Newcastle interest in Mehdi Abeid and Teteh Bangura (+ videos)
Posted on May 24th, 2011 | 20 Comments |
Rumour has it that Alan Pardew is interested in a couple of young lads at the moment. One that is said to be a ‘done deal’ – but is not yet confirmed on the official site – is Mehdi Abeid.
Abeid is 18, is a French Algerian (or possibly a Algerian Frenchman), used to play for Lens and can take on either a midfield or forward role as far as I can establish. He scored 3 goals in 11 games for Lens B last season and is now said to be available on a free transfer. Apparently he has already completed a trial at Newcastle and rumours indicate that he all but has his black and white slippered feet under the Toon breakfasting table.
Information on the young lad is hard to come by it seems this is ‘one for the future’ and Graham Carr and Co have obviously been digging deep to identify talented youth. Well, we hope he’s talented anyway – I can’t imagine they’d bother scouting someone with two left feet and the footballing skills of a house brick.
The other player the Toon are said to be chasing is Teteh Bangura, a 21 year old Sierra Leonian striker who currently plays for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) in Sweden, scoring 3 goals in 5 games for the club last season. Bangura has been called up for the Sierra Leone national side but has so far only warmed the bench.
I managed to find a couple of videos of Bangura for your delectation:
It’s worth reiterating that the Bangura stuff is still speculation, coming mainly from the media. So for that matter is the Abeid stuff, although the general consensus seems to be that Abeid is the more definite of the two at the moment.
but mohamed bangura looks a lot better. also from AIK. i have a feeling daily mail is mistaken.