Newcastle to outsmart Spurs for Raul?
Posted on November 16th, 2009 | 154 Comments |
It might explain things better if I mention that the story comes from the Daily Mail. And to add interest to the speculation, he has been close to ripping up his contract with Espanyol, but has now turned to the board to plead that he be loaned out for the remainder of the season. That being with a view to a permanent move in the summer. Contract issues and a season long loan? Seems like an unnerving combination of the hassles we had with Gutierrez and Gonzalez.
If that wasn’t enough spice, our old foes (by this I mean the baffling ill-feeling that seemed to exist between the two clubs over the last few years), Tottenham Hotspur, are apparently after him as well. The insinuation being though that Redknapp’s desire to sign a centre-forward may be determined by his ability to offload Pavlyuchenko. Apparently Wigan were also after him back in the summer but are no longer thought to be in the reckoning.
While Spurs have one over on us, with the whole being a division above thing, our Spanish-speaking players could play a factor in making a move to Tyneside attractive, as would first team football. But here I am giving the story the time of day after I mocked the source and yes of course many tiny little sachets of salt should be kept at hand for all eventualities. The way the press report things about us, it’s difficult not to be cynical, but he’s thirty-two and desperate for a move, so hey maybe I’m wrong? But until I see something updated on Wikipedia I’ll not believe a word of it…….
I wonder if mentioning the spuds will bring that loon who pretended to be a mag on eds blog, but was really a spuds fan.
Anyway I would have thought that there would be a few pl clubs that would be interested in a loan. Basically he’s not coming.