The Independent is today reporting that Newcastle United are set to sign three new players to their ranks before Euro 2012 starts. They report that Reims midfielder Romain Amalfitano has already arrived in the North East to finalise a three year contract although it seems as if the deal between [...]
This striker cost us an intial £5.7m during the 2008-2009 campaign, a signing effectively made by Dennis Wise in his controversial role as Director of Football. It was a 5 year contract on a whopping £50k per week. Astonishing. The transfer went against the wishes of our manager Kevin Keegan [...]
Since Mike Ashley’s arrival as owner of Newcastle United, much emphasis has been placed on his drive to develop the club’s youth system. Recent news has broken that Mike Ashley is has apparently given the go ahead to invest around £15 million in youth prospects over the next three years. [...]
Recently it’s started to occur to me more and more that Newcastle are really following things by the book. You may be confused by what “by the book” actually refers to; it’s an actual book – Soccernomics, about business in football. Some of you may have read it, and some [...]
With the January transfer window creeping toward its halfway point, our efforts to find a replacement for long term absentee Steven Taylor ought to be in full swing behind the scenes. But can we expect to see an established defender turn up on the St. James’ Park doorstep? If we [...]
Newcastle United are said to have had a £4.5 million bid for Dijon midfielder Benjamin Corgnet turned down. The 24-year old French central midfielder has been in great goalscoring form this season for Dijon and has been on fringes of the French squad for a while now. However it would [...]
After already snaffling Mehdi Abeid in the summer, we are apparently raiding RC Lens again for their wonderkid Sofiane El-Bekri. Dubbed the next Samir Nasri, Sofiane has already attracted interest from a host of clubs, including Tottenham Hotspur but according to L’Equipe it is Newcastle who are leading the race [...]
Talking in his pre-match press conference yesterday, manager Alan Pardew said he has been given the green light by Mike Ashley to bring in a new centre-half. We all know we are short in that area since Steven Taylor’s season ending injury. Whilst confirming that one player will definitely be [...]
With one move seemingly tied up with the news of Maiga’s medical it made me wonder how many players we would see through the door after his arrival. I personally think that we need at least two defenders as well as Modibo Maiga to put us in a strong position [...]
With January just around the corner, the rumour mill has gone into overdrive over the last week or so, so I thought I would round up some of the more credible rumours going round at the minute. I’m going to skip over Modibo Maiga because I think we all know [...]
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