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I'm surprised people are still so unimpressed with martins considering how much improvement he showed under Keegan in the new formation. Will be very much a case of not knowing what you've got till it's gone I reckon.

Olic Eyes Premier League Switch Croatia star Ivica Olic’s agent could be tempted by a move to the Premier League this summer - possibly with Newcastle United. The agent of Hamburg's Croatian international striker Ivica Olic has told setantasports.com that his client has not been approached by Portsmouth - but a move to Newcastle in the summer has not been ruled out. Olic will feature for his country at Euro 2008, but after the tournament is over he will focus on his club career. And he will negotiate a move away from Hamburg SV, according to his representative. The Bundesliga star is regarded as a big talent, and enhanced his reputation during the Euro qualifiers when Croatia beat England home and away. Portsmouth and Newcastle are both rumoured to have been monitoring Olic, and when asked if he denied having any contact with the two clubs, agent Gordon Stipic told setantasports.com: “I have not spoken directly with Portsmouth, but Newcastle… “I definitely think he will be leaving this summer. We will wait for the end of Euro 2008 to take a decision. England is an option for him, obviously. “We have contacts in England and in Spain as well, but I cannot say much at this stage.” Mark Hinton, Goal.com http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=707744

In between scouting for Tottenham of course.

Brilliant thread. Absolutely inspirational stuff!

1. The Modric situation. 2. The Euros kicking off very soon. 3. Uncertainty over our whole new approach to getting players in. 4. Uncertainty over the boards ambition. All these things have knickers in major twists and really it's hard to fault that. It's an uncertain time but hopefully we'll come out of it okay.

apart from press reports which are often wrong or downright lies, what makes you so sure we are after him in the first place ? Hence the word potentially. Do you need a definition for that? i read it as potentially signing for spurs. if he did why should we be pissed off if we aren't even sure we were in for him in the first place. Well then you misunderstood. I meant the situation as a whole i.e. if it turns out that we were indeed in for him and Spurs trumped us again a la Modric.

apart from press reports which are often wrong or downright lies, what makes you so sure we are after him in the first place ? Hence the word potentially. Do you need a definition for that?

Maethis making an already potentially irritating situation infinitely more annoying. Tottenham are ridiculous if they sign this guy because then I honestly don't know what the hell kind of team they are planning on building. If it happens it will be on to the next for us. Last time I checked Nasri was still available as Arsenal appear to be dilly dallying so we'll just hijack their shit okay Maethis! So clear off!

Pardon my overexcitement. Can someone merge this or whatever it is the powers that be do?

Please don't joke about such things.

Otherwise known as Jo the striker who plays for CSKA Moscow. 6 foot 3 with pace, power and skill and only 21 and has a ridiculous scoring record in the Russian league as well as performing in the champions league too. Now he keeps getting linked to Man City, but I have a feeling we will show some interest. Fits all the criteria of what we are supposedly looking for in our new signings, and doesn't quite appear to be drawing the big time attraction from the top clubs yet. Anyone else seen much of him, and if so what think you? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Alves_de_Assis_Silva

Why don't the both of you just shut up.

Tottenham and Everton so far. But another important info for you. Newcastle was watching Arda the whole season. They send scouts to the Galatasaray stadium. I remember a quote from one of the scouts after a bad match from Arda: " This is the best player of Turkey.., can't believe that". Looks like he changed his opinion after watching some more games Only going to be more upset if this doesn't work out now ... but thanks anyway.

Why? That's his proper job and where his family are. His contract's up so he's done his job. Don't conjure up conspiracy theories, the press will do that for us. Exactly what I was afraid of. The club still hasn't responded to the news and now it's beginning to seem a bit weird. Already people on here are speculating. The papers tomorrow will be unbearable.

Dude I hate to break it to you but you are extremely deluded but in a different way. You are basically reverse deluded. Your rating of Newcastle is so low your just as deluded as those you claim rate Newcastle too highly. Basically your just as nuts as you think they are.

Comeback Mort! NE5 says he is sorry for everything!

Started off quite promisingly then collapsed into a big fat mess. With the amount of coverage the premiership gets you think they will only be noticed by these teams if they play in the same city? Get real dude. Just playing in the premiership gets you noticed all over the world moreso than in any other league. Valencia and Palacios at Wigan have gotten incredible exposure by being at Wigan. Zarate has only been at Birmingham a couple of months and has already created significant buzz with hardly anyone even knowing who he was beforehand. Yes, but who had heard of them before they joined Wigan/Birmingham, they were relatively unkown and have proved themselves there and are attracting attention from the top clubs. Surely, we are after quality players who don't need to join the likes of Wigan/Birmingham to prove they have what it takes! All I am saying is foreign players look at a map of England and think "sacre bleu" Newcastle is miles and miles away from London, Manchester and Liverpool where the top teams in England play. Why should I go to that far flung outpost of football when I can join Spurs, Everton or even Man City and attract the attention of the big city media to get a big money move. Lord please give me strength! If any player feels they would want to join a team for the sole purpose of proving themsekves to bigger clubs then they are just as likely to join Newcastle as they are Everton or Spurs. If players on teams like Wigan are being noticed then of course a player at Newcastle would get noticed also. What the hell do you think Newcastle is? Some backstreet, underground hideout? You are clearly very confused. You do not have to be in a big city to get noticed. Besides your whole argument is just silly and you are tiring me out. If you cannot understand this little bit I have just written then just forget about it. We can talk about it at the end of the window.

No. It means Spurs have an agreement to allow the other club to sign them now but then sell them to Spurs for less in the future. All players directly or indirectly belong to Tottenham. Tottenham is football and football is Tottenham.

Started off quite promisingly then collapsed into a big fat mess. With the amount of coverage the premiership gets you think they will only be noticed by these teams if they play in the same city? Get real dude. Just playing in the premiership gets you noticed all over the world moreso than in any other league. Valencia and Palacios at Wigan have gotten incredible exposure by being at Wigan. Zarate has only been at Birmingham a couple of months and has already created significant buzz with hardly anyone even knowing who he was beforehand.

He looks like a solid unit. You could do with someone like him in your first season. He might look good but he probably plays the game like Amdy Faye, hence the move to Stoke.

So there goes our 3rd record bid for a one-season only promising star? Why would he be one season only? Besides, I didn't see people having any qualms about shelling out more money on Modric who wouldn't have been hanging around for long. Be cool my friend, we will get in quality players I am very confident of this. It is doing my head in as well, especially with all the news of potential signings for other clubs. It is good we are taking a stand on the fees as we don't apear to be being reasonable. We are offering good money for these players it appears so we just need to be calm. They are clearly trying to rip us off but it is early enough in the summer where we can afford to be a bit patient.

more stuff to try and force our hand and bid what they want Agreed. You only have to look at the name of the website to see they are trying to hurry up our bid.

Utaka has all world talent but he has Pub league desire/heart.

Was calling him an interim chairman when he was appointed not enough prior information for you? I seem to recall it being reasonably common knowledge he was only going to be in the position for a year anyway. Yeah but we didn't know he would be steppign down this summer did we? The club should be breakign this news is all I'm saying, along with letting us know who the new chairman will be. You just know the media is going to start taking the piss and it is frustrating. *awaits the Keegan and Mort clash leads to Mort stepping down early headline* Be happy, man. If they had let us know, what would you have to moan about? Shut it man. I hardly ever moan about anything. I just find this a bit untidy. Dave also raises a good point about the Barton thing, although I think they might be waiting on the outcome of the second case he has pending so maybe that is a bit more understandable.

Was calling him an interim chairman when he was appointed not enough prior information for you? I seem to recall it being reasonably common knowledge he was only going to be in the position for a year anyway. Yeah but we didn't know he would be steppign down this summer did we? The club should be breakign this news is all I'm saying, along with letting us know who the new chairman will be. You just know the media is going to start taking the piss and it is frustrating. *awaits the Keegan and Mort clash leads to Mort stepping down early headline*