very suprised, thought a loan to a Championship/League 1 would have been a good move. Good luck to him.
Personally didnt think he was gonna be good enough either, but a good tryer who didnt let us down.
BBC confirm it:
1920: Barcelona have confirmed that the sale of Ronaldinho to Newcastle United (£2m + Pattison) has fallen through due to Ronaldinho failing a weight assessment, after he refused to take off his head scarf.
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1849: Newcastle United announce the captures of Beye, Faye, Juninho, Riquelme & Van Nistelrooy. However, Matty Pattison has gone out of the exit door, his destination - local rivals scumderland.
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1836: Barcelona have just told us Deco and Eidur Gudjohnsen that they are free to move to Newcastle United. Their spokesman confirmed. "Its a dream move for the pair, and we wish them all the best on Tyneside."
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23 seems to be his usual number, have to get rid of Shola then...
Earnshaw was £3.5m, has scored a few Premiership goals, and he is second only to Thierry Henry as the player with the best goals-to-minutes ratio in Premiership history.
Chopra cost £5m, Jones £6m
We are all hoping for a 3rd signing, cos we know the Beye and Faye ones are as good as done, and we all wonna sit up til midnight hoping a 3rd one will come along....