Toon seek French flair and goal poacher?
Posted on November 14th, 2009 | 25 Comments |
In contrast to Chris Hughton’s recent statement that he was more than happy with the squad he has leading into the festive period, it’s being reported that Newcastle are interested in signing what be the latest in a line of French wingers.
Apparently following in the footsteps of David Ginola and Laurent Robert, Fabrice Pancrate could be joining us if rumours are to be believed. The reports are coming from France Football, who are generally well regarded in the game with regards their information. Basically, they won’t mention it unless there’s any truth in it.
Of course they are some French boots to fill as both Ginola and Robert offered something unique and exciting to the team. Admittedly, I don’t know anything about this fella but he’s described as a striker/attacking midfielder. He’s currently out of contract after his deal ran out at Paris St Germain, although he’s still training with them. He’s had a loan spell at Real Betis and is apparently being pursued by a number of French and English clubs. He was pursued in the summer by Portsmouth, Everton, Sheff Utd and Burnley.
The suggestion is that our pursuit has come out of the blue and that we now stand at the front of the queue with potentially a deal being struck quite quickly. He’s apparently like **** off a stick, so that could be the pace we’ve been crying out for this season.
Something else we’ve been crying out for this season, is regular goals from our frontmen, particularly since Shola got crocked. Most of our goals have come from the middle of the park and if it wasn’t for Kevin Nolan, things could be a lot different right now. Well the local press are suggesting that Hughton has targeted Jermaine Beckford as the number one priority for the January transfer window. Although whether these are just persistent rumours since the summer that will ultimately come to nothing it’s not clear. For the record though, I think he’d be worth a punt at a couple of million to test their resolve in keeping him in January.
Sounds just what we need. Does he look anything like Daveed Ginola? If so, sign him immediately mmmm.