Will Newcastle United really pay £10m for Jan Vertonghen?

Jan Vertonghen in action for Ajax during a league match

Vertonghen - Carr and NUFC scouting team have been watching for some time

The last time Newcastle United dished out double figures for a player that I can remember off the cuff was when we signed a certain Fabricio Coloccini, the current captain. Mike Ashley had just bought the club, and Coloccini was one of Kevin Keegan’s first signings at the club, arriving from Deportivo. When you consider the performances he has put in for NUFC in the last three seasons [Read more →]

December 23, 2011   1 Comment

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 eyeing up Yanga-Mbiwa as Alan Pardew steps up defender chase

Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa in action for Montpellier in Ligue 1

Mbiwa - £5m rated defender could arrive on Tyneside in January with Maiga

With Steven Taylor very unlikely to feature again in the 2011/12 Premier League campaign, Alan Pardew is set to up the ante in the January transfer window and sign a replacement. Frenchman Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa had been linked with Newcastle in recent weeks, however Pardew played down any supposed interest. As you would expect, since the injury to Tayls, we are being linked [Read more →]

December 5, 2011   3 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