Chancel Mbemba arrival imminent

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Chancel MbembaNewcastle look set to announce their third signing of the window with the imminent arrival of Chancel Mbemba from Anderlecht. The latest news is that he has been to Paris to sort out a work visa and is due into Newcastle for his medical.

The fee is thought to be around the £8m mark depending on which news source you care to believe. This brings our spending to around £35m so far which isn’t to be sniffed at, all the same we still need another centre back and another forward if Cisse leaves us.

Mbemba is a very quick player and very highly rated by the Belgians, indeed he is seen as the best defender in their league at the moment. It would seem we have a very promising defender arriving which is wonderful news given how long we have waited.

Apparently we have scouted Mbemba for well over a year and tried to get him back in january according to the player. Wiki has Chancel listed as 20 years old but various reports are said to give him three different ages! The oldest he can be is 26 I believe but if Wiki is accurate he will turn 21 on august the 8th this year.He can play centre back or right back so will be useful cover for Janmaat.

Chancel is 5′ 11″ tall or 1.82m if you prefer and plays for DR Congo. He first came to Europe in 2011 and was so poor he didn’t even know if he would be able to eat at night, so his, is a real rags to riches story, the boys done good. Let’s hope his humble beginnings help keep him grounded and increase his hunger to keep improving his game. He will be helped to settle in by having his Anderlecht team mate Alexander Mitrovic already signed to us this week, Mitrovic has also tweeted that Chancel is on his way to Newcastle.

I’m looking forward to seeing Mbemba in black and white and really hope he’s as good as they say. Welcome to the Toon Chancel, it’s good to have you aboard.


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  1. I see the Chronicle are running the story about us wanting another 3 players (centre back, winger and striker). I have been saying this all along.

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  2. KIM ime not sure on the rule I thought four and with the likes of Colo non-EU,Richie will know the crack so will wait and see

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  4. STUART@73 that storey on Aarons I saw but didn’t think much of it as it was only on eds site so just by-past it

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  5. Yes, Ice and there was a one line mention of it in the Guardian but none of the local press seem to know anything. I just hope we haven’t missed the boat with him. He’s going to be a good player and the staff and the club should have reconised that and offered him the going rate last year. Non of this incentivised ****. He’s probably already aware of what he will get from other other clubs. Just hope he sees a future here.

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  10. AMF: the whole point of supporting NUFC is to support NUFC and get carried away sometimes.

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  11. Shamrock: what a knob he is. Pulling our own players back and putting his hand in their back. Only Willo. Only Willo.

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  12. http://m.fantasy.premierleague.com
    Set up your team then join 2 private leagues. Enter this code 298856-79420 and you’ll be in the nufcblog head to head league! Enter this code 540523-134807 and you’ll be in the nufcblog classic league too!
    Anyone that’s interested – 4 places left in this year’s nufcblog classic league and 6 places left in the nufcblog head to head league. It’s a bit of fun, it’s quick to register and it’s FREE!
    So get signed up and join in on the action, banter and kudos if you win a few games. Always good to have a little competition on the blog! 😀
    Sign up now HWTL.

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  13. And this is what the official NUFC website says:

    At 31-years-old, and with almost 400 career games under his belt for the likes of Watford, Wycombe and Torquay United, Williamson has been there, done it and got the T-shirt when it comes to pre-season.

    YCMIU

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  16. Now lets have a real song BrisV:

    No slimy deals, with smarmy eels – in hitsville U.K.
    Lets shake’n say, we’ll operate – in hitsville U.K.
    The mutants, creeps and musclemen,
    Are shaking like a leaf,
    It blows a hole in the radio,
    When it hasn’t sounded good all week,
    A mike’n boom, in your living room – in hitsville U.K.
    No consumer trials, or A.O.R., in hitsville U.K.,
    Now the boys and girls are not alone,
    Now the hitsville’***** U.K.

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  17. ERIC I know nobody is perfect but being a Geordie is pretty dam close lol
    are you working out there or retired,just me being a nosey git

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  18. Well we have needed pace at the back for god knows how long…like others, still think we need an experience centre back, because in an ideal world i’d get rid of all three of our “senior pros”

    Good signing though, at least some money is being spent!

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  19. Got to love Palace Fans

    Tom Green · Operations Coordinator at Softline UK Ltd
    Should probably take a look at Mclaren blowing money on players playing in leagues no better than the championship

    Like · Reply · 32 mins

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  20. Also cheers for setting up the league’s shamrock, lucky I saw your post then as I barely get on here anymore and may have missed out on getting in, resulting in at least a season of whining on my part :mrgreen:

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  21. So QPR admit they have rejected “two” offers from toon for Austin,last one
    included money plus a player

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  22. Ice…as far as I know it’s just a max of 17 non home grown regardless of nationality. I think we had more than 4 last season non EU with Colo, Jonas, Good, Cisse, Tiote and the likes of Citeh were probably in to double figures with their Argies, Africans and Brazilians.

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  23. <<<<<<<<<<<<< cant beleive we ganna sign this defender any1 care to hazard a guess how old he really is 😯

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  25. Really odd. That pic on .com has now disappeared and everyone else reporting signing tomorrow. As odd as his age.
    Also a lot of Moutinho rumours flying around. Sounds impossible to me. Anybody heard anything?

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  26. Hope we start seeing some progress on players out as well, Obertan, Gouffran, Williamson, Elliot, Ferguson, Bigirimana, Vuckic & Marveaux will be in limbo next season if they aren’t moved on.

    We could do without players not in the 25 man squad, wasting the 3 overage spots in the U21s we should be using to build up 1st teamers fitness after injuries

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  27. Icedog: I have taken a few years away from the rat race. Did some travelling, took me Mam and Aunt on a tour of the North, saw a brother in Holland, another in Thailand. I figured I would do this whilst I am still relatively young (50) and can still appreciate it.

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  29. Ice: When I was back in England to see me Mam I met a friend who I used to play cricket with. He was an electrician for the Brenkley pit and when Thatcher (spit) closed it down he joined the Police. His job was to go to NUFC away games and arrest people. In Milan and Naples sometimes (no Mackems need apply). He told me that they had a quota that they had to fill and would just arrest the “usual suspects” if they needed a few to top up even though they hadn’t done anything.

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  34. Prem@107, Thing is what chances has he really gotten with us? I can’t even remember what he looks like 😳

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  36. I hope we have done our homework on whether or not we can actually obtain a work permit for Mbemba . 😕

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  38. Newkie I did not set the leagues up. That honour goes to Aussie and Bros. I’m just trying to help fill the quota up so we can all enjoy the banter this season 🙂

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  39. Tweet from jorno in France Monaco c/h to Newcastle 14 mil euro don’t know how good this guy is,I didn’t think we could afford his wages,mind Monaco have lost their case on tax law and players in Monaco must pay 75% of their wages in tax

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  42. Stu – sorry mate, I’m away in the Lakes at the moment and been out all day. It was the Star I think, also saw it in the Guardian as well. I can’t see McClaren spending all Ashley’s money on these players coming then risking loosing potentially our biggest asset coming through. I’d hope not anyway.

    Has the Mbemba deal be finalised yet?

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  43. Lol @ .com reporting Mourinho link only to find the ‘source’ is a fake Twitter account with a picture of a dead bloke on it. That Ed will jump on anything that moves the dirty so and so 😆

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  44. Actually, the copper that I talked to gave me a bit of an insight into how the Police work. He said he would join in with the NUFC fans and have 8 to 12 pints and then arrest a few of them. AFTER he had HIS heart attack at 47 he quit drinking. It was quite a funny conversation, well, apart from the fact he was telling me that he as a Policeman made semi-random arrests when he was drunk.

    He said he would “take them down” in a wrestling move and lay his elbow into their chest. Coppers 🙂

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  46. And, when I was back in Newcastle I went to the Moor House and Nelly Gibson said to me “what are ya taakin’ liek that for?” Because I have lived away from Newcastle for 30 odd years and nobody can understand me if I said “Aye hinny, give is a bottle of broon and hev one fer yersell, like”.

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  47. ERIC it will be true cops are the biggest crooks,I was once doing a bit of courting in a shop doorway (midnight) shop next door was broken into (lockup) I said nowt three burly guys,cop car came two cops filled the boot with booze fags ect,ten mins later another cop came with shop owner and asked him to write down everything that was missing,who’s the biggest crook

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  48. Icedog: I also worked at Seaton Burn Clurb and the coppers would come in at closing time and neck 3 pints for free. I am not really saying that much against them because they have a hard job. But they also retire at 50, and at 25 in Greece 🙂

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  49. Things were very different back pre-PACE in the 70’s and 80’s. Naturally you still get the odd rotten Apple these days too but Nothing like it used to be. Police now retire at 60.

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  52. Just looking up Leon best. He hit 1 in 4 whilst with us – a decent return and the best return in his career to date. Since he left us he has sucked. He has been unbelievable poor.

    He has since played 56 games and scored 6 in 3 years. Only 28 as well. Seems that injury at the beginning of his Rovers stint really took the sting out of him…

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  53. Kimtoon are you not registered with this site? Seems a shame you writing all these articles and not having your name down as the author. You must be amongst the most prolific writers on the site by now but there is no trace of you on the list of contributors…

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  57. Sham @ 128 I was meaning to email you about seeing how to get Kims name up at the top as author. But I have been flat out lately with doing the daughters house. then the mate’s son just died on sunday night while away on holiday to ibiza so my head is all over the place atm

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  59. Ice the wee lad flew out on sat night with 12 mates for a weeks holiday, and someone complained on the flight about the noise so he got pulled in by the police at the airport, and got a bit of a beating so they tryed to forget about it and get on with their hols. He was found dead in his hotel room on sunday afternoon. He was only 21 and one of the best kids you could meet.

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  61. S’Ok Dave. All the best. Hope it doesn’t get swept under the carpet but investigated.

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  62. Dave/Kim – If Dave e-mails me Kim’s email address I’ll set up the account and put Kim down as an author then email Kim the log in details.

    Dave really sorry to hear that. The lad was far too young. Every parents worst nightmare. Be strong for your mate like I know you will. I have seen a lot in my career and to this day I still don’t know how parents cope with such a loss but they often find the strength to carry on with a good network of support around them.

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  64. Prem thankfully our PSNI have decided to send officers out to ‘ help ‘ the Spanish police with their investigations.
    I have been coping well with it even though I have known the kid from he was a baby, plus spent 60 + hours tattooing him, but after speaking to his dad tonight it has hit me like a brick. So sorry for that

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  66. Big D: that is so sad, man. I was being a bit flippant about the Police earlier because of the NUFC related conversation I had with an ex-schoolmate. But that is really bad.

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  67. Dave, hope they get to the bottom of it mate. Sorry for your loss, as Sham says, far too young.

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  68. Sorry to hear that, Big Dave, that is dreadful. Hang in there, for ye mate, too. Very sad. Best wishes.

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  72. Look at this:

    “During his time at Ajax, De Jong clocked up a total of 244 appearances for the Amsterdam giants, hitting the back of the net 78 times and providing his team-mates with 48 assists.”

    If he can do anything close to that for us…Breathe Seim, in and out. Keep those lungs filled.

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  73. It’s a cliche, but he really will be like a new signing if he stays fit. Same with Aaron’s. Fingers crossed for them both. Could be key players bringing much needed creativity and end product from midfield.

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  74. BrisV: isn’t it weenter down there now? You might not look like a dog’s dinner on a Barbeque’s **** for the next couple of weeks then.

    I do have to admit Shane Warne is brilliant as a bowler and commentator. But you are not Oz though are you BrisV?

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