Newcastle<\/a>\u2019s interest in Pedro<\/a> was a long-standing one, with the Brazilian forward linked with a move to the club way back in the summer of 2022. <\/p>\n The Magpies, however, ended up moving for Alexander Isak. <\/p>\n It made sense, then, that Newcastle would revisit their interest in Pedro as Isak pushed to leave the club. <\/p>\n Still, Pedro rejected Newcastle for Chelsea as he wanted to live in London<\/a>. Whether that\u2019s the only reason or not is up for debate, but it\u2019s certainly what the 23-year-old has said. <\/p>\n In reaction to Pedro\u2019s interview with Standard Sport<\/a>, Keys<\/a> came up with a rather unhelpful suggestion. <\/p>\n Indeed, Keys brought out the old line that Newcastle should move their training ground down south in an effort to attract players. <\/p>\n There has long been a rather unfounded suggestion that top players do not want to live up in the North East of England and would rather play for clubs in Liverpool, Manchester or London. <\/p>\n It\u2019s an old clich\u00e9 and there has hardly ever been any proof that is the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, on social media platform X, Keys quoted an excerpt from the interview and wrote: \u201cSimple. Move the training ground south.\u201d <\/p>\n Newcastle United new training ground update <\/p>\n Newcastle could move to a new training ground but, thankfully, it will not be down south. <\/p>\n Amanda Staveley once called Newcastle\u2019s training ground \u201cawful\u201d<\/a> and while there have been improvements to it over the PIF<\/a> era, there\u2019s only so much the club can do on the current site. <\/p>\n![\"Richard](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-107141419-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos\/Getty ImagesRichard Keys tells Newcastle to move their training ground down south <\/p>\n