Guest shearer_206 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Aimar not coming... What a suprise Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Shame if he has signed for Benfica - he'd have been a good signing for me. Makes you wonder if we were in for him, or whether his agent used us as a stalking horse to get Benfica to tie up the deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Good player but...kinda glad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 hmm, seem to wonder whats going on i still do believe 1 or 2 class "creative" players will join, theres still over 4 weeks till the start of the season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 hmm, seem to wonder whats going on i still do believe 1 or 2 class "creative" players will join, theres still over 4 weeks till the start of the season And 6 and a bit weeks left before the transfer window closes, but still...may as well panic eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Shame if he has signed for Benfica - he'd have been a good signing for me. Makes you wonder if we were in for him, or whether his agent used us as a stalking horse to get Benfica to tie up the deal. as likely to be a british journalist spouting any old shite to sell copy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anth.Nufc Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Really wanted us to sign him lets hope spiderman rings him and changes his mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 NE5, who thought he was shite & not good enough 24-48 hours ago, will be all over him "turning us down" / us "missing out on him" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 hmm, seem to wonder whats going on i still do believe 1 or 2 class "creative" players will join, theres still over 4 weeks till the start of the season And 6 and a bit weeks left before the transfer window closes, but still...may as well panic eh? You think we'll leave our signings until the last minute? Isn't that our usual tactic anyway? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I don't think we'll ever reach the lows of the 31st August when Roeder was in charge. Sibierski and Bernard were a master stroke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Yup. Last minute usually wins the day at SJP... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Icke - Son of God Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Anyone care to find the post I made yesterday evening about not getting too excited? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VegasToon Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Shame if he has signed for Benfica - he'd have been a good signing for me. Makes you wonder if we were in for him, or whether his agent used us as a stalking horse to get Benfica to tie up the deal. I tend to believe this. The media hasn't gotten anything right this summer about us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NUFCGator Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Shame if he has signed for Benfica - he'd have been a good signing for me. Makes you wonder if we were in for him, or whether his agent used us as a stalking horse to get Benfica to tie up the deal. I tend to believe this. The media hasn't gotten anything right this summer about us. Honestly, it has gotten to the point where if I read about our "interest" in a player or we're supposedly close to signing him, it won't happen. I'm not even sure I'd believe a story claiming we had signed one until I read some sort of confirmation on here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 It honestly wouldn't surprise me if a "Toon source" is feeding the papers misinformation just for shits and giggles. Not Aimar though, I think that was just shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I don't think we'll ever reach the lows of the 31st August when Roeder was in charge. Sibierski and Bernard were a master stroke. Bernard was a free agent and came in after the transfer window had closed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 http://www.newsnow.co.uk/A/287900378?-11058 It's official. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 http://www.newsnow.co.uk/A/287900378?-11058 It's official. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 http://www.newsnow.co.uk/A/287900378?-11058 It's official. And it's not even 23.00 yet... Can this day get any worse?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Oh fucking great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/newcastle/article4347518.ece Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stozo Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 In a way I'm glad I wasn't completely sold on him due to his poor form in the last season or two and his injury record. There are certainly less risky buys out there. Also I'm not totally sure we were actually after him. We've been doing our transfer business very quietly since the Ashley takeover so I'd be surprised if a deal leaked to the press when it wasn't imminent. Can see it possibly being the agent hyping up the rumours to get more money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Also I'm not totally sure we were actually after him. We've been doing our transfer business very quietly since the Ashley takeover so I'd be surprised if a deal leaked to the press when it wasn't imminent. Can see it possibly being the agent hyping up the rumours to get more money. I agree with this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I must admit I'd have liked to have signed him. It's not the end of the world and I'm heartened that we've gone for Modric and Aimar because we need a player of this ilk to push on a bit. Benfica can offer him European football and I don't blame him for choosing them tbh. Lisbon's a nice place and it won't be too much of a culture change for him either. Good luck to him and let's keep looking for the players to fire us up the League. Keep the faith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I must admit I'd have liked to have signed him. It's not the end of the world and I'm heartened that we've gone for Modric and Aimar because we need a player of this ilk to push on a bit. Benfica can offer him European football and I don't blame him for choosing them tbh. Lisbon's a nice place and it won't be too much of a culture change for him either. Good luck to him and let's keep looking for the players to fire us up the League. Keep the faith. modric was admitted and made public...i find it curious that,as yet, zaragosa haven't said we made a formal appraoch. 9wouldn't be a bad thing if they did...it'd firm up the idea that action is happening behind the scenes) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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