE AHEAD OF STOKE CY TRANSFERSTOKE CY TRANSFER NEWS AS MICHAEL O'NEILL TRI TO BRG MORE GOALS FOR THE CHAMPNSHIP SEASONSTOKENTELBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSSPORTBYPETER SMH06:00, 21 JUL 2022BOOKMARKRAFA BENEZ WH NEWSTLE STRIKER DWIGHT GAYLE (IMAGE: STU FORSTER)GET STOKE TRANSFER LATT, TEAM NEWS, MATCH UPDAT AND ANALYSIS LIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET STOKE TRANSFER LATT, TEAM NEWS, MATCH UPDAT AND ANALYSIS LIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
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DWIGHT GAYLE: STOKE CY STRIKER SAYS HE IS NO LONGER 'YOUNG AND LEGGY' FOLLOWG FIRST GOAL

Dwight Gayle's first Stoke goal me his 23rd appearance for the clubStriker Dwight Gayle adms the years are startg to tch up wh him after fally openg his goal acunt for Stoke, 33, was creded wh the fal goal their 4-0 w over Readg when Josh Lrent's shot flected off joed Stoke last summer followg spells wh Peterborough, Crystal Palace, Newstle and Wt Brom. "The goal was Gayle's first sce he sred for Newstle a 2-1 Premier League victory over Wt Brom December he now has 122 league goals a profsnal reer which began late at the age of 23 wh a move to Peterborough om non-league his latt strike, he said: "It's been a long time g. "We know they are gog to be difficult, " add Gayle.

DWIGHT GAYLE: STOKE CY SIGN NEWSTLE UNED STRIKER ON TWO-YEAR AL - AND REC JOHN O'SHEA AS ACH

Dwight Gayle has sred 121 league goals durg his reerStoke Cy have signed striker Dwight Gayle om Newstle Uned on a two-year is Stoke's sixth signg of the summer but the two clubs have not disclosed whether a fee is Potters have also appoted former Manchter Uned fenr John O'Shea, 41, as first-team ach. "'I heard everythg I wanted to hear' - GayleAs for Gayle, he follows Josh Lrent, An Flt, Gav Kilkenny, Harry Clarke and Liam McCarron movg to the Potteri ahead of Stoke's Champnship opener at Millwall on 30 July. "For me was about fdg a club that was right for me, " said Gayle, whose goals fired Wt Bromwich Albn to the Champnship play-offs three years ago.

"Gayle first began to attract attentn after jog Peterborough Uned 2012, ially on was signed by Crystal Palace the followg summer, makg his name wh two of the late goals that helped to rail Liverpool's tle bid 2014 as Palace me om 3-0 down to draw at Selhurst played for Palace the 2016 FA Cup fal agast Manchter Uned, when they lost 2-1 after extra time, Gayle was Newstle's leadg srer when they won promotn to the Premier League 2017, but only ma ne appearanc last season, havg spent 2018-19 on loan at The Hawthorns, srg 23 goals 39 Champnship appearanc. Dwight Gayle, so often on Stoke Cy's list of transfer targets over the past few years, is now expected to fally make the swch to the bet365 Stadium.

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WHAT 'GRAFTER' DWIGHT GAYLE WILL BRG TO STOKE AND WHY NEWSTLE UNED ARE PREPARED TO LET HIM GO

Gayle is at his bt when gettg behd fenc and gettg good qualy service and around the penalty area where he n poach. Gayle has also looked like one of those players who uld never make the leap om the Champnship to the Premier League. Eddie Howe didn't seem willg to give Gayle mut eher and the player has fallen down the peckg orr.

Everyone who speaks about Gayle, whether they have worked wh him at Newstle, Crystal Palace, Peterborough or durg his amy days, speaks highly of him. That bet didn't land spe Gayle tg 23 goals durg the mpaign. Here at Chronicle Live, we unrstand as many as seven Champnship clubs were after Gayle's signature - so Stoke have done well to beat their Champnship rivals to a al this summer.

Dwight Gayle has been nfirmed as Stoke Cy's sixth signg of the summer transfer wdow as he jos om Newstle Uned on a permanent al.

DWIGHT GAYLE 'FDS RIGHT CLUB' AND PLET STOKE CY TRANSFER

” Gayle follows Josh Lrent, An Flt, Gav Kilkenny, Harry Clarke and Liam McCarron as new signgs this pre-season. Dwight Gayle.

Dwight Gayle is expected to plete a transfer to Stoke Cy hope he n fd regular actn and goals back the Champnship.

Gayle has a terrific rerd at this level, most recently on loan at Wt Brom 2018/19, but has not featured as much as he would have hoped back at Newstle sce then - although he did sign a new three-year ntract jt last summer. That alone should have Gayle bookg a one way ticket to anywhere!

WHAT HOWE, SHEARER AND OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT DWIGHT GAYLE AHEAD OF STOKE CY TRANSFERSTOKE CY TRANSFER NEWS AS MICHAEL O'NEILL TRI TO BRG MORE GOALS FOR THE CHAMPNSHIP SEASONSTOKENTELBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSSPORTBYPETER SMH06:00, 21 JUL 2022BOOKMARKRAFA BENEZ WH NEWSTLE STRIKER DWIGHT GAYLE (IMAGE: STU FORSTER)GET STOKE TRANSFER LATT, TEAM NEWS, MATCH UPDAT AND ANALYSIS LIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET STOKE TRANSFER LATT, TEAM NEWS, MATCH UPDAT AND ANALYSIS LIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

" Alan Shearer Shearer wrote The Sun when Gayle helped down Leeds the 2016/17 promotn season: "Rafa has done some very shrewd bs the transfer market this summer makg the club a healthy prof the meantime. "There has been no better buy than Dwight Gayle at £10m om Crystal Palace.

" Slaven Bilic “When I arrived here he (Gayle) had jt left, ” he said 2020. “More or ls, every other word was ‘Dwight Gayle, Dwight Gayle’. " Steve Bce “I thk ’s jt the way we’ve played, you know, the way the team has played, ” he said, explag Gayle's absence om his si last wter.

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Dwight Gayle moved to the bet365 Stadium the summer of 2022. Gayle has 59 goals om 100 Champnship outgs to his name and has sred five tim eight appearanc agast his new club.

Stoke forward Dwight Gayle says his si executed their game plan perfectly durg a 5-1 w over Sunrland at the Stadium of former Newstle man sred the visors’ fourth and fifth goals as Alex Neil’s team ran out fortable wners spe their nsistent form recent weeks. “It was jt the perfect away performance really, ” said Gayle after the match.

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“I thought we untered really well and took our opportuni when we got near the Gayle playg for Stoke Cy. ”After makg over 100 appearanc for Newstle, Gayle, who had prevly sred jt once 27 league gam for Stoke, provoked the Sunrland fans while celebratg his asked about srg agast Sunrland, Gayle replied: “Of urse beg om this way means so much to both sis and was nice to sre agast them. Gayle - Profile wh news, reer statistics and history - Soccerway.

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