Why are Newcastle in bad shape? They have one defeat in their last five matches. Just because they're in 7th place doesn't mean they're not playing well, it means top-5 very competitive in the top 5 and you can't argue with that. I don't expect Newcastle to win, but I don't think Chelsea will win either, probably a draw
Leave the Newcastle performance aside have you look at their injury list? They basically have some key players out and that has been shown already in their UCL and EPL defeats. If you read about Trippier confrontation with a fan in their last match you will know they are a team in crises. The bad news for Newcastle is the good news for Chelsea as they continue to welcome back their injured players back to training. This will have a big boost for them towards this game. Chelsea have done well so far against the traditional top six teams they have played and with the win against Tottenham and a dramatic draw against champions Manchester City I would say they have a better chance of winning than Newcastle. But one thing that will make this prediction hard is the return from international break, Chelsea could go out and lose base on the duties that there players were on.
Yes, by the way, it’s quite a pity that such incredible players as KDB and Thomas Müller have somehow been in the shadow of other players throughout their careers. I find this extremely unfair, especially in relation to Muller, who became a world champion at the national team level, but for some reason it never occurred to anyone to extol him. A move to United would be a disaster, I hope that next season both Muller and KDB will play in Saudi Arabia.
The lists of players that should have actually won a personal silverwares during this Messi-Ronaldo era is so long that we can list them just yet and as you said both KDB and Muller are up there too. Should he not a get a contract extension at Bayern Munich I feel he should leave, because they say leave when the ovation is still high, he easily get a proposal from various clubs in the German league and since Bayern doesn’t have a direct rival like the EPL where it is almost taboo to play for the rivals he could just join any of the clubs there. Coming to Manchester United will be a bad decision not to only Muller but to Manchester United themselves, not to disrespect United don’t need to bring in more agey players again with the situation they are in currently. The continuous signing of big but old players have been there undoing since SAF left the club and that has been the reason why the club seems to be stagnant in terms of development and progress or success