Jonas, Barton and Colo safe, for now.

There have been no bids received for Toon trio Fabricio Coloccini, Jonas Gutierrez and Joey Barton, according to both local and national press.

Thankfully it would appear that speculation linking the three of them with moves away from the club is just that at the moment - speculation. I'd suggest we all cross our fingers and hope that it stays that way aswell, because it's perfectly clear, well to me anyway, that every player has a price at Newcastle these days. That's not a bad thing in truth, but a line needs to be drawn somewhere.

With Kevin Nolan now kissing the badge at West Ham and Jose Enrique still holding out on his new contract and looking likely to leave you can sense that there is a kind of changing of the guard going on at Newcastle. Out with the old and in with the new, that kind of thing.

If we were to lose Enrique along with Nolan it would be hard to come to terms with. Not just for us fans, but for the players aswell as two key men would have left the club in a short space of time. It would be salvageable though, providing we don't lose more key players.

This is why it's important to keep the likes of Jonas Gutierrez, Joey Barton and Fabricio Coloccini at the club, especially in the forthcoming season. There is a sense that we may lose our way a bit and lack a bit of leadership, but I think that if we can maintain a nucleus of senior players such as these three then we'll be fine.

Much has been made of Kevin Nolan's departure and the affect that will have on our team spirit, but it's worth pointing out that by suggesting that would also hint that the rest of the team followed Nolan around blindly and wouldn't know what to do without him. It was a TEAM effort last season, and it will have to be the same this time around.

Jonas, Joey and Colo know the score. All three of them have been around for a while now and all of them know what makes the fans tick and how to conduct themselves during a game of football. Their experience will be invaluable as new players arrive at the club and settle into the area, especially Colo who at first struggled with life on Tyneside.

However just because there have been no bids currently it doesn't mean that a bid won't arrive shortly!

Pre-season training for Newcastle gets underway a week on Monday and I'm sure it won't be too different to what other clubs are doing. In fact there are probably teams that are already back in pre-season training who will be looking and assessing various aspects of their squads and will be looking to strengthen in certain areas.

Perhaps they'll test the water with a bid for one of these guys? After all, as I said earlier, it looks as though everyone has a price and if that is matched then it's business done. Hopefully not though, and hopefully no bids will come in for them.

They are safe, for now.....