If we sign Demba Ba, it will be on our terms! (with video)

There are a lot of rumours suggesting that West Ham striker, Demba Ba has agreed personal terms with NUFC and will move to the North-East from the capital.

I'm not going to go into transcripts of interviews as, quite frankly, it's kind of boring. When you start printing words spoken on talkSPORT that come from the mouth of a Daily Mirror reporter you are kind of giving an access through the doors of Narnia and into the wonderland of crap basically. However, the general gist of it is that Demba Ba has agreed terms because Derek Llambias told a Daily Mirror reporter about it. Apparently.

Seems strange considering that Dekka is about as tight as a duck's arse when it comes to gleaning information from him, but hey-ho.... Here is what we could be getting.



Still, if there is some semblance of truth in these rumours and they do indeed turn out to be true then not only will Newcastle have secured a proven Premier League striker, they will also, more importantly, have secured him on their terms.

I know people will be apprehensive if Ba was to roll up on Tyneside. The player has a degenerative knee problem that has caused him to fail two medicals at previous prospective clubs, which combined with our quite frankly shocking history of injuries does not bode well.

No matter though. Here is Ashley to save the day!

You see people moan about Mike Ashley and how he is tight or has long pockets and short arms, that kind of thing, but at the end of the day it is exactly that kind of behaviour which will ensure that Demba Ba will be signed on our terms. Mike Ashley didn't become a billionaire by wasting money unnecessarily now did he?

I feel, given the way that we seem to be able to coast in and exploit random clauses in players contracts, that the club will be fully aware of the state of play when it comes to Demba Ba. They will know about his potential problems and use it to leverage a deal that suits the club the best. Expect a heavily performance and appearance related contract to be on offer from us.

Now to me that is a good thing. It not only means that the player has to be fit to play - it means he also has to perform to make the wedge that modern footballers so desperately need!

I think that any deal we put to the player, or any deal that has been agreed if you believe the speculation, will be heavily weighted in our favour, unless Ba is playing and playing well of course. Judging by the few West Ham fans that we've had on here so far it would seem that the "playing and playing well" part won't be a problem as he has received nothing but glowing praise from the Hammers.

This is exactly the kind of deal that Ashley is made for. Take one slightly damaged footballer, use said damage as a bargaining chip, package him up, and reap the reward - whether that be in terms of resale value or value of on the pitch performances. One thing you can be sure of though, is that Ba's nobbly knees will cost him if he does move to St James' Park.

See, there are some times where being prudent can be a good thing!