Newcastle United’s second summer signing came somewhat out of the blue. Indeed, during a period in which Newcastle were looking to sell players in order to comply with the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules, they actually ended up signing two in the same position. Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos followed Lloyd Kelly through the door at St James’ Park, before John Ruddy arrived on a tree transfer from Birmingham. It was a reasonably surprising development, with Vlachodimos and Ruddy joining the likes of Nick Pope, Martin Dubravka and Mark Gillespie in a stacked g…
