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Originally Posted by Goal.com, original soure is The Sun
Newcastle Keen On Riquelme - Report
Newcastle are ready to up the ante to land Juan Roman Riquelme this winter, according to a report in The Sun.
The play-maker has been frozen out of the Villarreal first team ever since falling out with coach Manuel Pellegrini a year ago.
An effort was made to sell him this summer after he returned following his loan spell with Boca Juniors, but nothing materialized due to the lack of a club which satisfied both the Riquelme and Villarreal.
He will most certainly be offloaded this winter, as club president Fernando Roig confirmed a few weeks back: “I think that the situation is going to be solved in December.”
A report in The Sun suggests that Newcastle are keen on landing him, with Sam Allardyce wanting to build his attack around the Argentine.
Big Sam is ready to convince the player by guaranteeing him first team action, and a bid in the region of 12 million euros is expected to be enough to convince Villarreal.
Fluminese are another club that have been linked with Riquelme.
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Interesting one to speculate. Riquelme is a great player, who could be a great help creatively, especially with Barton and Geremi behind him to cover. He's completely out of favour at Villareal, disagreement with Pellegrini. His ideal move would be Boca, but disagreements in negotiations between Boca and Villareal stopped that happening.
He was on the verge of signing for Atletico on the brink of the summer window, though, so a move to another club may be welcomed by him.
Thing with Riquelme is, to incorporate him into your team, you must incorporate your team around him. Would Newcastle be willing to do that?