Magpies boss Chris Hughton has concerns over his defence heading into the new season with the club awaiting to discover the extent of Steven Taylor's shoulder injury.
Having admitted there will be necessary talks over the summer, Manning has perhaps inadvertently added fuel to the flames, but perhaps key to the discussions that will take place will be the beating, or lack of, that Manning takes at the hands of a physical Seattle defence heading to their first Super Bowl since 2005.
Saracens, who had the Premiership's stingiest defence heading into the play-offs, were cut open once more just two minutes later.
I am talking about things like when he is running with the ball, then just stops dead to leave the whole defence heading in the wrong direction.
Meireles was again involved, running down the right to meet Nicolas Anelka's pass, then whipping in a cross which Torres, who darted across the Genk defence, headed low into the far corner.
The guards brigades initially comprised about 8,000 troops, and were subordinated to the Ministry of Defence headed by retired JNA General Martin Špegelj.
As a response to the deteriorating situation, the Croatian government established the Croatian National Guard (Zbor narodne garde – ZNG) in May by merging the special police battalions into four all-professional guards brigades together consisting of approximately 8,000 troops subordinate to the Ministry of Defence headed by retired JNA General Martin Špegelj.
His tight defence and head movement made him extremely difficult to tag and his impeccable timing magnified his power.
In the 59th minute Cahill scored again, outjumping a sluggish Charlton defence to head another Arteta free-kick past Myhre.
Bale gave Real the lead after just the second minute, ghosting through the visitors' defence to head in a cross from the recalled James Rodriguez at close range.
