Available at a knock down price?I have spoke before about the possibilities of Newcastle signing Manchester City defender, Nedum Onouha, twice before in fact, and now it seems that the press are starting to run with the story.
I must stress it is being reported in The Sun, but apparently Hughton is lining up a £3.5 million deal to bring the former England Under-21 international to St James’ Park over the summer. It also claims that this ‘bid’ will use up nearly half of our summer transfer budget, which means we could be looking at a kitty of around £10 million to purchase players with. As much as I would love this to be true, I really can’t see it. Although it does seem to roughly tie in with my initial valuation of around £3 million. Unfortunately though, as will be the case a lot more often over the summer, I suspect this is just paper talk. (more…)
Kris Boyd: Tooning in?There has been a rumour circulating today regarding Rangers striker Kris Boyd and a possible move to Newcastle United.
Rumour has it that the 26-year-old Scottish international has been at the clubs training ground today, with the thought being that a deal will be tied up soon for the player who is out of contract at Rangers in the summer.
Of course it could all be rumour, and the fact that it has made it on to certain radio stations means nothing. But we have been linked with Boyd back in January, although a move to meet up with his old boss at Birmingham had looked the more likely destination.
However, now Birmingham have signed Nikola Zigic for an undisclosed fee to beef up their striking options, could it now mean we have a chance to beef up our own striking options with a player who would cost nothing and has an impressive goalscoring record of bagging a goal every game and a half? (more…)
