News yesterday that Valencia want to offer their big striker, Zigic, in part exchange for Newcastle’s Jose Enrique.
Jose Enrique – good up and coming player
Newcastle United have been invited to bid for Valencia center forward and Serbian International, Nikola Zigic.
The Daily Star reported yesterday that Valencia want to take the highly-rated Newcastle left full-back Jose Enrique back to Spain.
They are trying to use their 27 year old striker Nikola Zigic, who is over 6’7″ tall, as bait.
But Jose is a good player, and it’s unlikely that Newcastle will want to part with their £6.2M signing from Villareal last summer.
In fact, once Jose got a regular game at the club under Kevin Keegan, there was definite improvement in his overall play.
Jose still has a lot to learn, there’s no doubt about that, but he has a good attitude and is only too willing to learn at Newcastle.
He certainly has good basic skills, and can turn into a first-class player at Newcastle.
He appeared 28 times in his first season at Newcastle, with 23 starts, and he looked what he is – a good looking youngster who will only get better paying at Newcastle.
He’s got 3 caps for the Spanish Under-21 side so far, and he’s tipped to play for the full Spanish side in the future.
We want to keep Jose at the club, and don’t expect Newcastle to even thinking of selling the 22 year-old, who is certainly one for the future.
Comments welcome.
89 comments so far
joal
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Comment #1get zigic..he’s a assist machine..get riise and shorey…
Tom_Toon
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Comment #2Zigic and Sunny for Enrique and its a done deal.
broon ale
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Comment #3the daily star reported this. enough said.
nufc.com also reported this. they dont get everything right.
THELONGSHANKS
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:11 PM
Comment #4Keep Enrique unless we are gonna replace him with bridge or lahm.
Tom_Toon
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:11 PM
Comment #5Or Albiol for Enrique 🙂
HATE PRAWN S'WICHES
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Comment #6KEEP THE BULL!!!!!!!!!!!
hes got talent!!!!
chennai toon
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:14 PM
Comment #7we should get zigic….perfect replacement for injured viduka…………..we can get a replacement for jose……….
Ashton
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:19 PM
Comment #8zigic suck he is just tall !
harrier
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:22 PM
Comment #9Tom Toon, do you read BBC 606 as zeTom1?
ToonDaft
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Comment #10keep him ffs! good young player with bags of potential – saying that, it is by that fact alone that this story probs has some reality knowing our Wise jokers
see Spuds look like they have signed another one of world’s top young players – Giovanni dos Santos for UNDER 8m – finished one place above us last season and are rapidly showing their intent this summer; Modric and Dos Santos, thought to be in for Villa, looking very likely to keep Berba imo by showing ambition like that
we are being left behind – the gap is widening even more – we need to start and make waves if Ashley has any serious ambition
Tom_Toon
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Comment #11Harrier, who would have guessed 🙂
Who are you.
Davies
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:26 PM
Comment #12Get Zigic. Just don’t flog Enrique. It would be nice if that was how it worked, but I doubt we’ll be able to get him otherwise.
Shame really. He would fit very nicely into Viduka’s spot. The pie man’s only got another year in him, if he manages to get out of the sick bay (apparently they had to widen the door when the Duke arrived!).
ToonDaft
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:26 PM
Comment #13and on top of that, Man Citeh on cusp of landing Jo and maybe Ronaldinho – wtf! beye must know things we dont if he thinks top 6 is realistic next season – hopefully I am completely off the mark – maybe Zamblera, Tozer and Baheng will be finished article next season
harrier
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:26 PM
Comment #14James Milner + Steven Taylor = James Taylor (U8938989)
🙂
I was debating it earlier this week when i noticed your posts are awfully similar…then you proved it by sending the same response on both sites lol
Davies
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Comment #15ToonDaft – Baheng’s still out injured. We’ll have to pin our hopes on Zamblera being the finished article!!!
ToonDaft
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Comment #16aye, forgot about that Davies, you’re right
Leo
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:40 PM
Comment #17KEEP THE BULL i would be soo angry if we let him go
we only have 1 senior left back and he is a good’n
we need one more not one less
where are our deals going to come from i wonder all other teams are getting their squads set for next season all we seem to be doing is selling….
and the arguement that owner chairman and his dog are on holiday is complete tosh because if it meant that they couldnt sign players then how are they selling them!!!
liamtoonbirchy
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:44 PM
Comment #18only if we get manuel fernandes and zigic in exchange
James
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Comment #19I love Enrique and think he’ll be a top class left back for years to come.
But the truth of the matter is, if the club can make a profit by selling him, they will.
KK has never been confident in him, and Sam never played him and he bought him!
Hadrian
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Comment #20i like jose , wouldnt like to see him leave .
some of his critism maybe justified , but the lads so strong for a full back !
ive been impressed on more than one occasion the way he’s held off players and went past them when no player made himself open for a pass from jose .
the lads technical and strong , id much prefer my full backs to stay back aswell rather than use the wing.
i like a nice steady back 4 , with 2 DM’s covering them at all times .
P.S Harrier .
you manage to find any proof about ‘the good deal’ we got for emre you were so confident aboout ?
welshtoon
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Comment #21NEWCASTLE United have been offered the Serbian Peter Crouch in exchange for Jose Enrique, according to reports.
that what is says on NUFC official website. funny.x
TOoNBandung
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Comment #22sell him and replace with nicky shorey
and get zigic for backing up viduka
good deal!
James
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Comment #23By the way, according to the Turkish press today our £9 million bid for Arda Turan has been rejected because the club want £11-13 million.
No doubt spurs will go and buy him for that price just to annoy us.
Bill F
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Comment #24Keep Jose he is just starting to fit in nicely to the EPL. If KK really wants Zigic then offer more cash.
Hate Prawn Sarnies, I was reading the earlier blog where someone asked why the name but it was to late to join in. I had it worked out that you were a Chelsea hater as they are the posh sarnie brigade, I didn’t think it was as simple as the fact you hated seafood. Occams Razor I suppose. 🙂
Tom_Toon
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Comment #25Shouldnt Crouch be the English Zigic because Crouch is smaller?
welshtoon
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Comment #26spurs will get top 4 next season unfortunatley.x
Ant
Jun 5, 2008 at 2:58 PM
Comment #27Jose came to the club for more than 6 million. How many full-backs cost that kind of money?
6 mil Full-backs play in teams with 20 mil forwards.
Jose could demand to play but doesn’t. When he was on the bench he would come on and give his all whenever he got the chance. With a run in the side he proved to be very talented and has gotten better and better. If we didn’t have Beye and Carr was at RB we would think of Jose as a superstar.
He’s hard-working, hungry, talented and above all wants to play for the toon.
When Zog said he won’t play LB anymore Jose was on the bench listening to a lad complain about something he was desperate for.
I honestly think he can be one of the true gentlemn professionals, not to mention best LB in the league come a few seasons time(except maybe Clichy who I rank as the best LB I’ve ever seen behind Carlos)
Zigic is tall. Crouch is tall.
Jose is everything we need and everything we’ve talked about at our club.
Haway the toon….Tell them prats to leave the lad alone and let him settle where he belongs…
seetow
Jun 5, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Comment #28lol yes tom toon. nice to have another admirer of zigic and albiol on this site. still.. would be gutted to part with our little spanish bull!
but with albiol and zigic as bait, who knows? HAHA
Sun'lun's Burnin'
Jun 5, 2008 at 3:06 PM
Comment #29I’d rather keep the lad but i think if we could get zigic and a few mil for us to go buy shorey with i think we would have a good deal. not bothered either way really, hes looked good at times but had a few shockers, he could be anything really, but reading the gooners @ home programme he seems to have a good attitude and wants to lean and suceed at toon so maybe he deserves his chance.
good luck to the lad!
neeraj
Jun 5, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Comment #30dont worry welshtoon spurs are formin spainxI 2, without torres
so i dont think so they wld end up any where near top 4
now zigic, i dont know anything abt him, plus i think jose has improved a lot and wld keep doing so in coming seasons, get an experienced lefback(not riise) maybe shorey and let n’zog play be on left hand side of mid field. i am sure next season there wont be any leaks from that side of field….
given/harper
beye taylor/edgar feye/? enrique/shorey
turan barton/butt aimar/emana zog
owen/lua lua
martins/carrol/?
oga
Jun 5, 2008 at 3:08 PM
Comment #31Its should be a positive outcome either way! I would prefer to keep Enrique personally
HATE PRAWN S'WICHES
Jun 5, 2008 at 3:12 PM
Comment #32I do hate sea food, Bill F, but I also hate the hole Idea of the “the posh sarnie brigade” from all clubs!! we all have them!! Football in general was a working class sport!!! no longer!!?
Sun'lun's Burnin'
Jun 5, 2008 at 3:13 PM
Comment #33welshtoon you are full of shit!! i will genuinely be suprised if spurs get top8!
Modric will not fit into prem to weak and just dances around the ball, he will get crunched. So will dos santos.
their defence stinks, i dont see them buyin any defenders. dunne stayin at city now. cant understand how a team can buy 1/2 midfielders and all of a sudden welshtoon reckons they can jump 7 places!! lol clueless man!
Eric
Jun 5, 2008 at 3:20 PM
Comment #34Enrique stays. KK go and tell Valencia to piss in the wind! I thought he was fitting in and developing well.
Joe
Jun 5, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Comment #35Forget Zigic we need creative midfielders – bring on Aimar (described by Maradona as the next Maradona – remember the ‘little maestro’ as Solano was called by Maradona) and Turan (better and less injury prone than Emre, quicker and more skillful) forget Dos Santos (Overrated – why do you think Barca are letting him go) and Modric!! Let Spurs fill there boots!!
Ant
Jun 5, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Comment #36Spurs bouht in bulk last year and (I’m fairly certain) the year before.
They’ll probably finish mid-table again next season.
I’d be happy with a mid-table finish next year to be honest as long as we can get to the final of a cup. Spurs finished with a point more than us in the league and we anihilated them when Fat Sam wasn’t here (even beat them when the fat pr!ck was here) but they won the Carling Cup and are in Europe.
I think the cup option is the easiest way into Europe at the moment. The Carling Cup is pathetic, Manure, Chelski and The Arse don’t even field a team good enough for their reserves.
I still think we deserve top 6 but realistically, it can be difficult if a crap team like Everton/Man City/Villa go on a run beating the crap in the bottom half then they can easily climb the league without a problem, much like when Arsenal drew something like 5 of their last 6 games to finish 3rd when they had the title wrapped up.
Improve our squad this year and pray for one star player.
We’ve already started getting rid of the deadwood which is good but until we lose that clown Smith we’ll always be fearful he’ll get a game.
Once we’re in the Uefa Cup and have finished at least in the top half we should have a fair bit more joy than this season in the transfer market.
Then again, we’ve got Keegan, he might just re-sign Beardsley and finish 2nd!
HATE PRAWN S'WICHES
Jun 5, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Comment #37Why sell or swap talented players.. or does the clubs new policy change when It suits?
I agree we need experience.. but we also need quality young talent!!!!! we need to get rid of the crap and build on the talented!! a good blend of both!!!
forget Zigic and get some real talent “SUPER MARIO, GOMEZ”
bessi
Jun 5, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Comment #38Jose can learn yet, but if we go to sign risse and shorey it will be good if we can bring here Zigic just see this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyUcszdR2Io
Bill F
Jun 5, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Comment #39Hate Prawn Sarnies, fair enough, I was on the right track. Did you see the link to Duff’s house, sez it all in my opinion. Even more so when rich people buy clubs as toys. Still we can’t go back can we.
broon ale
Jun 5, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Comment #40from sunderland chairman Niall disco pants quin.
Asked to name his worst moment, Quinn said: “I would have have to say after the Newcastle result away.
“To see their chairman Chris Mort come into the boardroom at St James’ Park doing the conga, that was hard to take.”