Today’s round up of all NUFC related transfer talk:
- Potential NUFC target Jermaine Defoe is in talks with Bournemouth and could complete a move to the Cherries this week (Sky Sports)
- Rafa Benitez has identified Burnley’s Andre Gray and Bournemouth’s Joshua King as his top attacking targets this summer (Northern Echo)
- Vurnon Anita and Yoann Gouffran look set to leave the club this summer, with the duo ‘unlikely’ to be handed new contracts with the club (Shields Gazette)
- French reports claim Newcastle are in ‘pole position’ to sign highly-rated Angers forward Nicolas Pepe this summer .- he’s also being tracked by Monaco & Lille (L’EQUIPE)
- PSV director, Marcel Brands, confirms that the club will not pursue Siem De Jong on a permanent basis after he spent last season on-loan with the Dutch giants. He will return to NUFC this summer for pre-season.
- Belgian reports claims rumoured NUFC target Henry Onyekuru has his heart set on a move to the Premier League however there are doubts as to whether he’ll receive a work permit.
Olly: Have you taken a class at the “Ed Harrison Cut and Paste School of Journalism”?
Andre Gray only has a year left on his contract so that sounds like a NUFC special.
If we get Josh King I hope he is not a one season wonder. A lot of other clubs are sniffing about but I doubt he would be attractive to the top 6 except as backup. I said yesterday that we must be one of the most attractive of the best of the rest, so I think we have a shot.
Of the clubs from 8 on down, no manager is safe and all could be relegated. That includes West Ham as they seem to be doing everything to shoot themselves in the foot. We could see 3 managers sacked soon and a total of probably 6 by Christmas.
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