We had wondered last night if Joe Kinnear wanted to complete four incoming deals for Newcastle or that number of deals included Given and Zog leaving Newcastle.
N’Zogbia – move to Wigan determines if Taylor comes the other way 🙁
But in a new interview in the Newcastle Journal this morning, it looks like Joe wants four players coming in today, including Ryan Taylor of Wigan Athletic.
Joe said last night:
“We’re looking to add four players before tomorrow,” “One of those is a striker.”
“And we have tried for one center-half, Sammi Hyppia, but Liverpool are not prepared to let him out.”
“I want to get somebody with experience because of the position we are in. “
“We have a very young back four and I just want somebody who is a good organizer.”
Kinnear was due to meet Mike Ashley after the game yesterday afternoon to finalize the finances available, and we assume that has been sorted out last night, with Joe and Dennis Wise presumably going all out to get their men today.
But of course Joe is always a little too optimistic and he admitted that some of the deals may not go through today:
“There could be a chance that the deals will break down but I don’t know.”
And as far as Ryan Taylor is concerned, he’s already on Tyneside, as a number of our readers had mentioned yesterday.
Joe talked about Ryan this morning:
“Ryan Taylor has been here for the last two days. He can play both full- back positions, wide positions and is a good player.”
“I’ll be disappointed if that falls through because we can’t agree a deal for Charlie.”
Whoops, so we were wrong in our earlier report when we said the Ryan Taylor deal was not dependent on Charles going the other way.
Well, Charles will be doubly disliked now, if he pulls out of the Wigan deal, so somebody please call him and tell him he’s right that Wigan is a much more ambitious club than Newcastle and are destined for the European Champions League.
Of course Wigan are way above Newcastle in the league right now and Geordie manager Steve Bruce has done a tremendous job for the Lancashire club in the last 12 months.
We’re hardly in any position to criticize Wigan, which we think is great little club, and very well run too.
Comments welcome.
150 comments so far
miloflembo
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Comment #1NO ZOG CANT GO! Oh wait…
Ever seen a mackem in Milan?
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Comment #2Going to have to move quick to get 4 Joe. Ill be delighted if we do.
GEORDIE69
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Comment #3Can JFK count to four?
The Real Entertainers
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Comment #4I just hope it is not 2 players coming through the door and 2 leaving it !
dougnufc
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Comment #5Coventry just signed a defender so I think it may be a replacement for Fox and therefore a slight chance of Fox coming to the toon?
NotAGhostToon
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Comment #6If the F-in french fool f-s us about i’ll be annoyed!
ryan taylor is exactly what we need, getting rid of n’zogbia is exactly what we need, the money is exactly what we need!
Charlie at wigan you’ll be able to work with world class players! like elbmarb sut’it
sean667
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Comment #7arshivan not going to arsnal lets get him
aus_toon_todd
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Comment #8fox, o’toole, taylor, gomis 🙂
BigB75
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Comment #9i;ll take taylor and tell Steve Bruce we will take him in the summer
04jransomp
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Comment #10Seems rather unlikely we’ll get 4. But that would be great!
Taylor sound like a good deal, as does fox as a young defender. But I though Jow said he wanted experience for the back line?
Simo
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Comment #11Surely if the n’zogbia move falls through we would sign taylor for about 1.5m!?
Still got a feeling with Saviola – could be scuppered by liverpool though 🙁
gillespie
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Comment #12hi guys,
my 1st post after years of reading nufcblog.
cant help but get the impression zog has shot himself in the foot by claiming to be so desperate to leave. think he is more than reluctacnt to join the laticks but cant go back on his word so dont think we need to worry about that deal falling through. as much as i liked to watch him play i will be glad to see the back of him
Toon1978
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Comment #13Saviola
Veloso
Taylor
Fox
That would be perfect though i do admit i have seen nothing of Fox but i am thinking more along the lines of QUANTITY rather then quality with Fox.
cjcox88
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Comment #14i agree bout liverpool nicking saviola, hopefully they wont, although id rather have a big striker to play with martins, or both haha
cjcox88
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Comment #15whats happened to appiah, tottenham havent got him yet, surely worth ago for nowt!
toonoholic
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Comment #1610.37 A further update from Sky Sports News on Robbie Keane who believe Real Madrid’s Argentine striker Javier Saviola has been in discussions with Spurs over a loan deal. However, if Tottenham’s move for Keane is sucessful then Saviola could make the switch to Anfield.
Toon1978
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Comment #17Looks like Saviola could be off to Spurs or Liverpool depending on what happens with Keane. Forget Saviola we aint the time to mess about.
Stuart79
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Comment #18Does anyone actually think we’ll have time to get 4 deals done?
They would need to be in the area talking to us, espiecally in tis weather.
Llambias is at the training ground with Kinnear.
aus_toon_todd
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Comment #19what did happen with appiah?
sirjasontoon
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Comment #20Nail biting…don’t believe anything JK says,4,2,Loans,Hang my hat on him blah blah Yawn.
AussieToon
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Comment #21Fox, Taylor, Bent and possibly Veloso are the ones being closely worked on….
Stuart79
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Comment #22Aussietoon – Sources?
SSN say Bent will NOT be going to NUFC
Toon1978
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Comment #23Stuart79
NUFC have struggled to get two players in all month so the prospect of us getting four in one day is preposterous lol but you never know.
Spartan
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Comment #24Should have got Ben Haim
miloflembo
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Comment #25Who reckons we wont get any signings today 😛
toonjerry
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Comment #26Bent is holding out for everton ,bit of a waste of time as jo is there and has agreed a fee i believe
Partizan
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Comment #27Veloso-12 mill
Gomis- N’Zogbia+ 3mill
Taylor-2 mill
Garcia-straight swap with Enrique
Fox-2 mill
Geremi-to Besiktas for 1.5 mil
Smith to WBA for 3 mill
This is how imagined the transfers…..but the problem is that we don’t have enough time to realize them.
valle
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Comment #28JFK hasnt been around NUFC long enough to know that we will end up with nowt lol… Nah, lets keep the hopes up that something like that could happen. I dunno who would be the central defender he talks about tho, but it would surely be somebody already in the EPL. Veloso would be one of the other if we beleive his earlier statement and then there is Taylor ofc… About the forward? who knows…
nufc1818
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Comment #29quaresma left out of inter squad
waddler
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Comment #30Looks like its going to be Gomas if a striker is purchased/loaned.
I also have a feeling Barry Ferguson may come with Smith going the other way.
Weezertron
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Comment #31From what ive read JK wants 2 more after Taylor. not 4 in 1 day. It was in the northern echo.
BT9MAG
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Comment #32He wants 4 players in, I want a cup of coffee and a bacon and egg sarnie, but working at the speed Newcastle do, I’ll be lucky to be eating that by 5oclock!
Toon1978
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Comment #33Waddler
Jk would be off his head to bring Ferguson in, he is 30 years old, was not good enough when he was playing in the EPL when he was in his twenties so why go for him now, would be madness i would rather have Smith.
nufc1818
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Comment #34everyones worrying about how players cant fly out
but you might find some of them came last night
Spartan
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Comment #35Has Zog actually gone yet?
THE MAGPIE
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Comment #368m for Given+6m for N’Zogbia=14-4 for Nolan and 1.5 for Taylor thats 8.5m for the roulette wheel then.
durhammag
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Comment #37CCFC confirming that fox is due to sign for us in the next few hours. So much for experience at the back!!!!
Toon1978
Feb 2, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Comment #38http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=430496
liambirchy
Feb 2, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Comment #39micheal johnson 8m according to sky sports
bit expensive for him, no way the same value as shay
THE MAGPIE
Feb 2, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Comment #40Hyypia-Keegan had him on his infamous list and was told we dont buy players of that age-funny how things change.