Enrique expresses concern for Newcastle.

Former Newcastle left-back has taken time out from his Champions League exploits at Liverpool (nudge nudge) to express concern about the club.

In a final parting shot at the board, Jose questioned the ambition of the club whilst admitting that the dressing room is nervous and that he believes that Joey Barton won't be around for much longer. Hardly ideal preparation as we head for the Stadium of Light and it's once seasonal full house.

Jose took to Twitter a few weeks back to criticise the club and was subsequently fined two weeks wages in response. In my opinion Jose rejoined Twitter for one reason - to put the final nail in his coffin and speed up his departure from the club - which is why he deleted his account almost immediately after his Twitter rants.Still, it's been and gone now I guess.

So what has he been saying this time? Well take a look for yourself. I'll use the quotes from The Guardian as I feel that they are more expansive than what you can get anywhere else.

"The dressing room at Newcastle is fantastic, it is amazing, 10 out of 10, but of course it is hard for the players when the best players leave," the former crowd favourite said.

"It is not settled like it is here at Liverpool and I think that is why everyone is leaving Newcastle. I think Joey Barton will leave soon and Andy Carroll left in January and it is really, really hard for Alan Pardew. You want to be as high as you can in the table but maybe Newcastle don't think the same and that is why they sell their best players and that is why everyone moves."

So is Jose saying that Carroll wanted to go? I thought he was forced out? That last bit was sarcasm by the way. Now let me just clear something up - no club can just sell a player. For a move to complete a player must be willing to move. This is why we still have Alan Smith on our books.

However it's not a staunch defence of the club as I do get what he is saying, or should I say that I have my own interpretation of what he says. It's nothing new and basically it's just about our ability to pull off deals lightning quick in terms of players out but drag our feet, nitpick, drive a hard deal etc when it comes to players in.

Take Erik Pieters for example. Here is a lad who is younger, cheaper to run (wages), and has potential to be better that Jose Enrique. At 23 he is a ten-times capped Holland international. He fits our stated transfer policy of buying young players with developing room that won't lose money. To make it even better he would only cost a tiny tiny bit more than what we recouped for Jose Enrique.

It's a no-brainer. It pays for itself and Mikey gets a bit of a saving on the wagebill. Win- win surely? So what happens? We end up with Ryan Taylor at left-back, again. This kind of brings me on to Jose's next point. Have a read:

"I do worry," said Jose. "Not because we leave, because at some clubs good players leave. But because they have not signed another left-back, nothing. I'm worried not for the club, but more for the fans because they are amazing. They are like here, it's really similar. I have a lot of friends in the dressing room and they are a little bit nervous because they don't know what the club is going to do."

So it's not just us that is kept in the dark by the sounds of it. It seems as though the players are in much the same boat as we are, which is not good news at all if you ask me.

Jose is the second player to criticise the club after leaving and has followed in the footsteps of Kevin Nolan by having a parting shot at his former club. Coincidence? I think not...

Fasten your seatbelts - the ride is going to get bumpier by the sounds of it.