Newcastle United increase offer to £4m for West Ham defender

James Tomkins in action for West Ham at Upton Park against Arsenal

Tomkins - Second offer lodged for West Ham defender after £2.5m was rejected

It’s believed that Newcastle United have made another bid for West Ham defender James Tomkins after their initial £2.5m offer was rebuffed over three weeks ago. With Steven Taylor out for the season following an achilles injury, Alan Pardew and his recruitment team have been out in full force looking for a replacement, with the Championship defender their number one target. Tomkins is [Read more →]

January 5, 2012   11 Comments

Modibo Maiga fails Newcastle United medical due to knee injury?

Modibo Maiga in action for Sochaux in Ligue 1

Maiga - Newcastle United January transfer deal off after failed medical

It’s being reported on Twitter that Modibo Maiga has failed his medical with Newcastle United in the last couple of days following worries about his knee. L’Equipe have apparently publicised that Maiga will not join Alan Pardew’s side in January now, and that our attentions will turn to Oliver Giroud – who has been linked with us consistently for the past few weeks [Read more →]

December 16, 2011   No Comments

Newcastle United must attack Norwich City from the start tomorrow

Hatem Ben Arfa training in Benton, Newcastle

Ben Arfa - His creativity and pace crucial for NUFC tomorrow at Carrow Road

Norwich City will most definitely fancy their chances of gaining all three points in tomorrows battle at Carrow Road and rightly so. We’re without Cheik Tioté, Danny Guthrie, Steven Taylor, Mike Williamson and more than likely Fabricio Coloccini as well. Four big losses in that injury list, indeed four members that probably would have started tomorrow. However, we will welcome James Perch [Read more →]

December 9, 2011   No Comments

Tamás Kádár has a huge chance to revive his Newcastle United career

Tamás Kádár and James Perch in action for Newcastle United

Duo - Chance for Perch and Kádár to stake their claims in the NUFC first team

Fourteen games into the Premier League campaign and we’ve managed the same back five for all of it. A proud achievement. However, towards the very end of our encounter with Chelsea yesterday afternoon Steven Taylor happened to damage his achilles and is to undergo surgery on Monday. The inevitability about it all is that Taylor, who has been one of our best players of the season so far [Read more →]

December 4, 2011   No Comments