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• 1 JK Muzzi // May 23, 2008 at 10:27

  Neeeeee way, Ireland sucks!

• 2 THELONGSHANKS // May 23, 2008 at 10:28

  Would love arshavin if we got him.Ireland is good player aswell but not sure if he be right for the toon.

• 3 Eric // May 23, 2008 at 10:38

  I think if KK was interested in Arshavin we would have had something in the wind by now.
  The fact is we do not know who KK wants or is
  considering moving for. It does seem as though we are having to compete with a group of clubs below the gang of four. E.g., Everton, Man City, Spurs, Villa, Pompey and Blackburn. It will take some time but I think the only club that can eventually break the stranglehold of the top 4 is NUFC.

• 4 THELONGSHANKS // May 23, 2008 at 10:41

  Eric- I hope your right.

• 5 The Entertainers // May 23, 2008 at 10:42

  Arshavin would be an excellent sigining. However if Ardan rumour is true i cant see us signing both. Both players appear to have similar abilities, both can play on the left or can be the creative force behind the strikers. As for lreland i’m not sure, he has played a major role in City’s revival and is young enough though. I would prefer a more defensive midfielder.

• 6 Taiwantoon // May 23, 2008 at 10:43

  I actually was thinking about how much Man City will spend this summer. This would be a good indicator of how ambitious the board actually are IMO. I would be very disappointed if we have failed to march Man city by a big margin, we certainly are not smaller than Man C, are we?

  I don’t believe anything the press says about Thaksin as I don’t believe he is such a fool. Come on, you are talking about a multi-millioniar who was also the prime minister of Thailand. He is a winner and a winner can not be a fool.

  I personally think he has every right to sack Eriksson as he has supported him by spending about 50m with a return of 13 extra points compare to last year, and if he thinks it is not a good return, then it is not.

• 7 Davies // May 23, 2008 at 10:44

  Shame if he goes to City. At least Spurs won’t get him if he does though.

• 8 Marat18 // May 23, 2008 at 10:48

  There is another rumour in Russia - that CSKA’s striker Zo (Zho?) transfer to Man City is a done deal and brazilian is already in England.
  20 mill punds mentioned, but it’s believed that this price tag is too high for City and they will have a loan deal with future transfer option.
  So, I’m not sure that Chinahwa (or whatever the name of this Thai is) will sign two strikers form Russian PL.

• 9 peptheblue // May 23, 2008 at 10:50

  I have the upmost respect for newcastle as a team but Eric’s views are dillusional. Newcastle are NO more likely than us or Aston Villa to break into the top 4. As for Arshavin - we’re in the UEFA next season albeit with a stroke of good fortune so I can see this happening.

  Thing is.. i can see Dunne going Villa for around £5m (not bad considering we paid £3m in 2000) and Ireland going to Sunderland (because of Keane)

  good luck next season anyways.. should be interesting.

• 10 SuperShearer // May 23, 2008 at 10:51

  No player in his right mind should sign for a club that doens’t have a manager and no manager in his right mind should sign for a club that is managed by the owner. In other words until City sack and replace Sven, or keep him they are in a state of limbo. We have to take advantage of this. Get Dunne, get Ireland (he would be a great squad player) and highlight to people that City are run by a ruthless man that wants to be a manager more than an owner.

• 11 Taiwantoon // May 23, 2008 at 10:51

  Marat18, JO? I read that somewhere too.

• 12 Marat18 // May 23, 2008 at 10:56

  Taiwantoon,
  Exactly, Jo.
  They say it like he is already Man City player

• 13 toonarmy08 // May 23, 2008 at 10:58

  Cant see anyone wanting to go to man shitty at the moment ,as the club seems very unstable ,and no one knows whats happening there from 1 day to the next.I would welcome s.ireland ,think he is an excellent young prospect ,better player than Barton imo ,technically and obviously mentallylol

• 14 aaron d // May 23, 2008 at 11:00

  Marat18, think you will find thats Jo not Zo

• 15 Geordie Gerrard7 // May 23, 2008 at 11:00

  ireland is a wierdo, good player though. still nothing from the turan saga. getting very pessimistic now. if you read loads of turkish blogs, they all say he should be going to real madrid??

• 16 Geordie Gerrard7 // May 23, 2008 at 11:03

  gs fan, any news?

• 17 Bob // May 23, 2008 at 11:04

  aaron d: Maybe “Jo” sounds like “Zo” where Marat comes from? Just a thought.

• 18 clinta // May 23, 2008 at 11:06

  Taiwan toon, your right i guess Thaksin Shinawatra is no fool, he was the prime minister of thailand and by having this influence he managed to steal millions from the countries economy and buy a premier league football club with the proceeds, all be it man c!

  so not a fool yeah, just a little corrupt

• 19 scottish mag // May 23, 2008 at 11:10

  KK is to step up chase for sessesgnon

  http://goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=707394

• 20 Marat18 // May 23, 2008 at 11:16

  Bob,
  it sounds like Zho, but I remember that there were 2 letters in his name, so thought it’s Zo.
  Whatever, Zo, Zho, Jo, the message is - he is going to city and may be they don’t have much transfer funds available if they have to sell Dunne and Ireland to buy Arshavin and are aiming only loan deal for Jo.
  Well, they seem in a more mess then we were year ago.

• 21 steve // May 23, 2008 at 11:27

  old news being rehashed on a slow news day

• 22 Taiwantoon // May 23, 2008 at 11:28

  clinta, agreed. I think it was actually a very good move for him, and I thought Tony Blair should have done us a favour when he was still the PM. lol

• 23 chennai toon // May 23, 2008 at 11:30

  any news abt zarate guys?…………………

• 24 Stami // May 23, 2008 at 11:35

  i really want us to sign Stephen Ireland! Perfect replacement for Barton, except he is much younger! really think highly of the kid! as for Arshavin, hope he comes! woulb be a great signing for us, and show the world that we mean business next season!!!

• 25 ToonKing // May 23, 2008 at 11:50

  pfff i should just stay away, i got depressed after every reload this week.

  no news on Turan, Liverpool goes for Riera, City after Arshavin and Jo, meanwhile KK steps up the chase for Sessegnon………….pffff this is getting beyond a bad joke….

• 26 Bosck // May 23, 2008 at 12:13

  wouldnt believe this rumour too much until something concrete actually happens for 2 reasons:

  1) its in the mirror, nuff said

  2) arshavin was the star of the uefa cup final so will probably be linked with most of the clubs in the league who need to make signings because the sports press in this country would rather be lazy and make things up rather than actually do any real research.

• 27 Eric // May 23, 2008 at 12:18

  Looked up your site info Scottish Mag. I hope KK does go for this player. Trouble is, as the item says, Arse’n'Banger is sniffing around as well. Well, if he’s good enough for the original Brylcreem Boys he’s good enough for us. Ideal replacement for Butt eventually.

• 28 Tom_Toon // May 23, 2008 at 12:21

  Sessegnon is a good player.

  ToonKing - What do you think about Kankava and Hladky.

• 29 Neilos // May 23, 2008 at 12:26

  They will most likely get him due to European football.

• 30 ToonKing // May 23, 2008 at 12:27

  yes Sessegnon is good, but not in the league of those mentioned.

  Hladky is a very good big man in the making and he can score very well.

  never seen Kankava, all i know is that he’s Georgian.

• 31 Tom_Toon // May 23, 2008 at 12:31

  Ye, ive seen kankava a few times, very agressive cm can pass really well and tackle.

  Id have Sessegnon over Geremi any day.

  Would be an instant improvement.

• 32 Geordie Gerrard7 // May 23, 2008 at 12:33

  atleast sessegnon can move

• 33 TomPoon // May 23, 2008 at 12:37

  Arshavin over Turan any day of the week.

  My no.1 transfer target for weeks.

  Please go for him asap

• 34 Geordie Gerrard7 // May 23, 2008 at 12:41

  please go for turan!

• 35 Steven1979 // May 23, 2008 at 12:41

  Spuds will get Turan, Man City Arshavin.
  Dont be worried we’ve still SMITH..

• 36 TomPoon // May 23, 2008 at 12:42

  Why be picky, we’ll get them both

  Turan - Velosa - Arshavin

• 37 Geordie Gerrard7 // May 23, 2008 at 12:44

  steven you f*cker, making them wait 40 minutes for turan news last night. haha

• 38 The Entertainers // May 23, 2008 at 12:48

  I see Wolves have signed, supposed Toon target Sam Vokes from Bournmouth.

• 39 Geordie Gerrard7 // May 23, 2008 at 12:49

  haha, were even losing out to wolves

• 40 Marat18 // May 23, 2008 at 12:51

  Steven1979,
  where is your news about Turan???

• 41 Steven1979 // May 23, 2008 at 12:52

  yeah..but i didnt want they have nightmares!! lol
  i let the news for today..Spuds will probably get him..
  But Arshavin is 27 years old..Dont u think he is a litle bit old..For this money we can get turan(21) or veloso(22) ..Better spend the money for the future..

• 42 Marat18 // May 23, 2008 at 12:53

  Haha, Wolves won the race?

  What’s next?
  Acrington Steanley beats Newcastle United in the race for young promising striker…

• 43 Geordie Gerrard7 // May 23, 2008 at 13:06

  arda wont go spurs.

• 44 Martins // May 23, 2008 at 13:13

  Why GG7?

• 45 Geordie Gerrard7 // May 23, 2008 at 13:24

  they wont even be intrested

• 46 Martins // May 23, 2008 at 13:32

  Do you know this for sure? Found this today:

  http://www.fotomac.com.tr/gal103.html

• 47 scottish mag // May 23, 2008 at 13:35

  from setanta sports

  Ivica Olic’s agent has exclusively told setantasports.com that the Hamburg attacker has not been approached by Portsmouth, but he has refused to distance him from a move to Newcastle in the summer.

  The Croatia international will play Euro 2008 first, and then negotiate a move away from HSV according to his representative.

  The talented Bundesliga player was one of the heroes against England at Wembley, and may be on the verge of a move across The Channel.

  Harry Redknapp’s Portsmouth and Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle have both been rumoured to be closely watching Olic, and when asked if he denied having any contact with the clubs, agent Gordon Stipic told setantasports.com that: “I have not spoken directly with Portsmouth, but Newcastle…

  “I definitely think he will be leaving this summer.

  “We will wait for the end of Euro 2008 to take a decision.

  “England is an option for him, obviously.

  “We have contacts in England and in Spain as well, but I cannot say much at this stage.”

• 48 Steven1979 // May 23, 2008 at 13:37

  i have this for u GG7..

  http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/sport/topstories/display.var.2289014.0.spurs_could_beat_newcastle_to_turkish_winger.php

• 49 toonoholic // May 23, 2008 at 13:50

  no turan yet .
  no veloso yet.
  and we miss out on atargeti.e. VOKES .

  a regular toon day i see .

  btw whats up with this new singing section ? it sounds aweful , shldnt it be called the ‘chanting section’ ? singing section sounds like a choir group.

• 50 Dondatta13 // May 23, 2008 at 14:08

  Just saw this …

  http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=94421

  Yeah i know its TriBULLL website but has quotes from McCarthy …

  IF this is true its shocking!

• 51 Geordie Gerrard7 // May 23, 2008 at 14:26

  the turkish meadia are going on from the englsish media, english media are doing it to disturb us.

• 52 Steven1979 // May 23, 2008 at 14:32

  I dont know fella..
  there are too many(and different kind of) speculations over this Turan-boy..Everyday smt. new..
  I’m sure that he’ll play in PL next year..but where?

  An offer after Euro 2008 will be to late for us..

• 53 Geordie Gerrard7 // May 23, 2008 at 14:34

  far too late, anyone seen anymore news, we need gs fan to come on here. he is a good lad, lot of knowledge of galatasary.

  we cant miss out for the second time on a player of turans qaulity

• 54 Steven1979 // May 23, 2008 at 14:38

  yeah..
  I think that Everton has no chance. He is too exspensive for them..
  Boro: I dont believe Turan wants to go there..
  Spuds: No one knows what they really want..
  NUFC:???????????????????????????

• 55 Geordie Gerrard7 // May 23, 2008 at 14:42

  put it this way, we have the upper hand with turan because of emre, eitha because him and emre are national teammates, or we could offer him as bate.

  i would be annoyed if emre went as he is a different class, apart from his injurys? whats this membership thing all about?

• 56 Steven1979 // May 23, 2008 at 14:48

  No idea..

  the week is over no good news..its really depressive,…

• 57 Hadji // May 23, 2008 at 14:52

  GG7…We aint got sh.t man,all these links of ours are becoming very suspecious.Trust me man,even if they lower the price to 10 mill we still wouldnt close the deal cause we would want him for 9mil.

• 58 Geordie Gerrard7 // May 23, 2008 at 14:54

  yes it is, but i can see it all unfolding tonight or tommorow morning. hopefully not the way modric did on that friday night

• 59 Steven1979 // May 23, 2008 at 15:03

  if Turan booms in Euro 08, we’ll have no chance..they’ll double the price..
  Arse or Liverpool will get him..This is our last days to win the race..
  7 June Portugal-Turkey.. 2 weeks..

  And whats about veloso? Did u read smt about his transfer?

• 60 Geordie Gerrard7 // May 23, 2008 at 15:09

  what about his transfer, i havent heard anything for a while, i havent seen my mate who is a sporting fan for a week or so either

• 61 chuck // May 23, 2008 at 15:10

  Would be nice to get Turan, Arshavin, and Veloso, but we know thats not gonna happen.
  I would be satisfied with Veloso.
  Ireland! Naaah.
  Olic, dont think so.
  Sessegnon? hav`nt seen him play.
  What happened to Mc Geady, a much better player than Ireland, who`s going to Sunderland in any case.
  Probably being targeted by the infamous Spurs!

• 62 Geordie Gerrard7 // May 23, 2008 at 15:13

  i would more than settle for veloso, he is my favourite player

• 63 toonoholic // May 23, 2008 at 15:14

  well after euro , we can forget buying any player who wld be taking part in the euro because their prices wld increase if they do well.

  that leaves us with africa and south america, i am not yet counting north america and asia & australia

  africa = ANC cup , so we wont buy much of players from there

  south america = newcastle last brought solano 10 years back, so i doubt that continent interests us

  asia, australia and north america = talent hard to find at this moment

  that leaves us with one team not qualified for euro, the lovely england .
  but the english players are too costly .

  so that might just about leave us empty handed this transfer window.

• 64 Steven1979 // May 23, 2008 at 15:19

  Olic is not good enough to play in PL..he has diffuculties in Bundesliga even..From Hamburg we can get Rafa Van Der Vaart only..but he wants to play in Spanish league..Tschorowsky is a good winger and he is young..But he needs one more year to develop..but then it will be very expensive to get..he plays for Germany in Euro too.. But Olic is just shite..Klasnic is better than him and costs no penny..But I dont want Klasnic too..

• 65 Tom_Toon // May 23, 2008 at 15:23

  Guerrero is he only decent hamburg striker, Zidan is also shite, thats why they rely on vdv for goals.

  I like Olic but only as a bench player instead of smith, not to start.

• 66 toonoholic // May 23, 2008 at 15:30

  did i read klasnic is shite ? did anybody see him play when they beat schalke for 5-0 ?or some flattering scoreline as that ? klasnic was immense in that game as a substitute . he scored one and gave 2 assists i think

• 67 Steven1979 // May 23, 2008 at 15:33

  We need talenten guyz for the first team immidiately..I cant think at the moment the bench..First we’ve build up our first team..Then we can think about the bench..

• 68 toonoholic // May 23, 2008 at 15:38

  steven the only talent with flair that we frankly have in the whole of midfield is nzogbia (attitude problem)and lua lua( he is young).
  butt is a hardworking midfielder.
  barton seems to have lost the plot, he was class in mancity .
  milner is hardworking too , but he doesnt have natural flair
  duff and emre need a vacation.

  since last year , we were crying out aloud for a defence revamp .
  this year its a midfield revamp.
  we sold dyer , parker , solano ( 3 of our best midfielders to be frank) and we brought in joey and geremi . so we are still short in midfield.

  the last midfielder who actually controlled our midfield was GARY SPEED !

• 69 Steven1979 // May 23, 2008 at 15:39

  He is over..such good moments can every player have..he wants to go to Qatar or smt. like this at the moment..After his injury last year he can be never fit again like b4.

• 70 toonoholic // May 23, 2008 at 15:44

  i wonder why SBR sold him , he still gave good 4 years to bolton after that .

• 71 Steven1979 // May 23, 2008 at 15:45

  exactly i mean this..our midfield is just shite..But Klasnic or Olic are strikers..We neeed smbdy like Rafa van der Vaart..Turan..Veloso..I still hope Emre will have a good comeback after EUro..
  Our first signing has to be TURAN or VELOSO or better BOTH..

• 72 toonoholic // May 23, 2008 at 15:52

  yup , we need to start building a team around a good CM.
  at this moment we wrongly built a team around 3 strikers . even a 5 yr old kid knows that its the midfield that can make the difference at the end of the day.

  ps : maybe if we remove our recruitment team(wise and whatever the other guys name is ) , we shall save almost 7 mn a year salary !

• 73 Steven1979 // May 23, 2008 at 15:57

  right..
  but i lose my patience slowly..we have 2 weeks to Euro 08..and no signings still..a little bit depressive..either we go after players in S. America(Africa) or loosers that wont play in Euro..

• 74 toonoholic // May 23, 2008 at 16:04

  TURAN VELOSO ASHRAVIN .
  atleast if this doesnt work , ill start making my wishlist of players for xmas to give it to santa !

• 75 Bob // May 23, 2008 at 16:05

  What are everyone’s thoughts on LUCAS BIGLIA of Anderlecht?

  Apparently he wants to leave. Was being linked with Real Madrid a year ago but I don’t watch the Belgian League so I don’t know what happened.

• 76 Steven1979 // May 23, 2008 at 16:06

  lol..all three we cant get..but 2 of them will be good..Aschravin is 27..Turan 21.. Veloso 22..
  i prefer the younger ones..

• 77 Geordie Gerrard7 // May 23, 2008 at 16:11

  im with you there steven, i would prefer younger ones

• 78 Steven1979 // May 23, 2008 at 16:15

  LUcas Biglia never heard about him..but it seems like new adventure(VIVA ARGENTINA)..may be it works..may be not..How much they’ll want for him?

• 79 toonoholic // May 23, 2008 at 16:17

  well 27 is young if he comes in 8 mn for me . but stupid city bid 11 mn , so if we think of him , we have to match that bid ! and 27 is not old , 4 good years ahead of him .

  look at scholes , look at giggs. Class is permanent

• 80 Steven1979 // May 23, 2008 at 16:23

  But Turan will be 4 years later still 25..
  And this russian players i dont trust..i remember Rebrov that Spuds had b4..or Sheva..

• 81 Geordie Gerrard7 // May 23, 2008 at 16:26

  they were ukrainian

• 82 Steven1979 // May 23, 2008 at 16:28

  is there any difference?
  i mean the football style of course..they were from D. Kiev..symboll of the Soviet football long years..i see a potential Rebrov in this Arshavin fella..just a feeling..

• 83 toonoholic // May 23, 2008 at 16:30

  steven , i dont stay in newcastle but i do know that it is quite cold . believe me i wld take the russian over a portuguese or a turk as the russians are used to playing in chilly weather .

  the problem with sheva was that he was tagged 30 mn ! i think that screwed it up even further .

• 84 Steven1979 // May 23, 2008 at 16:59

  we’re waiting for Godot..
  somebody knows the end of the story….

  waiting some good signings but we cant sign even Wokes(i didnt want him anyway)..

  First the thing with Modric..then Barton..and the fact that we cant get anybody that we want..

  the club lose his atractivity for the young kids..
  how deep can we fall?
  only play in Championship level is worser than now..

• 85 Ross // May 23, 2008 at 20:47

  we’re (very sadly), not even after arshevin in my opinion.
  if we were, surely there would have been some sort of recent news (albeit true or false) that we’d made a bid, or had made an attempt to talk to him, or something.
  i think you could say the same for turan. its all paper talk that we’ve made bids etc.
  trust me, i hope its true, but im starting to get pretty dissappointed, i.e the whole vokes to wolves saga.
  heavily considering paying little or no attention to papers and just checking the official site for when transfers are done and dusted,lol.

• 86 Leo // May 24, 2008 at 0:18

  well its going to be quiet for official news for a while imo we just need to hold on and wait for who we sign

• 87 figsdad // May 24, 2008 at 8:32

  we wont get either of them
  i work at st james and we arnt even intrested in them its all paper talk..

• 88 Blue Ste // May 24, 2008 at 12:14

  City fan here.

  I dont want to go on about the state of our club, as obviously its a Newccie Blog that I stumbled across.

  Just to put you guys in the picture though, as far as we’re concerned down here, it seems this story is more stemming from *BaldBum’s* (Arshavin) agent in Russian press.

  As many of you have pointed out, City’s short term future needs addressing, and at this stage all we know is that Frank is holding an end of season review to ask Mr. Eriksson how the club managed to slip away in such a pitiful manner.

  Until this review has taken place, (and word is, Sven will be staying) then I cant see any players either coming into City, or going out (i.e. Dunne or Ireland)

  As for you guys, I cannot recommend Ireland. He is undoubtedly talented, but only when HE can be arsed. You lads like players to sweat for the shirt like we do, and if you want players like that, Ireland would irritate the sh*t out of you.

  If you get Dunne, he is a class player, but one of those who, when he makes a mistake it is ALWAYS punished…(i.e. Titus Bramble) and I think if Newcastle have serious aspiritions of breaking anywhere near the top four, or in it, then a team that contains Dunne and IReland will not do it.

  Anyhow, hope you all have a nice summer, and good luck for next season.