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Just a warning to everybody, the "In principle if they made an offer I would be interested."quote is from the January transfer window and is not new. Still fingers crossed we actually pull this one off.

Would be absolutely delighted if we got him.

http://www.fansfc.com/frontpage/frontpagenews.asp?newsid=186347 The fact it's from FansFC should say it all.

I'm 3rd in the league but left Deco, who has just scored, on the bench.

You have to transer between matchdays. So for the the transfer to take effect you would have had to do it before the first game. Next period for transfers was from last night up until the start of todays game etc.

Of course it was subject to a medical. No football club would do a deal and not give the player a medical.

Just saw the bit on .com about our first team squad. We currently only have 22 first-team players on our books and 4 of them are goalkeepers. That leaves 18 outfield players and we are including Carroll and LuaLua in that and they surely can be considered no more than fringe players at best atm. This leaves us with barely enough to fill he bench (7 subs this season) so surely based on that we can be expecting a lot more than the 3 or 4 Kegan has talked about. How many does everyone think we need? Personnally I think we are looking at needing atleast 6 new faces in order to ensure our squad is big enough to cope with the inevitable injuries we will pick up throughtout the season.

That's a load of rubbish. May have been true even 5 years ago but these days wingers that don't track back are non-existant. Even wingers that are percieved as poor defenders have to track back as they will get ripped apart if they apart if they don't.

3.6 million euros being reported http://www.sportnews.it/articoli/2008/06/09/la_lazio_ci_ripensa_e_riscatta_david_rozenhal_dal_newcastle_1825603.php So roughtly £2.85 million.

Barzagli gone to Wolfsburg? Yup.

If we are sacking Barton he'd be a good replacement.

Quotes from Thaksin as well in the morning papers roday that if it is neccessary they will spend £200m over the next 3 years.

Also linked with Anthony Gardner and the Milner to Liverpool story pops up in a few papers.

Express this morning goes with the story that Ashley has been told by hs aides to sack Keegan and to replace him with Dick Advocaat.

Athletico finished 4th last year so I'm guessing it's not because they were shite all round.

Was mentioned earlier this year that we were interested iirc.

Zigic's agent says he wants to come to Newcastle. Link Skysports.com understands Valencia striker Nikola Zigic would be interested in a move to Newcastle. Reports have linked Zigic with a possible summer switch to Tyneside in a swap deal, with Magpies full-back Jose Enrique going to Valencia. Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan is believed to be in the market for striking reinforcements, with doubts continuing to surround the future of Michael Owen and the news that both Obafemi Martins and Mark Viduka are set to miss the start of next season through injury. Zigic's future at Valencia looks uncertain with the giant striker failing to make an impact at La Mestalla last season. The Serbian international has been continually linked with a move to England and the player's agent, Milan Calasan, says the big target-man would welcome a move to St James' Park. "Yes Nikola would be interested in a move to Newcastle as he has always wanted to play in England," Calasan told skysports.com. "There are many clubs interested in Nikola including some from Italy, but we are waiting to see what Valencia want to do. "We do not know if Valencia want to keep him or sell him."

Ideally I'd say you want a deal or two done by July 7th so you can have a full preseason with the new lads. One thing I am worried about is the massive competition this summer. Big 4 will all spend big amounts again, Spurs already splashing the cash about. Man City will spend another £50m at the very least. Villa, Everton and Pompey will all spend decent amounts and have Europe whereas we don't. This all makes me a bit worried about the quality we'll be able to get in and the competition we'll face to get them in. To me atleast 6 or 7 of that 9 have easily a bigger appeal next season than us.

Am I the only one who find it hilarious if after 41 pages Keegan came out and said he had no interest at all in him.

Where is your commitment? Should have swooped in for a closeup shot, lol.

Really hoping he leaves.

Thank fuck. Would have been a terrible signing.

Has he actually left yet?

Says he's signed for Spurs.

Actually lad, I said this... Jeff Vetere has found some young players who he thinks are the next big thing but Keegan won't okay the deals as he's pushing for the finished article who have Premiership experience, Turan is one of them but Keegan wants Kapo from Birmingham, Vetere has also picked Bafetimbi Gomis out and thinks he's got more potential than Adebayor at Arsenal, they went out to watch him a few times and the last time Keegan said he wasn't good enough even though he scored two, set up the third and got MOTM, Keegan wants Crouch instead and the club think he's going out of his way to be awkward even though he agreed to this set up when he took over. Vetere also wanted him to look at Moreno but Keegan wouldn't even look at him because he felt he wouldn't settle. Funny how it must be bollocks yet all of the wankers on here are lapping it up in the Crouch thread a week later. to be fair to him the papers are now reporting about Crouch and Kapo now. So he might not be far off.