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Toon after £9m-rated Crouch? Pull the other one!

July 26th, 2011 | 32 Comments |

Newcastle United allegedly interested in Peter Crouch
Crouch interest? Madness (geddit?)
Newcastle United were allegedly interested in Peter Crouch, although that interest is said to have diminished following the £9m price tag placed on the player by Spurs.

Newcastle have allegedly ‘approached’ Spurs about the prospect of signing Crouch but I’d very much like to see some sort of quote to back that up, otherwise I simply don’t believe it.

All that Pardew has said from the States is:

“We are waiting on two decisions and that will determined where we go next and what we do.

“We are waiting for those to come in. We are still pursuing one or two players.”

Sorry, but Crouch is 30, on a decent wage and Spurs are asking £9m for him. It’s just not the profile for the sort of player Ashley seems to like to recruit, even if we knocked a couple of million off Spurs’ estimate of the player’s value. (more…)