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News, Views and Comment On Newcastle United Football Club By Ed Harrison, A Proud Geordie And Lifelong Fan

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Newcastle Transfer Update on Jaroslav Plasil

July 3rd, 2007 · 21 Comments

We saw the piece in the Daily Star (and reported in Tribal Football this morning) that Newcastle are being linked with a potential move for Jaroslav Plasil, the Czech defensive midfield player.
The news is that an unidentified Premiership club could make a late swoop to snatch the player from under the noses of Spanish side [...]

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Sam Allardyce Still Seeking Defensive Reinforcements

July 3rd, 2007 · 34 Comments

Sam Allardyce talked again this morning to Lee Ryder of the Evening Chronicle before he left for Graz - and discussed the ongoing quest to bring new defenders into the club.
Sam’s always worth listening to - so let’s see what he had to say and what we can then glean from his comments.

Sam Allardyce in [...]

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Major Newcastle News Stories - July 3rd - 2007

July 3rd, 2007 · 7 Comments

Here are the major news stories associated with the Newcastle club for today - in no particular order of priority.
Geremi has now signed for the Magpies and will arrive on a free transfer from Chelsea on a three-year contract - once his work permit has been obtained.
No mention here of a ₤2M signing-on fee that [...]

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Tags: Daily Roundup

Sam Lets Players Know What Newcastle Expects

July 3rd, 2007 · 5 Comments

Sam Allardyce has talked at length again to Paul Gilder of the Journal during yesterday’s first training session at our squash club at Little Benton. As always we will look at what Sam has to say and make comments.
We feel this is one of the very ways to get to the truth about what is [...]

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Transfer Update on Habib Beye – Sam’s Next Signing?

July 3rd, 2007 · 21 Comments

Looks like Sam Allardyce is now turning his attentions to securing Habib Beye for Newcastle now that the Senegalese has returned from holiday.
Newcastle’s squad is off to Austria on a 10 day training camp and it looks like Sam would like to get Habib into the club and to the training camp as quickly as [...]

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Tags: Newcastle News · Players · Transfer News and Rumours