Sebastien Larsson is one player we know Newcastle have already put in an official bid for.
Seb Larsson - well aware that Newcastle have made bid
There are reports the 23 year-old Swede is seeking talks with Birmingham City chairman David Gold, and seems keen for a move away from St Andrews.
The Swedish midfielder has been in excellent form for the Blues, since joining them from Arsenal last year, despite their relegation season.
Birmingham Chairman David Gold has recently been quoted as saying the Swede would only leave the club “over my dead body”, but we’re not sure he can stop the Swede from leaving the club.
Larsson’s agent, Per Jonsson, has said that a number of top clubs - that include both Newcastle and Blackburn - are still interested in signing the Swedish international.
Jonsson said yesterday:
“It’s not funny to hear when Mr Gold says things like that.”
“Are we Swedes being punished because we are kind and don’t nag to leave?“Do you need to become enemies with everyone at the club to be allowed to leave?”
“He has said things like this before and still sold players anyway.”
“Maybe Birmingham will get an offer they can’t refuse. I hope it will be solved.”
Sensible words from Jonsson, and Birmingham are hardly in a strong negotiating position to keep their best players at the club.
It’s hard to keep them, when you drop down to the Championship, and most top players will have a clause in their contract, that states they will be transfered if the club does get relegated from the Premier League.
Whether he likes it or not, Gold will have to sell Larsson, if Seb wants to leave the club, which seems likely.
We just hope Newcastle are still in there for the youngster, and that we’ll try to get Larsson, even though we have recently signed another right sided midfielder recently, Argentine Jonas Gutierrez.
What do you think about this situation?
Comments welcome.
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86 responses so far ↓
1 Black and White Blood // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:07
Hmmmm - he’s coming…
2 Spyro // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:08
birmingham are being mugs, let go of him for gods sake, your a crappy championship level club and Larsson is premiership quality, if they wanted to keep him they shouldn’t have hired that crappy scottish manager
3 broon ale // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:10
i think the agents comments are very childish and bad practice!
if his client wants to leave he should do his job properly and go through the correct channels to make sure seb gets what he wants,. surely comenents like this serve no purpose.
as for whether seb will come..
i doubt it considering its a trasnfer saga being conducted in the public.
very unlike our new strategy
4 faustino // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:13
The board level of that club are run like Trotters inc. first Brady and now this fool.
Birmingham are dropping like a pebble down a canyon and they’re trying to deprive this kid from playing at the top level.
5 natedawg // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:17
bit like the ronaldo saga but on a lot smaller scale , and larrson isn’t an arrogant tw*t. lol
6 Chris // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:19
Birmingham are obviously holding out for a decent offer for the lad. If he’s Premiership class, he worth more than a couple of million. They’re a business aswell you know, we can’t expect them to give their best players away.
If he was our player and we were in the same position as Birmingham, we’d be miffed at losing him for such a small amount also!
At least make them a decent offer, and then everyones happy. That’s if we’re interested in him anyway LOL.
7 Macas // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:20
If Larsson was our player we would be up in arms about it. At the end of the day he signed a contract to play for Birmingham. While i would like us to sign him, he can hardly complain.
8 agnetha // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:26
Read somewhere on newsnow that both sunderland and blackburn are after him. There is a mirror journo who posts on a blackburn blog who claims fridel will go to villa today. Blackburn will take robinson as part of the bentley deal and bburn will go after larsson. I thought larsson was a left winger though where they already have pederson. Dont think the bloke is a WUM as he told everyone about the spurs players being sent home at around 4;00pm yesterday before the storyt broke. He say blackburn will have the money to outbid anyone for larsson.
9 ObaFan2 // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:26
How long has Larsson left on his contract anyone know?
10 ObaFan2 // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:27
If we’d been relegated I’d have expected a mass exodus tbh.
11 Bosley // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:27
It’s all agent talk.
Larsson, palys on the right or in the centre. He has about 3 years left on his contract
12 CRAIGG // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:28
Birmingham will IMO be promoted this season so i dont see why they have to sell him, If they fail and are stuck in the Championship for another season or two, Then they may have to sell up like West Ham did with Carrick.
They made a lot of money through TV last season and were given £30m even after being relegated.
He signed a long term permanent contract at Brum only a year or so ago so its his fault he’s stuck there.
13 gorskino10 // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:29
not worth more than 3 mill i reacon hes the same as Guthrie, and look he really didnt play that great last year for Birmingham did he.
he signed for them in 07 for a 4 year deal so goes on for a few years.Also didnt KK mention in his interview yesterday that he WILL NOT sign players in same kind of posisions like Seb is same as Jonas so there is no point we need other players first.
14 Spyro // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:29
he only signed for them last yr so will be quite a while
15 Spyro // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:30
Larsson isn’t really like Guthrie IMO
16 Leo // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:30
hope he leaves them for us because when we played birmingham he was their best player and was causing us soo many problems until he got injured- well done nicky butt
17 Leo // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:32
Whats a WUM?
18 ObaFan2 // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:33
Ok thanks gorskino10 & Spyro.
19 agnetha // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:33
wind up merchant
20 Spyro // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:34
agnetha what team do you support?
21 Leo // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:37
cheers agnetha its been puzzling me for a while now and i was trying to work it out but to no avail
22 Magpie // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:38
The thing is that Seb plays just as well as a central midfielder, so I truly believe that we would be an excellent signing. Because he is a very creative player and thats is what we really need.
23 Anthony // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:39
dont mind him if he is cheap
but he is no better than what we have….hope we go for someone better than him
frankly, even if he is allowed to leave, he wouldnt be cheap
24 bruna // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:44
good chance seb will go but not to newcastle
they will be lucky to survive this season and he will have to go thru this again,they were not much better than b,ham and there positions could easly be reversed this reason in keegan and wise one is a has been and the other a loud mouth roughneck who built his reputation by kicking taxi drivers
25 Mezz // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:45
Larsson doesnt want to leave he has publically said he will stay and help the club get back up. Plus if u want him it will cost u 8mil. This story is his agent tryin to drum up business!
26 agnetha // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:46
Spyro. I support La Galaxy. Thats why i post on here to see all the latest galaxy news.
27 Smithy // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:46
Larsson was our player of the season by a mile, the lad is quality. All this talk of 3 or 4m for him is rubbish though. We got 5.75m for Muamba who isn’t half as good. If anyone is serious about taking him you’ll need to be looking at 6 or 7m.
I just hope he can stick it out for a year while we get promoted again and this time McLeish will keep us up comfortably.
28 Spyro // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:52
are you that naive that you actually think only NUFC fans post on here?
29 Dondatta13 // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:53
If the shoe was on the other foot Id expect the same battle cry from our chairman, so fair play to them for that.
However, the shoe isnt on the other foot AND they did just get relegated …
30 tkblue // Jul 18, 2008 at 12:57
Put your hands in your pockets and you can have him, but I doubt you’ll be able to scrape enough cash together to even tempt a sale. Even Bolton spend more money than you.
31 Beattie // Jul 18, 2008 at 13:04
Is Vito Corleone going to put in a bid?
also, anyone know if he would be any good in the center of midfield?
32 Davies // Jul 18, 2008 at 13:10
I’d like to add him to our number, but it really doesn’t look like we’ll need him. Still, if KK’s interested and Seb wants to come, I’ll be happy.
I’m still waiting for that commanding central midfielder and a two footed full back that is happy to switch sides. Don’t get me wrong, I’m more than happy with Beye and Enrique, but it would certainly provide that competition KK was talking about.
Also, a big strong striker in the Viduka mould, but younger. Perhaps Zigic is the man we need to join MO and Oba upfront when Viduka gets injured again this season.
33 bluenose // Jul 18, 2008 at 13:19
seb s agreat player thats why he plays for bcfc hes ours and he would never sign for a club that loses 5 1 to birmingham when we were in championship
34 will_bcfc // Jul 18, 2008 at 13:27
I’d be mega disasppointed if we let Seb go for anything less than £6m.
He’s a superb little player, with great desire and superb skill. My favourite player by far and I’m not surprised Premiership teams are in for him.
Tbh I think he could play for a better team than Newcastle, but hopefully we’ll hang on to him!
35 AB'hamFan // Jul 18, 2008 at 13:28
Seb’s not interested in coming to Newcastle and the Birmingham chairmen is replying to Blackburn with this article not to Newcastle. It makes me laugh this is actually a very OLD topic and it’s not been posted before now which surprised me. Seb would be around £8m and he’ll probably stay.
36 Malaysian Toon // Jul 18, 2008 at 13:31
And I support Wollongang FC, Spyro
Seb Larsson is a good player and young but like gorskino10 said….if he’s a right sided midfielder don’t think KK will go for him. Not until we fill the other positions first.
37 oldburyblue // Jul 18, 2008 at 13:32
When is something going to be done about these parasitic Agents? It can’t be right when they can make a fortune by stirring things up all the time in the hope of getting a cut of the transfer fee. Yes, I’m a Blues Supporter & don’t want to lose Seb..but he signed a contract willingly last year & should abide by it. IF he & his Agent inserted a relegation clause, fair enough, but if not he should accept he was 1 of the players who got us relegated so should be 1 of those “bustin a gut” to get us promoted again so that he can get his wish to play in the top Division again.
38 bluenose // Jul 18, 2008 at 13:32
yous should buy readings james harper
39 BORNBREDBRUMMIE // Jul 18, 2008 at 13:32
Listen georgies, If Seb goes to a club like yours, it’ll be a terrible career decision. Like most young foreign players who end up at St. Jane’s park, he go rubbish and then end up signing for a a low level spanish club like Tenerife or something.
He’s best off at St.Andrews, where he is our top player and is liked and respected by his employers and teammates alike.
40 Jason Mitchell // Jul 18, 2008 at 13:33
Firstly I’m a Birmingham Fan. Larsson isa fantastic player and i’d be gutted if or when he leaves. He was rated as the top dead ball specialist in the Prem last season according to Opta. This is only a small proportion of his game.
he plays rightmidfield but in a better team he’d be awesome in the centre.
to indicate how much he’s rated a BCFC is that Pennant is half the play of Larsson.
With regard to a fee you can forget 2mill and look more south of 6mill. We sold Muamba to Bolton for 5.75mill and he has no where rear the ability of Larsson. You also need to understand that at 23 Larsson will only get better.
Newcastle are a big club but Larsson will end up playing at better teams than you (current club situation) i.e not in European picture.
Hope you have a good upcoming season without Larsson. See you next season, fingers crossed.
41 Malaysian Toon // Jul 18, 2008 at 13:39
Thanks Bluenose. It’s wonderful how much free time you have to go to another clubs fan website and write stuff that will have utterly no affect on the players transfer or your club. Must feel really big doesn’t it. Wanker.
42 bluedave // Jul 18, 2008 at 13:44
for spyro
so birmingham are crappy mugs then? all this from someone who names himself after a childrens pretend dragon???are newcastle so good then that they wont ever get relegated dont count your chickens mate i can think of plenty of sides that thought they were too good to go down as for being a crappy championship level club that may be but your not far from it i dont see nufc doing much for tha last few years other than slide down the league remember you have never won anything either
43 Jason Mitchell // Jul 18, 2008 at 13:45
the abuse angle obviously stems from having a button mushroom manhood.
my comments are imformative to most gordie fans. i’ve met plenty in my time and they are very passionate but reasonable unlike you my friend.
and why am i on this site, i followed a link on newsnow. i wanted to get a NUFC fans view about Larsson.
so but out pond life.
44 bruna // Jul 18, 2008 at 13:53
silly debate on larsson .newcastle have not got the money to buy there bankrupt as regards straight cash deals theve got no/one worth exchanging there ch/man is pleading for help
and keegan has gone into hiding
45 chuck // Jul 18, 2008 at 13:56
Larsson! No great loss, not a bad player, but no Eimar.
Still pissed about that, could have had him, would`nt pay him.
Couldda been another Beardsley, KK knew it,
ah well !
Get what you pay for.
46 BORNBREDBRUMMIE // Jul 18, 2008 at 14:02
Malaysian Toon, bless you. Does it feel big giving out abuse to someone you’ve never met, or will never meet from the safety of your internet connection?
47 AB'hamFan // Jul 18, 2008 at 14:07
Why are my posts not coming up? You Newcastle wankers?
48 GM // Jul 18, 2008 at 14:15
bruna - how can we be bankrupt Ashley paid off the £100Mill debt last season u cock
Enjoy Plymouth and Doncaster next season…big games !
49 Beetrice // Jul 18, 2008 at 14:33
I dont know about every body else’s ability to identify a little liar amongst the mist in here
but im telling you Spyro is a spurs fan
and i must say spyro, your an intelligent man il give you that, what with your little “questionable” comments on here sometimes
sneaky sneak
and please dont ask me for example of what i mean by questionable because i wouldnt be bothered scraping through all the pointless, not credible postings on here
50 Beetrice // Jul 18, 2008 at 14:39
actually i just found this one fo the craic
Spyro // May 1, 2008 at 0:41
he is a great talent, he has been unlucky with injuries and his form has suffered because of it. No doubt he would still improve our squad. Someone tried to say this guy was useless earlier, how ridiculous. i hate it when people base their whole opinions on a single season
look at that last sentence
i hate it when people base their whole opinions on a single season
and OBVIOUS referral to newcasltes 1995-96 campaign where true enough most people still cant get over that, and realise today isnt then yet
oh your sneaky
51 Beetrice // Jul 18, 2008 at 14:40
there are numerous other little almost subliminal like taunts at newcastle
52 dare // Jul 18, 2008 at 14:48
spyro what team do u support then Larson helped taking us down now he can help us get back up he as 3 years left on a contract and should honour it. he was a no one before he came to us its is scum of a agent trying to line his own pockets to many players now don’t show no loyalty to there clubs and contracts and Malaysian Toon you lot have more time on your hands up there all u do is look forward to watching the football on a sat then sign on you have won nothing for years second rate prem club
53 Ben K // Jul 18, 2008 at 15:03
Hilarious Agnetha, it’s always nice to find another MLS fan on these forums, although my beloved Real Salt Lake aren’t making any signings and I’ve become frustrated.
54 shirts // Jul 18, 2008 at 15:13
I’m shedding no tears over the fact that the New York Red Bulls (my local club) have seen Claudio Reyna retire. We need some new players too.
Anybody seen Freddy Adu play recently? I watched him in the USA v. Spain friendly before the Euro, and he was great. I saw him, also, against Argenitna in a friendly and he was really excellent then too. Would love to see the boy come to Newcastle…
55 toonpipes // Jul 18, 2008 at 16:15
Brummies trying to take the piss out of geordies! Ha ha! That well funny - I went to birmingham once, dudley wat a tip, pressme that is here you lot are from - sharing the same computer + posting wind up messages together - are you holding ach others bottom at the same time?. .very sad now piss off
56 Spyro // Jul 18, 2008 at 16:18
Beetrice…your an idiot! a true, sad idiot, i pity you for coming up with that ridiculous garbage , lol!
57 bluedave // Jul 18, 2008 at 16:25
i see spyro is showing how clever he is again why bother to say anything when you have nothing to say??????? idiot
58 bluedave // Jul 18, 2008 at 16:27
i think someone struck a nerve with toonpipes too ………….now you piss off
59 bruna // Jul 18, 2008 at 16:27
TOONPIPES
dudley is NOT in b,ham
see you got an a level in geography you PIT PONY
60 Spyro // Jul 18, 2008 at 16:32
blue dave isnt there a championship forum you could join, you seem out of place here
61 oldburyblue // Jul 18, 2008 at 16:34
Oh Toonpipes..how U’ve shown yourself up!! Saying Dudley is in Birmingham is like me saying I don’t think much of Sunderland or Middlesborough in Geordieland. We don’t have to try very hard taking the P when you do such a good job yourself!!!!
62 toonpipes // Jul 18, 2008 at 16:47
Lads don’t get touchy, wasn’t too hard getting a rise out of you lot!! Ha ha! Bunch of divs! Thought might be a little more dificult than that . . Back to your bottom fondling come on you know you are out of your depth here. . Byeeeee !
63 toonpipes // Jul 18, 2008 at 16:55
Oh you went! Wat a pity was enjoying ruining the lot of you . .has mum called you for your plate of chips? Dudley chip shop i presume . . Quick quick pants up before anyone spots you . .
64 Leo // Jul 18, 2008 at 17:01
less of the agro lads and lasses please, we are all fans of the beautiful game and we dont want to tarnish it with bad behaviour…
taking away the bitching and scwobbling is something obvious, if the birmingham fans are soo hopeful of keeping him then he must be a good player they would have seen him alot more than us so if he does leave you i am hopeful it will be for us
the whole idea that he will be loyal is admirable bu unlikely it just doesnt happen these days in football lets just wait and see where he goes and leave the fighting to be done by the players on the pitch, not litrally though lol… that goes for you bowyer and dyer two times.
65 Chris // Jul 18, 2008 at 17:01
Is there any need for all this childish name calling. This is one reason we nearly lost the Blog the last time.
As I said earlier, before any Brummie fans even posted, Birmingham had every right to get what Larsson is worth. I agree with the Brummies that Larsson is worth a lot more than the £2m that’s been mentioned. I also share their frustration and fears of losing one of their star players. As our top players are constantly being linked to bigger clubs.
I don’t believe we are still trying to sign him though as we’ve got Jonas and Guthrie since our initial interest. Like I say though Birmingham deserve a decent price for a decent player.
Good luck in the future Brummie fans and I hope you’s come straight back up. It’s a frustrating time of the season for us all, not knowing who’s coming or going, but it’s pointless getting involved in childish arguments.
66 bluedave // Jul 18, 2008 at 17:07
spyro
yes there probably is but i am having too much fun here besides as far as i can tell you dont support either brum or newcastle so what are you doing here ? oops sorry dont want to upset you you might call me names seems thats what you do.
UP THE BLUES
67 Spyro // Jul 18, 2008 at 17:09
“UP THE BLUES” eh…hmmm, something ironic about that statement isn’t there lol
68 oldburyblue // Jul 18, 2008 at 17:11
Glad that my faith in sensible ADULT fans of NUFC has been restored Leo & Chris.
69 bluedave // Jul 18, 2008 at 17:16
chris
calm down mate its only banter thats why we all love it part of supporting a team is the right to take the piss and wind up other fans of other teams .but as far as larsson is concerned he has signed a contract at blues and he should honour it we went down with him he should want to help get us back up for personal pride if nothing else.not wanting to jump ship if it wasnt for blues he could still be playing in arsenals reserves
70 bluedave // Jul 18, 2008 at 17:18
no spyro
if i had said down the blues then that might have been ironic. up the blues is more of a statement
71 The Entertainers // Jul 18, 2008 at 17:23
Another very good buy, if we can pull it off.
Gold is a real idiot and Birmingham have been run even worse than we have in the past.
72 Spyro // Jul 18, 2008 at 17:25
Ironic - Poignantly contrary to what is/was expected or intended
73 bfan // Jul 18, 2008 at 18:03
Actually don’t think Keegan is that interested anymore, he hasn’t been in contact with Birmingham since early june. seb’s agent confirmed the other day on newsnow that Blackburn have not made any contact, so think that is mostly rumours.
74 Ross // Jul 18, 2008 at 18:13
brum fans seem desperate to keep this lad, he’ll be their best player in the coming season i imagine?
he’s looked impressive. i’ve said in the past i’d take him in a hearbeat, really like him as a player.
sorry but to whomever said we didnt have the money to buy him or the quality of players to exchange, thats talking total rubbish. i’m not one to squabble on here but at least say something productive.
by the looks of what his agent is saying, if we want him and pay up, we’ll get him.
75 Spyro goodbye-0 // Jul 18, 2008 at 18:45
spyro, i take no care in who you support, as hypocrticial it is to say that after having taken the time for myself (at the least) to unveil you, i just dont like the idea of a bunch of newcastle supporters communicating with a spurs fan they believe to support the toon, all the while taunting the club itself, you’re a spurs fan as for this “you’re an idiot” crap play it up, but your one sad f*** to come on here not only as a non newcaslte fan but to pretend to be one, creep
as for your reply, LOL londoners are while queers
76 dare // Jul 18, 2008 at 19:02
55 toonpipes dudley in birmingham what a joke see you dont get out and about
77 YongMalaysia // Jul 18, 2008 at 19:07
just hope we can sign Larsson, he is a good player.
78 Spyro // Jul 18, 2008 at 19:27
thank you for dedicating your name to me, its quite a compliment i must say, fact of the matter is, i am a toon fan, its quite humorous that you think otherwise
79 Spyro // Jul 18, 2008 at 19:30
and here is a tip, if you are going to try and sound smart please learn how to string a sentence together.
“as hypocrticial it is to say that after having taken the time for myself ” WHAT!?
80 Spyro goodbye-0 // Jul 18, 2008 at 19:42
nobody’s trying to be smart here except you
and btw that sentence does not end at myself it continues on, it ends on unveil you which if you read that again makes it a sensible comment
and if anyone thinks otherwise
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81 normski1930z // Jul 18, 2008 at 19:45
i havent really read this thread but i do have alot of respect for birmingham fc but absolutely nish for aston villa…..shout out to any of the zulus out there…..
82 normski1930z // Jul 18, 2008 at 19:56
oldburyblue commen 37 i totally agree mate these agents dont really care which club the player plays for its all about lining there own pockets….sir bobby has been shouting this from the rooftops for years…
83 NUFCAl // Jul 18, 2008 at 22:29
Terrible career move to go to the Toon? Aye, it’s a much better career move to stay with a club playing Championship football every week.
Get a grip, you Brummie gits.
84 BORNBREDBRUMMIE // Jul 18, 2008 at 23:20
He’s already made a name for himself playing with Blues. What a legend he’d be if he stays on, get’s us promoted and storms the premiership. As I said, a terrible career move moving to Newcastle, just look at Michael Owen. Why Newcastle?? Of all the clubs he could be playing at and he goes to Newcastle.. Dear oh dear…
85 will_bcfc // Jul 18, 2008 at 23:37
what’s with all the abuse?! and to think Dudley’s in Birmingham when it’s in Baggies territory *smacks head*
to end this discusion - Larsson is a great player, but Jonas Gutierrez is probably better! Newcastle don’t need him and won’t buy him - especially not for £7m, which is the lowest price Sullivan and Gold would probably cash in on him for. (over their dead bodies - yeah right!!! (seen it before syndrome))
All Bluenoses have to hope to god that we can keep him - money grabbing agent Per Jonsson can go shove a Swede up his arse - and in the even that Seb leaves, some lucky club will have a teriffic player on their hands.
That is all
86 scott9 // Jul 19, 2008 at 0:22
nah unless nzogbia leaves we dnt need him i think we need a central midfilder alot more i think torsten frings would be perfect but aparentley he rejected us a think he wud ad that bit of qaulity and expereice githrie cud learn alot form him i think
shorey
frings
derok
and a expereinced cb and we will challenge for top 6
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