Thespence Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 This may have been posted, so sorry if it has. Didnt realise Gezza was on tyneside. Sunderland have failed in a £3million bid for Wigan's England Under 21 left-back Leighton Baines. Manager Roy Keane could now step up his pursuit of West Bromwich's Paul Robinson. Keane completed his second signing of the summer yesterday when defender Russell Anderson, 28, signed a three-year deal after quitting Aberdeen. Geremi is on the brink of joining Newcastle after a day of talks in the north-east. Chelsea's Cameroon defender met Sam Allardyce at the club's training ground and the Newcastle manager wants a deal completed quickly. Geremi, 28, is available for nothing with his contract at Stamford Bridge running out and Allardyce wants to see off any competition, most notably from the player's former club Middlesbrough. But despite Allardyce seeing his financial might strengthened by the Mike Ashley takeover — with up to £50million now available — Michael Owen's future is again in doubt. Striker Mark Viduka, Allardyce's first signing of the summer, admitted yesterday: 'I am not sure if Michael is staying.' Nicky Shorey will snub Newcastle and West Ham by signing a new contract at Reading. The left-back is expected to agree a £25,000-a-week deal after returning from honeymoon on Monday. Giovanni van Bronckhorst joined Dutch club Feyenoord on a free transfer from Barcelona yesterday, insisting that Thierry Henry's arrival at the Nou Camp should not signal the departure of Samuel Eto'o. Van Bronckhorst played a big role in persuading his former Arsenal team-mate to move to Barca in a £16m deal. But he said: 'It doesn't mean another striker has to leave. Eto'o is able to play alongside Henry. It would be a big mistake to sell Samuel. 'With Ronaldinho, Messi, Eto'o and Henry, the defenders in Spain face many problems.' Liverpool have extended their sponsorship deal with Carlsberg until 2010. The new contract is worth around £8million a season and prolongs the longest such partnership in the Premiership, stretching back to 1992. Liverpool did not want a longer deal because they hope to move into their new Stanley Park stadium in 2010 without commercial tie-ups. That would leave them clear to negotiate deals, including the name of the stadium. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=464779&in_page_id=1779 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Nice, bring in the baines, bring in the baines... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSG Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Baines Baines sign today, then tomorrow Habib Baye Credit to Rocket for saying Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 How tall is Geremi ? A search on google brings up various answers http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=Geremi+height&spell=1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 5 foot 1 or 5 foot 8? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 stats.premierleague.com - Height: 1.76m 5 feet 9 inches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSG Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 5 foot 1 or 5 foot 8? Obafemi Martins Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 NSG's on a roll. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowndsy Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 5 foot 1 or 5 foot 8? Obafemi Martins Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 No one seems to have given it much consideration but Geremi might b ear-marked for a defensive midfield role. That would explain the parallel interest in Habib Beye. Butt might have had a good season last year, but he is pretty much restricted to his defensive duties. Allardyce might be looking at someone to play more of a Gary Speed role in that position covering box to box. That would be a catastrophe imo. Can still remember Geremi getting slated by Boro fans for months for not getting back and helping his full back, in the same way our fans did to Robert. They must be right picky b*stards then considering they still voted him Fans' Player of the Year. Never said they didn't think he was a good player, but he got plenty criticism over that and going missing during the winter months. He scored the winner against us too, that automatically gets you player of the year down there. 'boro fans levelled the same accusations against Viduka last winter then changed their tune once he started scoring quality goals in big matches. As for not helping out the fullbacks, I don't get the impression the ball will dwelled on in the middle of the park much under Allardyce, which makes the likes of Parker and Butt spectators for much of the game. SA might have a totally different concept of what a CM responsibilities are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Read about this in the Ronnie on my lunch break today. Very impressed!! A player of his calibre for free is fantastic and I can't wait to see him get stuck in. ITS ONLY BLEEDIN' JUNE, WOOP! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Read about this in the Ronnie on my lunch break today. Very impressed!! A player of his calibre for free is fantastic and I can't wait to see him get stuck in. ITS ONLY BLEEDIN' JUNE, WOOP! You're rapidly running out of space with that sig like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Hah I know, I'm goin to have to resize each player to 1 pixel by 1 pixel by the end of the summer.........hopefully Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Don;t know if this has been posted, can't be arsed to check all the pages... but after a quick google search and wiki link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geremi_Njitap "Geremi Sorele Njitap Fotso, usually known simply as Geremi (born December 20, 1978 in Bafoussam, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian footballer contracted to Chelsea in the English Premier League. However a transfer to Newcastle United is immenent.So the media reckon but then again, what do they know? Oh by the way it is imminent" I laughed pretty hard when i read that...wikipedia is usually good at editing these back and making them look decent...or so i thought? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 The way Allardyce is buying players is making Roeder look more and more stupid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie jamie Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Does anyone find it strange that SSN have not picked up this story? Unless they they havnt found a reliable source Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonTastic Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Does anyone find it strange that SSN have not picked up this story? Unless they they havnt found a reliable source Since when has that stopped them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie jamie Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 But there must be some reason why they are not running the story. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Big Sam just on SSN We are one of a number of clubs pursuing him. We will see what happens over the next few days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie jamie Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Did he seem confident in signing him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guinness Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 He also said that a deal is still "some way off". Signals Geremi will speak to other clubs before deciding, doesn't look like the deal is as close as certain papers were stating it was this morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 In this country he won't get a better club so I would think we are favourites. If he signed for any other British club it would be no big loss as it would show his motivation is lacking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSG Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 SAM Allardyce has revealed he is interested in signing Chelsea star Geremi. Speaking at the club's official announcement at St. James' Park to celebrate a new partnership with beer giants Carling, Sam said: "Geremi is something we would like to pursue, but many other clubs in the Premier League will be doing exactly the same thing as Newcastle. "Hopefully we can persuade him - if we get the opportunity - to join this football club and not the others who will be chasing him as well as us. "It is a long way from done, but there is an interest there and hopefully we can progress it over the next few days." Thursday also brought fresh speculation linking Arsenal with a move for Obafemi Martins, and Sam added: "All I can say from the club's point of view and mine is that it is only speculation because we have had no official contact from anybody at Arsenal at the moment. "Everybody knows about the clause situation he has - that leaves us in a very poor position as a football club. "We have got the player contracted, it does not mean we have got the player and we can decide if we want to sell him or not because there is a get-out clause in that contract. "We are left in a very precarious position regarding that. All the speculation that is flying around is difficult to cope with, but it is something we will have to try to find out over the next few days. "When Oba comes back, we will sit down and say 'what exactly is the situation?' and if he has any problems, try to resolve them and hopefully persuade him Newcastle is the place for him next season." .cock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Laughable that that's up and still no mention of Rozehnal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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