Archive for tag: Erik Pieters.

Enrique to Liverpool (finally). Pieters the alleged replacement.

August 11th, 2011 | 38 Comments |

Jose Enrique's transfer to Liverpool looks to be nearing completion.
Finally, the saga looks to be ending
Newcastle United left-back Jose Enrique will move to Liverpool this week and Newcastle already have a replacement lined up.

No surprises on this one. It appears that Jose Enrique has passed a medical at Anfield and is leaving for either £5.5m or £6m depending upon which press report you believe, although there is also some suggestion that a further £2m could be payable if he reaches certain performance-related targets.

He joined us from Villareal in 2008 for a £6.3m fee and played 129 games for us scoring his only goal against Nottingham Forest in March 2010, but the Enrique saga has been dragging on for months and I’m glad it’s coming to a close.

Allegedly Newcastle have Erik Pieters lined up to replace him (we reported on Toon interest in Pieters a few days ago), although I’m not sure how close we are to making any sort of signing. I would presume we’re fairly close if we’re finally letting Enrique go. (more…)

Toon after a pair of PSV players – left-back Pieters and striker Toivonen?

August 8th, 2011 | 39 Comments |

Erik Pieters - alleged Jose Enrique replacement.
The new Enrique?
Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew has allegedly been to Holland to check up on a left-back and a striker.

This week could be a busy one when it comes to transfer speculation if Alan Pardew’s aims to bring in two players before the Arsenal game are realised.

Typically, it’s the Daily Mail who get things started with speculation firstly that Jose Enrique will be leaving for Liverpool in a £5.5m pound deal and that he will be replaced with PSV Eindhoven’s Erik Pieters.

I normally treat pretty much anything I read in The Mail with doubt – not to mention scorn – but they were correct with their early speculation about Obertan, so maybe they just have their fingers on the pulse when it comes to Toon transfers just now. (more…)