From one of there fans
Exactly my thinking. He's a world class defender and if he was going to leave us, I'd prefer for a big team challenging for titles. Going to Newcastle would be a bad career move, even to Tottenham. The Premier League is simply not the league for him either, I can really imagine him struggling.
It does seem bizarre though that Colo has been declared unhappy and unwilling to go on the trip to Venezuela because he's ''desperate'' to move....to Newcastle. Only a few weeks ago Colo said himself that he is very happy here and wanted to stay. Like many have said here already, its probably just an agent ploy to get a better contract for his client. If it's not though and he does genuinely feel this way - let him go. There's no point keeping someone who is unhappy.(even though the club pretty much made him who he is today!)
It's sad that his life here could end this way.