NUFC Transfer Rumours

[Mighty T.A.L.]

Real Madrid consider to bring Woodgate back home.

[kennethlindheim]

NEWCASTLE are ready to make a £5.5million swoop for Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton.

Toon boss Glenn Roeder has put Liverpool striker Peter Crouch at the top of his January wish-list.

But he is also a fan of Barton, 24, and is keen to test the resolve of City boss Stuart Pearce.

Barton has a clause in his contract which allows him to talk to any club who make a bid of £5.5m or more.

Roeder has plenty of options in central midfield at present with the likes of Scott Parker, Nicky Butt, Kieron Dyer and Turkish star Emre.

But there are doubts over the long-term future of ace Emre so Roeder is keeping his options open.

The departure of Barton would be a major blow to City as he only signed a new four-year contract at Eastlands in July.

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[Mighty T.A.L.]

Some reports from Liverpool have told that Peter Crouch could be interested to join Newcastle.There have been speculate on a £12 million transfer fee.But they could go for James Beattie instead.Some rumours tells that Newcastle is ready with a £6 million offer...

[Mr Brightside]

Let's be realistic here. Newcastle need a dramatic overhaul if they are to come anywhere near challenging for a top 6 place.

But they are a supposedly massive club who, with the right man in place, could do that.

Personally, I don't think Glenn Roeder (nice guy that he is) is that manager.

Your keeper is brilliant.

Your defence is horrendously terrible. Carr, Ramage, Bramble, Moore, Babayaro etc etc. All poor players.

Your midfield is average. Dyer is injury prone, Emre wants away, Parker is a good player, Butt has lost his way. N'Zogbia is decent though and you have Duff, but will he ever be fit enough to win you games ? I don't know.....

Up front. Ameobi. I'm sorry, but if you have any ambition of becoming bigger then is this the striker that you want up front ?

Owen, granted, is injured. He will be quality if you can buy the players to provide him with the ammunition.

Martins. I was very impressed with him at Inter and he's coming up trumps lately, but alongside Owen ? Not for me.

IMO, I think you should go for Prso, Beattie or Mido. Huntelaar won't join such a poor side. Carew would be another option.

Defensively, I think you should try to buy Abdoulaye Faye from Bolton (who's on a free in the summer) and Metzelder from Werder Bremen.

In midfield, you could do worse than Kevin Nolan and Nigel Reo-Coker.

Now, IF you are the BIG club that you claim to be, there shouldn't be a problem in acquiring top players, but I go back to Andy Cole and wonder if you ever were a big club............

[kennethlindheim]

Newcastle United are keeping tabs on Rennes fullback Mario Melchiot.
The former Dutch international made a name for himself during a five-year stint at Chelsea, before leaving to join Birmingham City on a free transfer two years ago.

Since leaving Birmingham, Melchiot has been impressing with Rennes and could be tempted by a move back to the Premiership as Roeder looks to strengthen his defence.

tribalfootball.com - Newcastle eyeing Rennes fullback Melchiot

[Pennywise]

Damn so many rumours it is around Newcastle when it comes to players in. Worse than Real Madrid in the beginning of this millennium.

[kennethlindheim]

Newcastle United are chasing Manchester United defender Wes Brown.
The England international is off contract in the summer and still to hear from United about a new deal.

Newcastle are keen to land Brown this month, but United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is reluctant to lose the centre-half with injury concerns hovering over skipper Gary Neville.

tribalfootball.com - Newcastle chasing Man Utd defender Brown

[Mighty T.A.L.]

Roeder is also trying to sign Shaun Wright-Phillips on loan.They get hard competition from West Ham though who after reports have bid £9,8 million.

[kennethlindheim]

Glenn Roeder will spend the weekend mulling over whether to ask his chairman Freddy Shepherd to enter the race for Charlton Athletic's England striker Darren Bent.

The Newcastle United boss is an unashamed admirer of the powerful striker, but at £15m he was out of his price range in the summer.

However, despite the silly money being talked about after Charlton boss Alan Pardew announced yesterday that he was prepared to sell his prize asset, I understand that in the end Bent could eventually be bought for around £12m - if not slightly less.

This is probably more than Roeder will get from Shepherd in the January transfer window but at the same time the United chairman has always come up with the money for all his managers.

Defenders are United's immediate priority in the January sales but, if Roeder and Shepherd could get in a couple on loan, then the money could be there for a striker.

And how Roeder would love Bent to form a partnership with Oba Martins for the rest of this season when he returns from a knee ligament injury next month, and also with Michael Owen and Shola Ameobi when they return.

Despite United's injury situation, Roeder is desperately trying to do things the right way and is not doing a bad job of it. He wants his signings to have their best days in front of them and Bent, who will be 23 next month, certainly comes into this category.

At 5ft 11in he has the power and the physical presence and also the right attitude to be the ideal foil for Owen and Martins and, with Liverpool insisting Peter Crouch is not for sale, the Cambridge-born striker would be a great acquisition for United.

As soon as Pardew announced that Charlton were going to cash in on Bent, the striker, with England caps against Uruguay and Greece, was immediately linked with fellow London clubs Chelsea, Spurs and West Ham.

But Charlton would prefer to see Bent move out of London and it does not get much further than Tyneside.

Spurs boss Martin Jol, who had a £10m bid for Bent turned down in the summer, has already said he is not interested and may instead turn his attention to West Ham's burly striker Marlon Harewood.

And Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is determined not to be held at ransom for any player he buys in the future and quickly backed off when quoted £18m by Charlton for Bent. Alan Curbishley, who signed Bent when he was manager of Charlton for a bargain £2.5m in the summer of 2005, has money to spend at Upton Park but West Ham is the last club the hierarchy at The Valley would like to see their man go to.

My information is that Bent was always heading to Old Trafford but Sir Alex Ferguson has his hands full trying to persuade Bayern Munich to let him have England midfielder Owen Hargreaves for less than £20m.

Like Dean Ashton at West Ham, Bent is a big pal of United defender Steven Taylor from their time together with the England Under-21 squad, and the two strikers have often said in the past just how much they loved the atmosphere at St James' Park.

And The Chronicle can reveal that after Pardew said Bent could go, the striker told colleagues that Newcastle would be one of the clubs he would love to join.

icNewcastle - Roeder set to move for Bent

[kennethlindheim]

The agent of highly-rated Inter Milan defender Marco Andreolli has revealed the interest of Newcastle United.
Asked about the youngster's plans for the winter market, his agent Patrick Bastianelli said: "The situation is already complex. The boy has offers from abroad, in particular from Newcastle and Marseille, while in Italy there is strong interest from Torino."

tribalfootball.com - Agent reveals Newcastle interest for Inter Milan's Andreolli

[kennethlindheim]

Newcastle are set to try to land Arsenal starlet Jeremie Aliadiere on loan to boost their striking options.

United boss Glenn Roeder is keen on the 23-year-old Frenchman, and was at Anfield in midweek to see him rip Liverpool apart in the Carling Cup.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger does not want to sell Aliadiere, but appreciates his desire to be a regular Premiership starter, and so will consider loaning him out.

But Roeder looks to have been priced out of a move for West Brom centre-back Curtis Davies.

The Baggies last week quoted Tottenham a staggering £12 MILLION for their prize asset, who is also interesting Aston Villa.

So Roeder is also set to try the loan market for defenders, with Arsenal centre-half Johan Djorou and 17-year-old left-back Armand Traore having also caught the eye against Liverpool.

Meanwhile, Albert Luque's loan move from United to PSV Eindhoven is off because the Dutch club would not pay up a big enough proportion of his wages.

icNewcastle - Ali is on Glenn hitlist

[kennethlindheim]

Reports in the Dutch press are crediting Newcastle with an interest in Ajax striker Ryan Babel.

Babel is one of a number of bright attacking prospects in the Dutch game and his efforts for club and country have prompted teams from around Europe to sit up and take note.

The 20-year-old's present deal runs until the summer of 2008, but Ajax are keen to thrash out a fresh commitment.

Club and player are said to have reached agreement over the length of deal and wage increase, but a stumbling block has emerged as Babel's representatives want a minimum-fee release clause inserted in the contract.

Ajax are refusing to entertain such an idea and it is being reported that this has alerted interested parties.

Newcastle boss Glenn Roeder is eager to increase quality in a number of areas and Babel is believed to have come across his radar.

Babel said recently that he would not leave Ajax this term, but it remains to be seen if an interesting offer from abroad and the wrangle over his contract prompt a change of heart.

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Better sign someone pronto, you morons.

[kennethlindheim]

NEWCASTLE have reportedly made a huge player-plus-cash bid for West Brom's Curtis Davies. The Daily Mail claims today that United have offered Titus Bramble plus £9 million for the highly-rated stopper.

The report comes less than 48 hours after Roeder claimed he might have to make do with loan signings this January - while the mention of Bramble, who is out of contract in May, will come as a shock to many supporters.

The former Ipswich defender is nearing a return to fitness after several weeks on the sidelines with a nasty calf problem, but recent reports in the North East had claimed he would be offered a new contract.

22-year-old Davies is regarded as one of the hottest defensive properties in the country, but, if this huge offer is genuine, Baggies boss Tony Mowbray must be tempted.

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Premiership sides Manchester City and Newcastle United may be looking to pinch Edson Braafheid from under the noses of Twente Enschede.

Reports in Holland on Thursday suggest both clubs have tabled offers - thought to be around €400,000 (£264,000) - to the defender's current club Utrecht.

The news will come as a shock to Twente, who announced last week that the former Holland Under 21 international would join on a free transfer in the summer.

The 23-year-old had verbally agreed to a three-year deal with Twente, but reports now suggest the left-back may be looking for pastures new.

Braafheid failed to show up for a Twente medical on Wednesday, leaving their deal with the player in some doubt.

It remains to be seen if interest from England has prompted Braafheid to re-consider his decision to move to Twente come the end of the Eredivisie season.

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