We will be linked with many players this summer so it’s going to be a little hard to single out which ones we are really after, but we’ll do our best.
Richard Dunne – definite target for Newcastle
The Manchester City captain Richard Dunne is again the name dominating the transfer news regarding Newcastle United. And with Sven Eriksson leaving Man City in the summer, it may be a chance for Newcastle to get Richard to the club.
It’s the Northern Echo that says Keegan is ready right now to go after Dunne, and we believe Newcastle have already officially put in a bid of £5M, which is a good price for City, given Richard’s contract is up next season.
Aiden McGeady, the Celtic winger, who was the Scottish Premier League’s player of the year, is also mentioned as a a target and apparently Sunderland are also said to be interested in the player.
McGeady is rated at £10M, which seems a little on the high side to us.
The Daily Mail also mentions PSG’s 18 year-old Mamadou Sakho, who is a left sided defender, as another target. We covered our interest in Mamadou recently.
That’s about it for today so nothing really new on the horizon.
Comments welcome.
91 comments so far
THELONGSHANKS
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Comment #1No huntelaar or van der vaart? 🙁
adam
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:19 AM
Comment #2we should try and get micah richards instead. worth a try. i dont care if he signed a new contract. he mite be pissed of that sven is leaving
Rich
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:20 AM
Comment #3Id be happy with all 3 of these players at Newcastle, I think 10million for Mcgeady is about right, hes a better player than Zog for sure with a much better attitude to the game! Add Bridge, Gomis and a Creative Midfielder and we would be all set!
Graeme
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:21 AM
Comment #4Just 2 of the hundreds we will no doubt be linked to over the next four months, right up to the transfer closing day.
So will be genuine targets, most will be pure fiction, one or two will be completely out of left field; maybe even one or two will take our breath away. Oh, the joys of supporting this bloody club eh!!!!!!
Spyro
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Comment #510million for McGeady is about right. Spurs are also after him by the way, lol.
Dunne i could do without, but Sakho is a definite buy if we can get him for around 13million
african-kenyan-ronniezog
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Comment #6magpie have suffered for long for lack of a defensive midfielder and since butt is on and off hence unpredictable we should look for a constant performer.
Spyro
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:25 AM
Comment #7we should look to either snatch Flamini from under the noses of the italians, or bid anything up to 20million for Veloso. Both can act as the engine to our team as they are both class and have excellent workrate. Flamini is better but i think we have more chance of Veloso
Rich
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:26 AM
Comment #8I think we are ok for DM – Butt and Fatye if we buy both these centre backs!
adam
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:26 AM
Comment #9i would like to see arteta at newcastle
Spyro
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Comment #10Rich, both are getting old, Also, neither has good enough passing ability and the days of a DM who cant pass are long gone
Gunnar/Iceland
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Comment #11F-ing spurs are after McGeady too. Dunne, McGeady and Sakho would all be good signings that would improve the team.
Spyro
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Comment #12Adam, Arteta is inconsistent and a moaner. He would most probably want to return to Spain now anyway.
Graeme
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Comment #13Some creativity is long overdue in this team. Emre is a shadow of his former self; Zog is up his own backside. Who else do we have, really??
Lets get back to the days of Jimmy Smith, Asprilla, Beardsley, etc. Players who could open up a team, take on their man and stuff him, create openings and chances for our forwards to put in the net.
Get some FOOTBALLERS on the pitch and ignite the fans.
adam
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:36 AM
Comment #14i would love it if tottenham were the next leeds. cant stand the bastards!!!
Kash2
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:36 AM
Comment #15@Spyro: How you getting on in FM? I bet you’ve got some team assembled?! Pity that the actual team will ever look like your fantasy team!
Get a f**king grip people. Van DEr Vaart, Huntelaar, Veloso, Micah Richards etc etc etc. If they’re top players they’re not coming to us. If Modric signed for Spurs then why would any of the other players sign for us?
Dunne would be a good signing and he’s probably the best CB we can get. And to be honest, he’s a good player, very solid! I like McGeady, and there’s a good chance we’ll sign him if he decides to leave Celtic. But what are the chances of him leaving when Celtic will be in CL again? There’s no chance Arteta would leave Everton to come to us!
And £13m for Sakho? Are you joking?!!!!!!!!!
dick
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Comment #16toon will only get players spurs dont want,to many connections between clubs. ashley and the spurs owner best mates ,wise and poyet mates,tony jimerez and jeff vetere ex spurs
Eric
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Comment #17KK’s list is beginning to resemble the Ipcress File. It does seem that Dunne will be the done thing now that Sven has got his P45. I like Micah Richards too but not sure where he would fit. I suppose we will have fairy story after fairy story until deadline day. OK, but we will have to recruit, and recruit quality. No more hand-me-downs or cast offs please. We also need to know who is going as well. That will say a lot about what positions KK is concerned about. Shola will go, and perhaps Smith, even Carr to Everton so he can play in Europe without having done naff-all for us. Smith at Rangers will play in Europe too having never scored for us. Still would like Wright-Phillips with us but what about Kazenga being given a chance too?
adam
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Comment #18i hope your wrong kash2
Jimmie
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:42 AM
Comment #19If we could get Michael Owen sign for us, then why shouldnt we be abel to sign Huntelaar and Van der Vaart? Owen signed even though we had a crapy manager as Souness and now when we have Keegan and it looks like we are going places… why not?
Whumpie
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Comment #20I think it’s unlikely that we’ll be seeing any senior, expensive foreign players with no prem experience. For one thing, they won’t want to come here without European competition, and for another I don’t think KK wants them.
I’d be far happier to see us go for young foreign talent (like Sakho) for the future, and established, UK-based immediate 1st teamers like McGeady. Dunne could be the consistent boss at the back, which is needed.
Hammy
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Comment #21Dunne would be nuts to stay at Man Shitty with that Asian guy at the helm, Man Shitty are not going to win anything anytime soon and Sven’s gonna be a gonna in a couple of weeks.
Dunne’s solid if nothing else.
Leo
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Comment #22dont look to much into the whole newcastle/ashley spurs connections, it will only make you bitter towards him, they offered way to much for modric, ive got over it, you should all do now, look to the future. sakho dunne and mcgeady would all be good signings. veloso would be the player i would go out for whole heartedly along with pandev/elmander/gomis
tdt
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Comment #23well now spurrs have loads of players in AM role, who is gona go there with too much competition? lets hope spurrs = leeds… and manure, chelski and arsenal = Forest… then we myt win the league this next year! if not, i’m afraid we’ll just av2 w8 til the following year 🙂
Eric
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Comment #24Graeme has summed it up well and Dick has made a very interesting point worth considering.
It seems the media is trying to make Newcastle appear as some shanty town on the wrong side of the railway tracks. We want and need quality creative players, especially on the wings and in mid-field. But above all they must have passion for NUFC and the Toon Army – if they have not got that it does not matter who they play for as long as it is not us. Still have that gut feeling that we will be shafted many time before we finally see next season’s squad. KK will sort it though and that we do know.What we can offer is what we can fight and play for, to go out and win. Too many of todays players want it on a plate. They want to sign for clubs that have made it to Europe etc without having actually helped those clubs get there. I think opportunists and selfish careerists are the words, not quite sure.
Whumpie
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Comment #25Jimmie – Owen signed for us because we were the only club willing to meet Real’s demands, and because we were still looking at European football. Right now, to the world outside England (i.e. to any player in a foreign league), we’re just a lower-half team who’ve had a poor season. Money alone won’t cut it.
We’ll get the big names – but not for another year. But that’s not a big problem – look what we’ve already got, and what we can do with realistic targets like McGeady. It really does take years to get back up to the top end, and we should just enjoy the journey rather than moan about our failure to sign galacticos.
Spyro
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Comment #26Kash2 i only speak of players i have seen play, and if i feel a player would come to us there is normally a valid reason as to why i think so.
Also, why not 13mill for Sakho? I bet you didn’t even know who he was until yesterday, yet you give an opinion….strange
Rich
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Comment #27Totally forgot Pandev, he would be a good attacking midfielder for us i think! Trying to think of other realistic targets for this position! I think Geovanni can do a job for us doesnt play much at Man city??
Whumpie
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Comment #28Eric – good point about Lua Lua. I’m as excited about the possibility of emulating Wenger’s ability to unveil exceptional new talent next year. We’ve been quite low-key about our junior signings, but I think they will enable us to compete strongly for two cups next season.
And did anyone see Kazenga’s goal in the cup final? Fantastic talent.
Toonswede
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Comment #29McGeady and Dunne would be great! But then we need to focus at the midfield, with an creative player to come in or will we then play 4-4-2 with McGeady, Geremi,Barton,Millner? ,,
Another striker who can come in and replace anyone of Michael, Oba or Mark is important to. Maybe Carroll can take another step towards a good EPL-striker, but this Gomis-guy seems interesting. Have a look at the young swedish striker Markus Berg now playing att Groningen in Dutch Eredevise. He can be something big.
aaron d
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Comment #30Players in Dutch, German and French leagues would jump at the chance to play in england, plus the wages on offer is so much greater than what they can get in their leagues.
What about Kennedy Bakircioglü from Ajax as an attacking middfield option?
Remember Jimmy Briand we were linked to in january is now a portsmouth target.
adam
Apr 30, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Comment #31i agree with aaron g. players outside england know that the premier league is the most popular league in the world and would love to be apart of it. thats one advantage. but i mean, playing for the magpies in front of 52000 and king kev. id do it 4 free all day, anyday
GM
Apr 30, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Comment #32cant dunne buy his contract out for £1million? if so why we offering £5 to mancity, just give dunne the £1mil as a signing on fee??
Agree with some other comments, as well as a much needed creative genious in the middle of the park we also need DM cover for Butt faye hasnt got the passing ability either,we need someone who can pass a lot better and run with the ball
Hadji
Apr 30, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Comment #33Veloso-17 mill
Malouda-10 mill
Gomis-14-mill
Gregory Bourillon-7 mill
Arshavin-8 mill
Cristian Zapata-8 mill
Total-64 mill
N’Zogbia-8 mill
Smith-5 mill
Ameobi-3 mill
Ramage-2 mill
Rozehnal-3 mill
Total-21 mill
All in all 43 mill to spend.
irish_al
Apr 30, 2008 at 12:12 PM
Comment #34you’ve got to be in it to win it, think we need about 5-10 targets for each position we are looking to bring players in
Graeme
Apr 30, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Comment #35Hadji – 6 good players – if only!!!!! lol
rab wright
Apr 30, 2008 at 12:17 PM
Comment #36we will probably sign players we never mentioned above? as long as they quality i dont care!
NUFCFAN
Apr 30, 2008 at 12:28 PM
Comment #37hadji – malouda is rubbish he hasnt done anything since being at chels
Sypro, lap up your choice of players.
would like the players linked but Dunne, is just not that exciting, he’s not a defender who people fear. Would rather just take all the youth up, sakho is a great start and sign, and maybe others.
NUFCFAN
Apr 30, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Comment #38still think bullard would be a great squad player and wouldnt cost much if they go down.
and glad to see in one season we have done what should have been done 4 years ago
started by big sam with bramble, and now needs to be finished with amoebi, carr, and the rest of the dead wood!
irish_al
Apr 30, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Comment #39heres a list of possible players we have been linked with, some i’ve also added myself, some i think would be good signings some im not to keen on, thought i’d put it together as im a bit bored
striker- Gomis, Ashton, Klose, Sam Vokes, Crouch, Berbatov, Elmander, Zarate, Fabiano, Cavanaghi
right midfield/wing- Wright-Phillips, Arhavin, Lennon, Pennant, Farfan, Bently
attacking midfielder- Gera, Pandev, Van der Vaart, Diego
left back- Shorey, Bridge, Riise, Baines, Koncheskey
left cntre back- Lescott, Chiellini, Silvstre, Sonkho, Chivu, Ujfalusi
central midfield- Steven Davis, Mark Noble, Michael Johnson, Giles Barnes, Bullard, Xabi Alonso, Arteta, Lassana Diarra, Nolan, Larsson, Emana
right back- Luke Young, Onouha, Richards, Corluka
left wing- McGeady, Menez, Downing, Joe Cole
centre back- Dunne, Cuellar, Kompany, Aaron Hughes, O’Shea, Beevers, Amorebietta, Van Buyten
Graeme
Apr 30, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Comment #40Evidently Andy Johnson has broken out hearts by confirming he’s staying at Everton!!!!
A perfect example of the bullshit that is going to appear over the next 4 months. WHY would we want him??????