Gameiro looks increasingly unlikely but what about Erding?
Posted on June 2nd, 2011 | 15 Comments |
There’s still a lot of “will he/won’t he” regarding Kevin Gameiro‘s potential transfer to Newcastle, but the noises coming from the player himself are making it look increasingly unlikely.
Further to my esteemed fellow author’s post yesterday, Gameiro has been indicating that Paris Saint-Germain are in hot pursuit of him and the Paris club’s players have been leaning on him a bit. Gameiro said:
“Mamadou Sakho [PSG defender and vice captain] talks about it much. He pushes me to sign. PSG is one of my list. This is a club with a history, a great club but it is not the only one on my list
“For me, the Parc des Princes stadium is the best in France. When the Velodrome in Marseille will be covered that may be different.”
From what I can gather a ‘big French club’ is second on his list after Valencia, which would relegate us to at least third and most likely out of the running.
The foreign press seems to think we may have now turned our attentions to Melvut Erding instead. The 5ft 11in, 24 year-old Turkish striker plays for Paris Saint-Germain where he has scored 28 goals in 70 games since he joined from Sochaux in 2009.
Galatasaray have already put in a written offer of €9m for the player but apparently Erding has always liked the idea of playing in England and would be willing to talk to Premier League suitors. Fenerbahce, Lille and Rennes are also supposedly interested in the player who – according to the French press – has suffered from a lack of confidence in front of goal this season.
Anyway, you may as well have a look at Erding in action just in case he decides to consider a Tyneside transfer:
Surely we would have back up options as well. Graham Carr can find us someone decent.