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• 1 Egar // Apr 13, 2008 at 12:17

  There has been several speculations on KK’s in list. Guess there are many anxiously waiting for some firm revelation next week.

• 2 wwe // Apr 13, 2008 at 12:24

  yyasss i made the first comment

• 3 wwe // Apr 13, 2008 at 12:24

  damn i was second

• 4 iain // Apr 13, 2008 at 12:28

  seems like whoever we are after the positions the players we are looking at adding to are…

  a target man striker, a creative cm, a wide player that can play wide in a 433, a center back and a left back.

  and maybe a squad utility player or young player.

  i actually think some players being looked at are possibly replacements for current players who keegan doesnt rate and keegan is hoping he can persuade ashley to really splash the cash not only on additions but if possible improving on what we already have.

  some people forget how ruthless keegan can be and i think even he would way up the pros and cons of selling the likes of martins/milner/viduka/emre should the right offers come along as long as the money was there to bring in better players and add to the current squad.

• 5 craig f // Apr 13, 2008 at 12:28

  Wes Brown - Not a bad player, better than what we’ve got already? not sure..
  Richard Dunne - A rock in centrel defense. Will he come? not sure..
  John Arne Riise - Not the plyer he was a few year ago
  Aaron Lennon - To play where? and instead of who?
  Aiden McGeady - Havent seen him play tbh, but heard alot of good things about the young lad. and no, not off champ man! Swap Celtic for the Toon? of course u wud
  Jose Antonio Reyes - To play where and instead of who? Too much of a whinger and a puff

• 6 Benn..Geordie Down South // Apr 13, 2008 at 12:33

  Whoever We get We Need To Sort Out Deals Before The Transfer Window Opens.. So They Can Be In Newcastle On The First Day. To Give Keegan And His Staff The Most Time With Them..

• 7 daiv // Apr 13, 2008 at 12:34

  Never buy a Man U player. They have all seen better days and left their legs at Old T. Wes Brown is their weakest defender, but still looks Ok in a good defence. he would be poor for us.

• 8 wsq // Apr 13, 2008 at 12:34

  c’mon be realistic.. where are we going to get 60mil from?

  to get quality that’s atleast 10 mil for each quality player. the very least. anything below that is for a player with questionable quality and a risk.

  Are we really going to splash 50 odd million. If i was a prominent lawyer turned CEO of a private company i’d advice against that.

  That is why KK has repeatedly told the press he wants to question how bad MA wants to win something in the next three years!

  “How bad do you want to win, Mike?” asks Keegan.

  50 mill plus wages with no european football.

  CM retorts “build sustainably, that’s what the Newcastle supporters want.”

  Therefore, we’ll get half of that 60mil i.e. 30 mil and will end up with a mediocre set of players satisfying the likes of you guys with questionable characters like RIISE, BROWN and all the shitty players you’ve mentioned.

  Next year you’ll end up having a argument over we must give riise or brown more games etc, just like butt he is still adjusting, then they move on on loan to some team facing relegation.

  If you want keegan’s magic stop conversing in SAM ALLARDYCE”S tone, bringing in 2nd tier players who’ll end up just like Alan Smith. Ridiculed for not being able to offer any quality.

  If we do get 30 million. Spend it wisely, spend it on quality, real quality! Spend it breaking a transfer fee record! That’s the Newcastle WAY The Keegan WAY. Spend it on One player, who’ll inspire others already in the team to step up their games.

  Then we can make more 10mill additions slowly.

  Buying a hoard of players at 60mil at one time not only demoralises the current batch of players.

• 9 iain // Apr 13, 2008 at 12:35

  i think the actuall list of players since keegan came back that the papers make out he wants is …

  crouch, gomis, arshavin, fletcher, bentley, riise, pennant, mcgeady, s.brown, cuellar, amorbieta, lennon, henry, deco, moutinho, veloso, bousaffa, bridge, w.brown, dunne, richards, metzelder, gudjohnsen, torosidis, nolan, howard, modric, pienaar, davis, cisse, nasri, fabiano, prieto, mbia, beevers, vokes, diego, shorey, insua, ashton, bent, chimbonda.

  basically what the papers know isnt worth knowing.

• 10 Ross G // Apr 13, 2008 at 12:38

  I don’t think those players are incredibly special. Keegan wants to bring only top quality players to Newcastle im sorry but half of them are not top quality. Although useful neither Wes Brown or Richard Dunne are players we should be looking to fill in that top CB spot. Metzelder would be fantastic, if we get them cheap fair enough but its setting targets low. I personally think these players should be the 6 we get. Riise for extra LB (Bridge if not). Metzelder/Barzagli - commanding top top CB. Gomis - this guy is special. Gudjohnsen - midfield creator/striker can play where owen currently does. Veluso - plays very much like a Carrick/Hargreaves basically great passer with a tackle to play deep. Then we need a top CM like Deco. I think pace is a big point to strengthen however and maybe after unloading the likes of Carr, Cacapa, Emre, N’Zogbia, Ameobi, and maybe Duff then bring in two quality fast wingers that can take players on. Lennon is good but no end product like Pennant and Wright-Philips. Boussoufa is actually a left winger/striker so he would be worth the LW/S place with in my mind the best available realistic RW is Quaresma. My Team then (4-3-3): Harper/Given, Beye, Barzagli, Taylor, Riise. Owen, Veluso, Deco. Quaresma, Gomis/Gudjohnsen, Martins/ Boussoufa with a bench of: Given, Faye, Barton/Butt, Milner, Viduka

• 11 scottish mag // Apr 13, 2008 at 12:41

  i watched the saint etienne match highlights( full game) and the commentator said there was scouts from england watching, so does this mean that nufc were watching gomis , he only played the last 27 mins but looked good and maybe he didnt start because etienn knew nufc were there to watch gomis and etienne dont want us to have him but he is currentle third top goalscorer in ligue 1 behind benzema 17, niang 15, gomis 13

• 12 Jonny T // Apr 13, 2008 at 12:43

  Would be good signings. Not sure about riise and reyes tho! Ed’s right. we need a striker in too!

  What we definitely need is some who can take a good set piece! More often than not when geremi takes a set piece it will go to the front man. This needs to be sorted out! We had over 10 corners against pompey with every single one being cleared by the first man! If someone decent was taking a corner maybe we might have had a few more chances at goal or possibly even snatched a goal!

  sort it out kev!

• 13 wsq // Apr 13, 2008 at 12:44

  I think, Keegan will ditch 4-3-3 and opt for 4-4-2 and find quality to fill in those positions. Yesterday it didn’t work very well some players were a bit hasty in putting balls into the box, but there weren’t enough players in the box to put the ball in the net.

  To get goals from crosses, we need 4 to 5 players joining up the attack in the box. This is why man u gets so many goals. Their wingers cross in full confidence of someone getting on the end of it.

  Daiv agree with you. How much better is brown to ramage and carr.

• 14 daiv // Apr 13, 2008 at 12:46

  Most of these players are rejects. Lennon and Risse cannot get in their first teams. Reyes could not make a go of it at Arsenal. Brown is Man Us worst defender. Why are we buying second rate? To achieve what? Top 10? Top 6? You do not but rejects for top 4 surely. A disappointing list of names. If we cannot afford the best in the Uk, we should be buying abroad. Come in Mr Wise. Just what are you doing working from home in Bucks?

• 15 Marguerite // Apr 13, 2008 at 12:55

  Completely agree with wsq and Daiv. I am totally underwhelmed at this list of players. We do not want the big clubs’ rejects, a definite receipt for disaster. I cannot see what Brown, Dunne, Risse, Reyes and Lennon could bring to the party except inflated wages. I exclude McGeady as I have seen too little of him, albeit he is the right age.

  I agree if we cannot afford top class English players (or they will not come due to lack of Europe) we have to look abroad and the sooner we can get them on board the better.

  I see we have been linked with Fenando Amorebieta - now that is interesting.

• 16 Nick Dryden // Apr 13, 2008 at 12:55

  very very disappointing unambitious list of names. let’s hope they are a blind for ” real quality ”

• 17 clinta // Apr 13, 2008 at 13:00

  please Gomis instead of crouch! Riise’s not the player his was either?

• 18 Nobby's dad // Apr 13, 2008 at 13:00

  The players listed will not be Keegan targets IMO. It’s speculation.

  Why out of our 6 targets would 3 be wingers ? (Lennon / Mc Geady and Reyes).

  Added to this Reyes disliked England / London. He complained about the food and the weather - so it’s a non starter him coming here - plus he was apparently disliked in the dressing room according to reports on Talk Sport when he was leaving Arsenal

• 19 leavy // Apr 13, 2008 at 13:04

  at this stage we cannot know what kind of players will be coming in we only know what positions keegan is likely to strengthen
  a replacement/ understudy for the ageing and injury prone mark viduka, faye has looked poor at the back recently i feel and he isnt the kind of player who gives me confidence he must be replaced i reckon we need a betterleft back
  i know many people on here like enrique but hes not very good at all for 6 million i was expecting more from a man dubbed the bull (sh*t)
  lastly a whole range of attacking midfielders are needed butt is ourdefensive midfielder and still has fire in his belly barton is good but geremi in open play is shocking as are his corners, emrewho is my fave player is constantly injured
  and n’zogbia is likely to leave, leaving us with a slow midfield.

  cheers!

• 20 jacob // Apr 13, 2008 at 13:16

  I don’t want to dampen anyone’s fire with regards to transfer speculation, as I also love to speculate who will be brought in as well as to dream about the dawn of a spectacular season ahead…but a word of caution…Ashley has spent now’t on the playing side of this club. OK he has spent a bit on new players, but let’s not forget Allardyce had a net spend of around 9 million after being told to sell before buying. We are already hearing words like ‘caution’, and phrases like ‘ players for the future’ being bandied about by Mort, and I expect that to continue. Kev needs money to compete in today’s league, and sadly I for one don’t believe he’ll get it. It’s time to stump up the cash Mr Ashley…9 million is 3 times less than Sunderland spent and a whopping 6 times less than Sven…Please prove me wrong Ashley/Mort and give Keegan the money he needs to make this club great again!

• 21 Marguerite // Apr 13, 2008 at 13:19

  Re Jacob (17) Surely KK would not have signed up if he had not been given categorical assurances that he would have money to spend to strengthen the squad. I sincerely hope you are wrong.

• 22 wsq // Apr 13, 2008 at 13:22

  This is QUALITY FOR SURE!—> DAVID BENTLY

  better than lennon better than milner.

  I don’t care what you say about europe or Newcastle has more to offer the way i see it.

  Sidwell must be full of regret.

• 23 wsq // Apr 13, 2008 at 13:25

  Big Sam not MA’s appointment KK is! His appointment therefore he wants success no question about it. Trust in keegan he does and he will deliver.

• 24 ToonJon // Apr 13, 2008 at 13:32

  Totally agree wsq.
  Bentley is the man we need.
  Put in an offer that blackburn cannot say no to and do it early so other bigger teams dont get the chance.

  I think KK will suprise us all with one known superstar.

• 25 jacob // Apr 13, 2008 at 13:33

  Marguerite, I sincerely hope I’m wrong…you don’t support Newcastle for 25 years though without some pessimism rubbing off! The club has been known in the past to promise ‘big signings’ and fail to deliver big style: Lee Bowyer on a free ring any bells?? - this was after Shepherd ‘promised’ Rooney AND an in-form Rivaldo!!

• 26 karim // Apr 13, 2008 at 13:39

  Why have i heard no news about us being interested in Bentley the boy is young amazingly talented and english what about these players in:Bentley, Kompany, Van Buyten, Crouch and Van Der Vaat. Team for next season: Given, RB-Beye, LB-Riise, CB-Van Buyten, CB-Taylor, RCM-Bentley, CM-Barton, LCM-Van Der Vaat,LF-Martins, CF-Crouch, RF-Owen SB’s HARPER, Kompany, Viduka, N’zogbia, and Emre.

• 27 wsq // Apr 13, 2008 at 13:42

  chelsea making 100mill loss every year..

  http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_3417656,00.html

• 28 Toon1978 // Apr 13, 2008 at 13:42

  Players we should bring in or should be looking at are ……..

  1.Metzelder
  2.Bentley
  3.Henry(long shot but you do not get if you do not ask)
  4.M.Richards(another long shot)
  5.Riise
  6.Theo Walcott

  I know the probabilty of us getting these players is very slim but if we want success then this is what we should be aiming for players of this calibre but without european football it will be difficult to persuade these players to come to Tynside if we did get these players my lone up would be

  Harper

  Beye Richards Metzelder Riise

  Butt

  Bentley N’Zogbia

  Owen
  Henry Martins

  Subs,
  Given
  Walcott
  Viduka
  Taylor
  Barton

  I know alot of you will laugh in disbelief at my line up i do know the chances of that 11 is slim to nil but it would be nice to see that after all if any fans deserve to see this it is the geordies.

• 29 toon4lyf // Apr 13, 2008 at 13:57

  julio arca
  peter crouch
  d’allsandro
  lucho gonzales
  wayne bridge

  …………given………..
  beye..faye,..taylor..bridge
  ………….arca…………..
  d’allsandro..emre…gonzales
  …..crouch…..martins/owen
  that team would challenge for 4rth

• 30 Jack // Apr 13, 2008 at 13:59

  To be honest, among the 6 mentioned, only Aiden McGeady and Richard Dunne excite me.

  I wouldn’t be too pleased if Reyes and Wes Brown come actually. Brown is the weakest link in the Man Utd defense and Reyes is quite a whiner.

• 31 Hadji // Apr 13, 2008 at 14:01

  How about a swap with N’Zogbia+5mill for Morten Gamst Pedersen.

• 32 Toon1978 // Apr 13, 2008 at 14:03

  toon4lyf i have to dissagree with that line up mate i know that is you opinion but Arca,Faye,Emre will not get us anywhere near Europe or the top 4, Faye made a few suicidal mistakes yesterday and EMRE is never fit to play as with ARCA spent more time in the treatment room then on the pitch. We have had our fair share of injury prone players we do not need anymore.

• 33 Tom_Toon // Apr 13, 2008 at 14:09

  I like Ovidiu Petre, i know ToonKing will disagree with me but i think he is a very good dm.

• 34 cupiddstunt // Apr 13, 2008 at 14:15

  Sorry WSQ just to quote a little

  “If we do get 30 million. Spend it wisely, spend it on quality, real quality! Spend it breaking a transfer fee record! That’s the Newcastle WAY The Keegan WAY. Spend it on One player, who’ll inspire others already in the team to step up their games.”

  I think this has been the problem with NUFC for way way too long, we have been throwing money at big names just to keep a section of the fans happy and where has it got us????

  I think we will have probs getting any real big names to come in as we have nothing but wages to offer at the minute. We need to look at this as a couple of seasons building not a quick fix, as that has never really worked in the past.

  We improve the squad a little and with a lot of luck we can be in Europe next season, always bearing in mind there are another six or eight clubs pumping BIG money into their squads with exactly the same idea, that’s not counting the top four. So six to eight clubs spending big to get one of the remaining two European slots means six are going to be unhappy.

  I would be more that happy with squad improvement and a solid top half finish next season then a squad improvement and a top eight fighting for Europe finish next and a top six the season after, then the bigger names will be willing to come as we can offer quality entertaining football in Europe as well as wages then we can look to challenge the top four.

  This is progressive building and is a lot more sustainable than your idea of a big money signing, we have a long history of spending big and getting donkeys, we have been consistently one of the biggest spenders in the prem and have got nothing to show for it, it’s about time we learned to ignore you fans who demand the big names now and move away from the big headline buys.

  NUFC appear to be doing the right thing now we are picking up young players that are showing a lot of promise but not costing the money that you want to throw around, we work with them and feed them in slowly forming a solid base to build from I suppose you could say Arsenhole style. Why spend 30 mill on a big name when giving time and patience we can produce our own big names????

  In 1990 the England squad had Beardsley, Waddle, Gasgoine, Bryan Robson as captain and Sir Bobby as coach all came from the north east and we could be back to producing the likes of these but not if we hold on to your idea of lets spend 30 mill on a big name and break the transfer record. That’s it lets just keep the reputation of being the biggest spending underachievers in the prem.

• 35 Jonny T // Apr 13, 2008 at 14:21

  Toon 4 lyf, Lucho Gonzales is a striker!

• 36 Tom_Toon // Apr 13, 2008 at 14:27

  Lucho is a box-to-box cm.

• 37 arnie // Apr 13, 2008 at 14:29

  Well said cupidstunt. The papers can speculate and we can dream, but why should ambitious players join Newcastle now? Were not in europe, we havent proved anything for the many seasons - except having a chairman (fat freddy) doing and saying silly things. We need results and stability that will make ambitious players trust us, not only being a club where you can get great wages. Buy players who are a bit better than those weve got, hopefully we now have a recruiting and scouting network in place that can manage that. That will bring us into the top six, not has beens and so called big names. From then on we can challenge for the really big players.

• 38 wsq // Apr 13, 2008 at 14:37

  weary of listening to the likes of u i dun even bother to look at ur name..

  when have we signed big name players.. i dun see any big names in newcastle team!

  huhu so suggesting that we have gone after big name players is a joke!

  what a joke. michael owen and who else? huhu

  haha michael owen and who?

  bull crap.

• 39 Tom_Toon // Apr 13, 2008 at 14:44

  I dont like having big names, i prefer quality, understated performers. Thats why half the players name many havent heard of.

• 40 arnie // Apr 13, 2008 at 14:46

  Instead of comments like “bull crap”, wheres your answer to the main question wsq? Why should ambitious players join Newcastle now?

• 41 wsq // Apr 13, 2008 at 14:49

  weary of listening.. “why would players come to newcastle” etc “we are not in europe” bull crap.

  weary weary weary..

  same ol shite.

  big names.. never did i say big names. i said quality.

  i never mentioned henry.. never mentioned ronaldinho.

  Big names don’t equal quality.

  Don’t give in to the likes of the top4 clubs snapping up players happily for the sake of keeping them away from competitors!!

  u have to fight tooth and nail with there hoarding policy of the top 4. we can’t be content with signing up their leftovers!

  U GET ME!

  SIGNING UP LEFTOVERS. And we end up with mediocre players. They snap up the quality players and don’t play them. Enough is enough.

  Time and time again players show their worthiness over a season and end up in teams like chelsea and man you and liverpool and don’t get played regularly.

  Buy to inspire buy quality.. 1 or 2 quality player is better than 4 mediocre players.

  that’s my policy and no one can change it. Signing big names just to make fans happy is not it..

  buying a striker who’ll score 30 odd goals with pace that will scare the hell out of the likes of john terry is the way to go. It will inspire others in the team to work harder.

  Buying 5 leftovers, near to expiry date items, from tesco and sainsbury is not the way.

  Buy one item from harrods or waitrose.

  e.g. a big name signing would be beckham which is what we don’t want

  e.g. of a quality signing is bently

  so what if we don’t have europe. so what! weary and disgusted.

• 42 Bill F // Apr 13, 2008 at 14:50

  Dunne looked liked a carthorse for ManC yesterday and had to consistantly foul to try and stop the opposition. I rate him as about equal to Carr. Personnaly I wouldn’t have him on a free.

• 43 nightfall // Apr 13, 2008 at 14:55

  i hope we go after: dunne (7m), moutinho/veloso/carrick/vieira (10-15m), mcgeady/nasri (10m) and gomis (10m)

  so that’s 40m and if we sell smith, emre, ameobi, perhaps rozehnal, etc. we’d really spend “only” 25-30m.

  and our team would be:

  given
  beye dunne faye enrique
  carrick (vieira/veloso/moutinho)
  barton mcgeady (nasri)
  owen
  martins gomis

  subs: harper, taylor, geremi, milner, carroll

• 44 Newcastle United. // Apr 13, 2008 at 14:56

  Newcastle always seem to go for players who can’t get in the team of the clubs they currently arent at. I’ve always said for example, if they arent good enough for chelsea they arent good enough for Newcastle

  We should buy players at there best. What are we looking for? A midfielder? Van der vaart- At the top of his game, Still has his prime to come imo, Supports the strikers alot, Can get 10-15 goals a season. He’s at hamburg? No reason why he wouldnt come to Newcastle, He’s just as big a name as Emre was when he came to us.

• 45 nightfall // Apr 13, 2008 at 14:56

  oh and if zog leaves…only 15-20

• 46 Spyro // Apr 13, 2008 at 14:58

  hate to tell you this wsq, but bentley is a big name and he will have a lot of clubs interested.

• 47 arnie // Apr 13, 2008 at 14:59

  I get you wsq, agree with your thoughts on leftovers and mediocre players.

  But when you say “buying a striker who’ll score 30 odd goals with pace that will scare the hell out of the likes of john terry is the way to go” you think, or dream, that we are able to compete to get this player. At the moment were not.

  And were not competing only with the top four, there are lots of clubs on the continent tracking any talented youngster . Quality players can pick and choose.

  Thats why we need patience, buying players who are a bit better before we can hope landing the big fish. I wish it wasnt like that, but it is.

  It looks like Chris Mort has understood this, the way he is building what will hopefully be a solid structure outside the park.

• 48 faustino // Apr 13, 2008 at 15:02

  It’s alright wsq must be about 15 and new too football with the spout thats coming out.

  We won’t get ‘big’ players in this close season but to say we’ve never signed the ‘best’ is dumb to say the least and, in all honesty, ludicrous.

  Anyway, we lost our buying power the second Roeder/Souness was/were employed. Fatty Shepherd didn’t realise it was the managers that we’re persuading the quality players to come here and not the cash. Something KK should put right.

  The stupidity in this argument is to suggest any club outside of the la liga big 2 and chelsea sign ‘big’ players. The majority sign players with talent and promise and use their infrastructure to mould them into world class players.

  Fergie didn’t sign Ronaldo, Nani etc. as the world’s best, they will just become that at his club. Somehting we need to be thinking about for the long term. i.e. becoming a club of all round excellence, football-wise, rather than one that’s trying to buy it’s way into the silverware.

• 49 Marcus // Apr 13, 2008 at 15:07

  Aiden McGeady is definitely the player that would light up St James. He has pace, intelligence and shows a lot of flair and is still young. I would be surprised if Man U hadn’t already lined him for the summer transfers.

• 50 scotty // Apr 13, 2008 at 15:28

  Bill F (40) I totally agree with you on Dunne. Any of you supporters who think this man is better than what we currently have are totally and utterly clueless.

  Other players who would NOT improve our squad: W Brown, W Bridge, J A Riise, J Pennant, D Beckham etc etc. . . . . . . . .

  Two players i would sign who nobody ever seems to mention would be Jimmy Bullard and Stephen Hunt.

• 51 Egar // Apr 13, 2008 at 15:31

  Theo Walcott would be a good acquisition. He’s still young and not yet the finished article but definitely high on potential. He was magnificent when unleashed against Liverpool recently. Don’t think Arsene would entertain this thought though.

• 52 scotty // Apr 13, 2008 at 15:33

  That’s his jewel in the crown - he would never let him go, nor would i think he would leave.

• 53 millepede // Apr 13, 2008 at 15:34

  crouch, bentley, brown (can’t belive the critisism of him, he’s been awesome for man u this season, played the most games in the squad) - id be extremely happy with those signings and they are all very possible and all english

• 54 millepede // Apr 13, 2008 at 15:36

  scotty, how you can say brown isnt better than faye and taylor, i do not know!

• 55 scotty // Apr 13, 2008 at 15:38

  Personal opinion mate! He is the Bramble of Manchester!!! Faye or Taylor would look awesome in that team.

• 56 Egar // Apr 13, 2008 at 15:41

  No argument on the crown jewel bit. Just wishful think on my part.

• 57 Toon_Ksk // Apr 13, 2008 at 15:47

  Oh yes, People Sport had a look at KK’s shopping list. Either they found it at the dump or KK shown it to them. That makes so much sense.

• 58 Andy1 // Apr 13, 2008 at 15:50

  The six players in that story don’t really make sense to me. Couple of big 4 rejects and 3 wingers when it will be hard to stop playing 433. Dunne has looked pretty crap without Richards to cover. Riise hasn’t been any good for years now. Brown is the worst player in a great team and its hard to judge how good he is.

  My main targets would be Crouch, Bentley and a quality holding player.

• 59 Macca // Apr 13, 2008 at 15:57

  Scotty, I’m a big fan of Hunt, I think he’d really spark things off here but I don’t think he’d come.
  Dunne, is a rock in the back, a lot better then we have and it’s something you’ll miss if you don’t see him from week to week.
  McGeady would also light up Newcastle, a real, talented winger with pace AND skill.

  The others are either past it or wouldn’t come but like I don’t think we’d attract anyone bigger anyway.

  But while were on that topic..
  Anyone else hear that Sunderland want Giggs.

• 60 Ross G // Apr 13, 2008 at 16:16

  If we have the money then go for a top striker too, but if we want top players i think we should leave the striker out and focus on the rest of the team maybe get Gudjohnsen in but not big money we do have three top anyway in Martins, Viduka, and Owen. To be honest though say we have £50m to spend and wotever we get from sales I would get rid of these - Carr (free), Rozenhal (£2m), Cacapa (Free), Emre (£5m), N’Zogbia lov him to stay but prob not (£8-10m), Ameobi (£3m), and too be honest I would also get rid of these two Smith £5m, and Duff £5m. They are not performing and Smith is rubbish. That would free up wage funds and an extra £30m for players. I would bring Gudjohnsen in for £5m. Then Quaresma (£15m), Boussoufa (£5m) Thats two wingers we want. Bridge (£6m), Garay (£12m), Barzagli/Metzelder (£12m), Veluso (£8m), and finally Deco/Diego (£15m) That means of our £80m we would spend £78m. Then our team 433: Given — Beye, Garay, Barzagli, Bridge.——Owen, Veluso, Deco. ————- Quaresma, Martins, Boussoufa. Subs: Harper, Taylor, Barton, Gudjohnsen, Milner

• 61 ScottyT // Apr 13, 2008 at 16:17

  ive said for a while bullard would be a good cheap signing and i agree stephen hunt would be good also.

  looking at some others mentioned still dont rate brown hope he isnt on the list, dunne i like but he needs a good central defensive partner, dont rate arca at all really. tbh i hope we start looking at clubs like porto and sporting lisbon for youngsters because they seem to proudce some quality players. e.g. ronaldo nani anderson quaresma. we could take a look at some people from their acadamies would be interesting to see.

• 62 moomfan // Apr 13, 2008 at 16:17

  just in case none of you lot paid notice, the recent hand me downs from other prem teams have not produced the goods for their new teams. so, outside of crouch, why are you so called lifers suggesting we go for the likes of riise, bridge, brown, bentley, dunn etc. these lads are not toon material in my opinion. we need young, dedicated , loyal, committed and quality players that will play for kevin and newcastle for years to come. please stop the idiot speculations and suggestions like the arse media does.

• 63 ScottyT // Apr 13, 2008 at 16:20

  tbh we may as well get rid of charlie its quite obvious he wants to leave so he can feck off.

  we could get a good sum of muny for him thats for sure. no point in him being here if he dusnt giv a sh1t anymore.

• 64 Dom4Toon // Apr 13, 2008 at 16:21

  Bafetimbi Gomis
  Aiden McGeady
  Miguel Veloso
  Gary Cahill/Richard Dunne/Metzelder
  And then possibly Andrei Arsahavin
  Would love Diego or Van Der Vaart but it aint gonna happen- you can always dream though!

• 65 ToonFan1 // Apr 13, 2008 at 16:59

  i just hope we go for arshavin…
  everytime i see him play he gets better and better, for example when zenit played in leverkusen in the uefa cup.
  could pick up a potential bargain there too around 7mil if we get him in before the euros and he has the potential to become world class.
  he has great passing ability as well as a decent eye for goal.. just what we need in a midfielder. could act as our playmaker.
  if not i like the sound of moutinho..have a feeling one of europes elite will go for him though.

• 66 Tom // Apr 13, 2008 at 17:24

  i disagree with the idea that quality players always cost ten mil +. even in this day and age i think it’s possible to get players who would improve our squad at 5,6,7,8 milion. just because a player is bought for a lot doesnt mean hes going to be quality. (luque). i think with the recruitment team now installed they won’t just be asked to look for top class players, they’ll be looking to save money on players as well. We need to stop throwing money around and concentrate on real quality.

• 67 Tom // Apr 13, 2008 at 17:26

  as for this list it’s the people isnt it so a load of bollocks in my opinion. for all we know none of these players could be on the list.

• 68 Bucks1985 // Apr 13, 2008 at 17:56

  Keegan will probably sign:
  Crouch
  Dunne
  Riise
  Brown
  … and an attacking midfielder… hopefully David Bentley, but I think Liverpool may have him in their sights… maybe a blog on attacking midfielders who we could ACTUALLY sign would be a good idea… i.e. Van der Vaart and Diego being out of the question!!!

• 69 Brian // Apr 13, 2008 at 18:19

  Mascherano was not good enough for Westhams first team, and he is now a key player for Liverpool, if Keegan sees something in a player and the player has potential why not buy him?.

• 70 Andreas // Apr 13, 2008 at 18:36

  wsq (and others), totally agree that we will be better off spending BIG (20-30 mill) on one awesome player (not older than mid-20’s) compared with spending 10 mill each on dubious 30-year old has-beens.

  One BIG signing and a few to bolster the squad is the way (imo), 40 mill would do (maybe 50). That’s not “super much” considering we are debt free and hence the TV-money/season tickets/etc can be invested.

• 71 scottish mag // Apr 13, 2008 at 18:40

  cb, lb, winger, 2 cm’s, st

  metzelder- 10m
  wendel- 5m
  mcgeady- 8-10m
  arshavin-8m
  lucho gonzalez-10m
  bafe gomis-9m

  total- 60m

  team:

  given

  beye, faye, metzelder, wendel

  milner, lucho, arshavin, mcgeady

  owen/martins, bafe gomis

• 72 apan // Apr 13, 2008 at 19:02

  the list is ok, thats what u can expect because WE ARE NOT IN EUROPE, SO PEOPLE BE REALISTIC PLS DONT DREAM OF ACQUIRING PLAYERS THAT IS OUT OF REACH, THIS IS NOT FOOTBALL MANAGER!

  and doesnt mean players that u never heard off is crap either, thats why there’s SCOUT

• 73 ende // Apr 13, 2008 at 19:27

  “Then our team 433:
  Given
  Beye, Garay, Barzagli, Bridge.
  Owen, Veluso, Deco.
  Quaresma, Martins, Boussoufa.

  Subs: Harper, Taylor, Barton, Gudjohnsen, Milner”

  Ross G, that’s a very interesting lineup. I assume you would have Veluso playing a bit deeper than Owen and Deco with those two pinching in a bit and essentially playing a two-pronged central-attacking midfield (essentially completely devoid of wing play)? Ya know.. Beye and Enrique are swift enough they could likely move up into a wing-back style position to make up for that. Just need to make sure we’re conservative on that, and the remaining backline is solid (that goes for DM as well). For that matter, the two wide forwards can always adjust as well.

  What a fiercely attacking team that would be! Again though, that CB CB DM treo needs to be -incredibly- in sync.

• 74 hanzemre // Apr 13, 2008 at 19:45

  i can happily wait for a surprise of a few foreign names KK’d bring into SJP this summer with just 1 or 2 well-known top EPL players. Whoever comes KK’d assure us to be a formidable force once again. With 2 or 3 sellings, 50M is enough to get us to next level of improvement/sustainable success.

• 75 Ross // Apr 13, 2008 at 19:48

  if there’s even an ounce of truth in that list, and if that’s who we end up with in the summer, i’ll be genuinly gutted.
  Riise-not what he used to be, if top 4 dont want him that has to say something
  Wes brown- ^^…
  Dunne- i was impressed with earlier in the season, but he’s looked full of mistakes recently.
  Reyes-cant say much, havent seen loads of him since arsenal.
  McGeady-he’s a talent, still has alot of learning to do though.
  Lennon-always been a fan, would be more than happy for him to come knocking on the door. his final ball isnt the best, but that can be worked on, and he’s lightening like.

• 76 Obafan // Apr 13, 2008 at 19:51

  Ross G - are you serious? Boussoufa in your line up and Gudjohnson on the bench.

  Every week I see the Belgian League and Boussoufa would not be the ideal player to go to NUFC. I really do not know why the most of you are so excited about him. Have you ever seen him play a game? I have a couple of times and he never impressed me. And that is in a quite weak league.

• 77 Mag 4 Life // Apr 13, 2008 at 19:57

  david bently’s just a big head… would rather have jimmy bullard. we need a strong target man like gomis/fabiano as competition for viduka. We should take a gamble on mcgeady. Hopefully Keegan will persuade Zog to stay and next season he will flurish Duff is past his sell buy date I think. Would like Boussoufa for competition for Milner cant see it happening though.

  Hopefully with another couple of defenders our team could look like this

  Harper

  Beye Faye Taylor Enrique

  Boussoufa Bullard Butt McGeady

  Gomis Owen / Martins

• 78 Obafan // Apr 13, 2008 at 20:01

  This would be my list (if I only hasd 6 players to list off course);

  1. Andrey Arshavin (pure quality!!!)
  2. Bafe Gomis (special striker who would be loved at St James)
  3. Dante Binfom (very good LB with a great future)
  4. Soll Campbell (still has something special in his defending)
  5. Deco (creative CAM which is what we really need / I’m sure KK would get the best out of him!!!)
  6. Rafael Marquez (fantastic player who can play as our CDM)

  I have to admit that the 6 names listed by Ed do not really excite me.

  Reyes: ok I would not have any problems with him coming. Good player. Don’t know his attitude tho’.

  Dunne seems not that good recently.

  Riise: is on his way back.

  Lennon: not a starter at Spurs; we need to focus on bringing in players who are not 2nd choice at their current club.

  McGeady; don’t have an opinion on him, cause I do not know him.

  Brown: would be a good buy. Some of you say he is the worst of Man U defence, but I think, apart from Beye, our defence would not play at ManU. So he can not be that bad and he would strengthen our defence IMO.

• 79 scott9 // Apr 13, 2008 at 20:26

  6 players i would go for
  bridge 7m
  metzelder 8m
  veloso 17m
  genero 10m
  mcgeady 13m
  gomis 10m
  with them signing we would be in top 6 however i cant really see us making these signing but if we want to bring in real qaulity this is wot we shud look at

• 80 ugkman09 // Apr 13, 2008 at 20:27

  Fabiano from seville
  puyol
  gilberto
  bridge
  but we just wait and see in the summer

• 81 Gallacher the Horse // Apr 13, 2008 at 20:42

  Oh blimey, here we go again; a list of players their present managers don’t want being touted to our club. I’m fed up/hacked off (and worse) with this constant linking of players considered close to sub-standard by current teams to KK’s ‘wishlist’. Obafan, whilst respecting our views, mine are different; Brown was, once again, Manure’s weakest link today and KK, Chris Mort and our bankers would have to check the number of fingers left on each hand, or even number of hands, if we offered that red-nosed clown Ferguson even a nominal sum for him. The rest of the list is almost the same; mostly a litany of not-being-played-regularly second or third choices (McGeady being the exception.)

  If it’s truly the case that we/KK has a decent transfer budget I’d rather see us work the way Real Madrid do, although not over-stretching our credibility. Try to tempt proven quality players, or genuine up-and-coming talent, away from clubs rather than being seen as a last big payday for former quality on their way out. Our reserve team has truly picked up in the last few weeks as the five (?) January signings have begun to work as a unit with some established team members. Whay can’t we do the same over the summer with straight-to-first-team players. Another season out of Europe notwithstanding, there’s little to no reason why players with first team aspirations shouldn’t come to us as opposed to any Premiership team outside of the top four. From fifth down to eighteenth we are all currently fighting for that fifth spot, with fourth there for the taking when Liverpool implode.

  So enough already with the the safe, dull and ultimately not up to it choices. Mike Ashley is forking out a sizeable sum to a hopefully comprehensive scouting operation and now is the time for it to earn it’s money. If they can’t find better than what’s being suggested by the papers and other outlets, let them go, because we can do the current job of picking the bleeding obvious watching Setanta/others or playing Football Manager. Let’s be innovative and catch everyone’s imagination. I’d be happy to pay Wise’s airfare to Portugal out of my own money if a non-cheating Ronaldo appeared, or would even spend a week or two in Holland myself for nowt if it meant I found the next Jaap Stam or even van Persie for our club. But please, no more other-club rejects!

• 82 Leo // Apr 13, 2008 at 20:46

  you know what i find amusing, half, if not more of the people that say, no to crouch but yes please to gomis have not even seen him play, and have just heard he might have some potential…

  how many times has potential biten us on the ass?

• 83 Gordon Oliver // Apr 13, 2008 at 21:42

  I think we should look to Sevilla. They have a great Central Midfield with Poulsen and Keita. Then put Deco, V.D. Vaart, Bentley or Diego in front of them and I believe we are set. Poulsen has a buy out clause of only 8 mil but both Real Madrid and Barca is said to be interested. However he likes to switch countries so he might be tempted if KK does his magic.

  Our strike force is top class. With the two Sevilla Players in front of the defence that should make their job a lot easier.

  Better to Spend 40 mil on 3 topclass players then on 6 potentially good players.

• 84 Tom_Toon // Apr 13, 2008 at 21:47

  We should look at Benfica for CB’s. Luisao is immense at times and David Luiz is turning into a beast of a defender.

• 85 scott9 // Apr 13, 2008 at 21:55

  i agree gordon oliver poulsen wud be a great signing not sure if we would be able to get him though however i dont think we would hav a chance of gettin diego or bentley

• 86 JJ // Apr 13, 2008 at 22:43

  Peter Crouch is an outstanding player and we would be lucky to get him!!!!!
  Bridge would be great at LB and both him and Enrique would get plenty of games cos bridge would be injured half the season ; ).
  Arshavin we should definately go for, he has bags of energy, vision and is excellent from set pieces.
  Kallstrom would be another great addtion in the middle of the park.
  Jimmy Bullard would be a fantastic squad player in the midfield.
  In defense we need a pacey defender with power and experience, someone like Lucio springs to mind, Metzelder would be great if we could get him.
  Rangers CB Cellor looked a good buy too.

  So I would go for:
  Crouch
  Bridge
  Arshavin/Kallstrom/Bullard
  Gareth Barry (if at all possible as our DM)
  Lucio/Metzelder/Celluor

• 87 Carl Johnson // Apr 13, 2008 at 22:55

  mcgeady for 13 mil is totally robbing us he is not worth 8mil i watched him today against the mighty motherwell and he can take a man on but his end product is as bad as milners

• 88 Carl Johnson // Apr 13, 2008 at 22:57

  what if sunderland are after giggs get a season ticket at the stadium of shite if you have not already got one

• 89 Oba 9 // Apr 13, 2008 at 23:03

  I would have a go for Lucho Gonzalez Piotr Trochowski Vincent Kompany Carlos Cuellor and maybe Jimmy Bullard.

• 90 marcus owen // Apr 13, 2008 at 23:29

  If these are the players KK wanted.I suggest he stick to the current players and give more chances to the youngster.Don’t waste the money!!

• 91 ADAM // Apr 13, 2008 at 23:42

  I think we need 6 players
  Christopher Metzelder £7m
  Jose Boswinga £7m
  John Arne Riise £5m
  Jimmy Bullard £4m
  David Bentley£10m
  Theirry Henry £15m
  out
  carr free
  cacapa free
  smith £5m
  duff £4m
  Ameobi £3m
  Send the youngstars out on loan.
  Given
  beye Taylor Metzelder riise
  milner bullard bentley
  henry owen martins
  harper
  boswinga
  viduka
  n’zogbia
  barton

• 92 Dirk // Apr 13, 2008 at 23:42

  people are talking crap, we buy players that cant make the first team and look at some of them! martins wasnt first choice at inter milan, neither was owen at madrid or given at blackburn when we got him. Nicky butt always played second-fiddle to keane at manure. you could also argue for geremi i no ppl are 50-50 on him but he has played well since returning from africa, hez not the quickest but he does open up play for us. so saying that lennon isnt good enuf is utter bollocks or that riise is past it (as i recall ppl were sayin owen was past it and nicky butt? yet look at them now, pulling off man of the match performances every week) so maybe ppl need to sit back a little and look at what there saying before they say it.

• 93 Tom_Toon // Apr 13, 2008 at 23:49

  Bosingwa for 7 mil and for him to sit on the bench??!?!?!?! No chance.

• 94 dcbashore // Apr 14, 2008 at 2:13

  At the back, go for Dunne and Bosingwa (or Bridge). Midfield, Carrick and Michael Bradley (not the prototypical CM but has 15 goals as a middie in Holland this year), and up top go for VoH from Celtic to replace/spell Viduka. Send the kiddies out on loan and keep the rest as cover. Our squad is small as it is.

• 95 KKN39 // Apr 14, 2008 at 3:22

  Deco - too old, potentially a whinger i can see, still a huge risk if he comes for free / 100% fit / on

• 96 KKN39 // Apr 14, 2008 at 5:13

  Deco - too old, potentially a whinger i can see, still a huge risk if he comes for free / 100% fit / on 40k a week
  Metzelder - more time on the treatment table than the bench, let alone the pitch
  Reyes - if he opted out at Arse coz of homesickness or the weather or whatever what makes him come to us? if he signs, likely Luque the Fiasco the sequel
  Crouch - why him? no pace no physique and header not exceptionally good despite his 6′7″ height, and not young anymore
  Wes Brown - better than some defenders we have now but if he’s too good ManU would have renewed his contract ages ago right? can come free, a big plus, but his wages may be ridiculous?

• 97 howway geordies // Apr 14, 2008 at 9:01

  It’s only April! I get fed up of all the transfer rumours that fill the sports pages of the newspapers.

• 98 GeordieBoy // Apr 14, 2008 at 9:21

  Have got to agree, these players just don’t do anything for me. Agree with the guy who said we shouldn’t be buying top 4 rejects, look what happened back in the 90’s when we were a top 4 club and Tottenham bought a load of our players, where did they go, what did they do? Nothing…

• 99 Jim // Apr 14, 2008 at 12:34

  by the time next season starts NUFC will be linked with at least 100 players… from Noddy to Jesus.

  I’m wondering how reminiscent of KK’s first time round this is. Remember Shearers signing? Along with Ashley’s business in the merchandise line, I expect there to be a huge publicity signing, but I couldn’t guess at who.

  I only hope we don’t go far past 25 as an age and avoid the drop outs from other clubs. It’s a worry that our developing talent such as N’Zogbia and Milner are muted as outgoing and older pro’s are sounded as on there way in.

  I think we need to cover:
  LBx1
  RBx1
  CDx1
  RWx1
  AMx1
  STx1

• 100 ADAM // Apr 14, 2008 at 13:06

  Keegan Ashley and mort promise 5 big named signngs
  he are my choices
  Jose Boswinga he wants to play in the premiership £7m

  Carvaloh chelsea already have 5 cb terry , tel ben haim , alex , ivanovic, carvaloh £17m

  van der vaart wants to leave his current club £15m

  bentley wants to leave blackburn rovers to further his international carerr and playing in front oof 52,000 a week will help.£10m

  henry has not settled in in spain and would like a move back to the english premier league.£15m

• 101 sam gardner // Apr 14, 2008 at 13:06

  what is all ya problems with n’zogbia he is one of the best young little wingers there is and you all want to sell him he is a fantastic player who we should keep

• 102 ben // Apr 14, 2008 at 13:44

  just heard messi on his way for £25m plus quresma and van nisslerooy was at the training ground this morning toon

• 103 adam // Apr 14, 2008 at 13:45

  really ben is that true

• 104 adam // Apr 14, 2008 at 13:49

  newcastle united team for next sason
  given
  beye taylor terry lahm
  ronaldo kaka ronaldinioh milner
  owen henry

• 105 Deano // Apr 14, 2008 at 15:59

  players that should be brought in:

  IN
  MBark Boussoufa (MF)
  Ricardo Quaresma (RW/MF)
  Arne Riise (LB)
  Wes Brown (RB)
  Christoph Metzelder (CB)
  Ezequeil Garay (CB)
  Luis Fabiano (ST)

  OUT:
  Carr (RB)
  Peter Rammage (CB)
  Ameobi (ST)
  Diatta or Cacapa (CB)

  Would Be a Great Squad for (08-09) next season!!

• 106 sandibeach // Apr 14, 2008 at 20:36

  Haven’t seen Jimmy Bullard mentioned on here.
  He may be at Fulham, but I think he is a quality player. With real energy and drive from centre midfield. scored a couple of goals since he has been back from injury. If Fulham go down, he would be an excellent signing to bolster our central midfield.

  Also, what about this Zarate kid from Birmingham. I know he is at some Qatar(ian) team and they apparently want 20 million for him. But thats just paper talk hopefully. I think If we could snap him up for 10 million or under he would be a quality signing. Has proved he can score in the premiership and only young.

• 107 CHRIS // Apr 14, 2008 at 21:58

  boussoufa video on you tube.he looks mint

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