Arevalo to be offered to Newcastle in £2 million deal?
Posted on August 1st, 2010 | 97 Comments |
The problem is that those press reports lay in The Sunday Sun, which means it’s highly unlikely to be true.
Still, there have been reports in the South American press all week about the move, which were brought to our attention by regular ‘blogger, Rangerman, so perhaps there is more than meets the eye to this rumour? But is the defensive midfield position a priority? By that I mean would Newcastle not be better off looking at other areas of the team first, like the wings for example? There is currently no cover there, which means that if either Wayne Routledge our Jonas Gutierrez are missing then we end up playing a central midielder out wide, which isn’t the best solution.
Arevalo is 28-years old and played in all of Uruguay’s World Cup matches during the summer. Apparently he is owned by a consortium of businessman who are looking to offer him to Newcastle, which does seem strange. Perhaps the Nacho Gonzalez loan actually did pay off and now we are beginning to see the benefits from it? That seems highly unlikely, but it would kind of explain the strange set of circumstances surrounding the player.
There had been a move to Cagliari in Italy on the cards but that move collapsed for some reason or another whilst Brazilian side Botofogo Rio are also said to be interested. The more I write about this, the more dodgy it sounds. Moves collapsing, the player being lined up by his owners, is this really something Newcastle want to get involved in?
Of course it may all be innocent, with genuine reason behind the lot of it, but in my suspicious mind something doesn’t quite click with this one. Hughton may not even want the player, although if he does then I would expect to see someone leaving, someone along the lines of Alan Smith given the money he is on. I mean £60,000 a week for someone who is good for the dressing room – a glorified cheerleader basically – does seem a bit excessive.
Players will be coming through the door at St James’ Park, although who and for how much won’t be revealed until it happens. This latest rumour, the 25,876th of the summer, is just that, a rumour.
It is Sunday after all!
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