ponsaelius Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 According to Johan Derksen, Holland's leading football pundit and a close friend of our chairman, Newcastle have put an official bid in for Douglas for 5 million. I hope to god Derksen's wrong in saying that Twente will accept it. Yes he's only got a year left on his contract but... Twente fan on bigsoccer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Going to be agony if we have to wait till near the end of the transfer window to sign him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 According to Johan Derksen, Holland's leading football pundit and a close friend of our chairman, Newcastle have put an official bid in for Douglas for 5 million. I hope to god Derksen's wrong in saying that Twente will accept it. Yes he's only got a year left on his contract but... Twente fan on bigsoccer. He's ours! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 If he had any balls he'd chance his arm at coming over here and cracking the Brazil squad instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Bargain price if 5m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagten Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I presume waiting till the end of august is a work permit issue? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I presume waiting till the end of august is a work permit issue? No he already has his Dutch passport. But he needs to reside in Holland for 5 years before he can play in the national team (his aim). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Very good. I know it's going to happen, but the thought of losing him makes me feel sick. Best central defender I've seen at Twente in thirty years. He'd be a brilliant buy for Newcastle. Whenever there's a one on one situation in the Twente defence and Douglas is involved I ain't bothered. He always comes good. You'll probably have to wait for him till Christmas though. He has to stay in Holland beyond September 1 to make him eligible to play for Holland and he desperately wants to play for Holland at the world cup in Brazil. Note that I actually like Newcastle! If he has to leave I'd rather he joins your lot. Twente fan reckons we'd have to wait until Christmas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Sod playing for Holland, most of Holland dont want him playing for them because of being Brazilian born anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Apparently it is August .. so he will miss a pre season with us if we were to sign him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATB Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 It always something isn´t it? But It think I can live with it. Hopefully we can complete the transfer anyway and that he just has to stay there until august. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tyson Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Sod playing for Holland, most of Holland dont want him playing for them because of being Brazilian born anyway Aye, not the right fit (athletic, ball-player) when you consider how far the Dutch (the Dutch 1st team) have gravitated away from the technical & total-football ethic of days gone. Something resembling that sort of brand at a major tourney was last seen under Rikjaard. The football played by the usual suspects in the Dutch league (ie. Ajax & PSV) is a far cry from what is dished out on the international stage. If the opinions of him are correct, he'll make a good physical stopper, but the ball-playing part of his game will be stripped back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Douglas sounds far from your typical Dutch league defender which is good. I reckon he'd fit right into the Premier League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 So it looks like this is going to go down pretty much as I predicted it would. Voetbal International is as trustworthy as it gets in NL, and I have no doubt the Twente chairman will have communicated this to them to see if he can start some sort of bidding war. Also, I think there will be ways around the only available at the end of August thing. We'll probably take him on "trial" for the pre-season until he's officially met the requirements of the Dutch FA to be eligible for the Dutch national team. I can't see him sitting on his behind all summer. Might however mean he might not be available for any European qualifiers we may need to play during the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Alan Pardew has met with Joe Cole at least half a dozen times this season according to Joe Cole. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 WUM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Alan Pardew has met with Joe Cole at least half a dozen times this season. I doubt Liverpool would ever want to do any sort of transfer business with us ever again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 WUM It's according to Cole himself. At Lille games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 WUM It's according to Cole himself. At Lille games. Source? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Im on my phone. look up the Eurosport website. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Doesn't mean we are signing Cole, but it does sound like we are looking very closely at a Lille player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
healthyaddiction Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 It says according to Joe Cole Pardew has been seen at Lille matches a half dozen times. Not that he has been meeting Cole himself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 It says according to Joe Cole Pardew has been seen at Lille matches a half dozen times. Not that he has been meeting Cole himself. I doubt Cole could pick out Pardew in a 30000 crowd so they probably said hello. Moot point anyway, the question is who at lille is being watched? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Debuchy hopefully Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 It says according to Joe Cole Pardew has been seen at Lille matches a half dozen times. Not that he has been meeting Cole himself. I doubt Cole could pick out Pardew in a 30000 crowd so they probably said hello. Moot point anyway, the question is who at lille is being watched? Eden Hazard. Obviously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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