Damien Duff is attracting attention in the transfer market, and it appears that Burnley are the latest Premier side showing interest in the Irish winger (or full-back).
Damien Duff – attracting interest in transfer market
Duff said he would want to stay at the club, immediately following relegation but since then Ashley has put the club in jail, and nothing has been done.
And amazingly the Tyneside club has been without a manager since May 24th, the day the club was relegated.
But Duff said in the aftermath of relegation. following the Aston Villa terminal defeat:
“I’m as loyal as they come, whether the gaffer stays or goes.” “I’d love to try to get us back up.”
“I’ve loved working with him (Shearer).” “It’s been a proper football club for eight weeks, and it’s about time.”
“It’s just disappointing that we couldn’t stay up for him and the fans.” “I think he’s been brilliant, even though we haven’t got the results to keep us up.”
“It’s the first time in a long while that this place has felt like a proper football club.”
“Things are done right, and it’s been a breath of fresh air. If there’s one man to get us back up, it’s him.”
And of course Giovanni Trapattoni, Ireland’s 70 year-old manager, has said players remain great wherever they play, and he classed Duff as a great player.
So if he stays at Newcastle United, Damien will have little danger of losing his position in the Irish team, that’s for sure.
We’d like to see Duff stay on Tyneside.
Comments welcome.
63 responses so far ↓
1 stk85 // Jun 12, 2009 at 2:39 PM
if he satys, he’d need to take a pay cut. if they’re loyal, the vast amounts of money wont matter as much
2 ian // Jun 12, 2009 at 2:45 PM
Agree pay cut and play left back or take the money and go, he hasnt enough goals for a winger.
3 Ericles // Jun 12, 2009 at 2:45 PM
Hope he stays. In the Coca Cola I think he would show some class others do not have.
4 RyanToon // Jun 12, 2009 at 2:46 PM
LOOK AT THE PICTURE!!!!!!!
BATTY IS THE ONE ON THE LEFT WITH THE DARK COAT!!!
BATTY IS FAMOUS!
5 Toon Graeme // Jun 12, 2009 at 2:46 PM
This sentence sums up a HELL of a lot!! :
“It’s the first time in a long while that this place has felt like a proper football club.”
6 beyethegreat // Jun 12, 2009 at 2:47 PM
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/football/newcastle/4435894.Textile_tycoon_bid_for_Newcastle_is_a_stitch_up/
7 RyanToon // Jun 12, 2009 at 2:52 PM
duff is staying bcos noone else will pay him what he get here. END OF
8 sahota // Jun 12, 2009 at 2:57 PM
He denied it already
http://www.setanta.com/uk/Articles/Football/2009/06/12/Premier-League-No-Burnley-move-for-Duff/gnid-56759/
9 tooneskimo // Jun 12, 2009 at 2:58 PM
Agree Ryantoon, last seasons sicknotes are all beating the drum now… a pity they didn’t show the same fighting spirit month’s ago, their wives and girlfriends will be crapping themselves as they’ll now have to shop in Aldi’s like the rest of us.
No offence Aldi goer’s…..
10 tooneskimo // Jun 12, 2009 at 2:59 PM
or boyfriends…..you never know…
11 stevep // Jun 12, 2009 at 3:02 PM
kinel – how old is batty!
12 stevep // Jun 12, 2009 at 3:02 PM
I thought he was about 16 from the way he posts
13 batty // Jun 12, 2009 at 3:15 PM
ryan cont
14 Tel // Jun 12, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Sort of related but can anyone answer this, Mike Ashley says he wants 100 mil. Allegedly all our players are up for sale. If for example we sold Duff for lets say 3mil, would the asking price then be 97mil. And so on and so on? And who exactly is brokering these supposed deals, I think personally no one will be sold, or bought until the new owners are in situ.
15 RyanToon // Jun 12, 2009 at 3:31 PM
alreet batts
lmao
16 Toon Graeme // Jun 12, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Catch you all over the weekend.
I doubt we will hear anything apart from the usual Sunday paper dross on Sunday.
Just think from Monday its only 16 days til training.
17 ObaFan2 // Jun 12, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Tel, it’s a good question along with has the owner DEFINATELY written off the loan?
and
Is he seriously selling?
How did he get so rich?
Does he actually know what he’s doing/done?
Does he care?
As for Duff, I can imagine him and Oba are on similar wages and given the choice I’d know which one I’d rather keep.
Wouldn’t it be nice if, with a new owner in place, some of these “responsible” for playing so poorly last season say …. hey, drop my wage, I’ll be happy to play and get you back up and then re-negotiate contracts then!
Ha ha and pigs might fly :/
18 RyanToon // Jun 12, 2009 at 3:42 PM
TG
youre prob rite
19 stevep // Jun 12, 2009 at 3:42 PM
@batty – at least he didnt say you were the old bloke on the right
20 ObaFan2 // Jun 12, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Shoot 5 mobiles, hope you’re getting lots of cash for that ad Ed because I keep doin it without thinking
Put the owners and lamearses faces on instead of the phones and if you do get money each time we hit them you’d be able to buy the Toon within the week
21 batty // Jun 12, 2009 at 3:48 PM
stevep // Jun 12, 2009 at 3:42 PM
@batty – at least he didnt say you were the old bloke on the right
<<<< no cos thats me uncle ryantoon m8
22 Rodzilla // Jun 12, 2009 at 3:52 PM
Batty, is that yee with the Barbour jacket on?!?!
23 Rodzilla // Jun 12, 2009 at 3:54 PM
..adivnt believe RT even if ye say it is anyway
24 RyanToon // Jun 12, 2009 at 3:58 PM
got stevoo tho
25 Rodzilla // Jun 12, 2009 at 4:02 PM
stevep, Batty is an aald gadgie at fawaty, so the photo may well be an accurate representation
26 Spoonman // Jun 12, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Why do people want Duff to stay?
He has done nothing for this club yet as soon as he comes out and pledges his loyalty everyone is his biggest fan.
Yes he would probably do well in the championship, but remember he is on 70k a week.
Offer him a paycut and then see how far his loyalty stretches.
27 Rodzilla // Jun 12, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Spoonman,
….”Offer him a paycut and then see how far his loyalty stretches.”
I think most of our high earners realise that if they DID go elsewhere they’d have to take a pay cut anyway, as nobody else would be stupid enough to pay them what we are.
28 batty // Jun 12, 2009 at 5:21 PM
who needs freinds when u have m8s like ROD and RYANTOON
29 batty // Jun 12, 2009 at 5:23 PM
went get me ne shirt today and saw STARDUST there gettin his he was haveing the name freddy o9 on the back
30 Big Dave // Jun 12, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Batty lol did you get anything on yours ?
31 Rodzilla // Jun 12, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Aye, he loves Freddy like doesn’t he, that Stardust.
…strange eating habits too Batty, I seem to remember.
32 batty // Jun 12, 2009 at 5:35 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/8097894.stm
33 batty // Jun 12, 2009 at 5:37 PM
big dave na m8 left it blank like me head
34 batty // Jun 12, 2009 at 5:38 PM
ROD aye him and worky like squashed rotten hedgehog or summit lol
35 Paul P // Jun 12, 2009 at 5:46 PM
i think the top line is really nobody can be sold or bought yet. simply down A we dont have new owners in place or a manager. i really hope we are took over before the begining of july. not only will fat twat get his 100 mill, he will pocket the transfers, plus leave us with half a squad. i can see it coming. he is trying to run us into the ground. a just hope everything is agreed before the transfer window re-opens in 19 days time.
36 batty // Jun 12, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Paul P the transfer window is open isnt it m8
37 simon376 // Jun 12, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Batty, I think the only tranfers that can be made ae ones where contracts are up. Other delas can maybe be struck, but no moves until 1st July
38 Big Dave // Jun 12, 2009 at 5:55 PM
I thought the window opens 1st July ??. Batty just out of interest is Batty your name mate or for David Batty ?
39 batty // Jun 12, 2009 at 5:56 PM
cheers m8
40 Nick 69 // Jun 12, 2009 at 5:59 PM
people slag duff off saying hes only stayin for the money, but the fact is, him along with stevey taylor were the only players who showed any really pride and passion and fight for the club at the end of the season. IMO he is actually one of the players who wants to stay for the right reasons, and i think he is one of the ones who will be gutted 2 hav a relegation on his c.v, not one of the ones who were busy talkin about there holidays after the villa game
41 batty // Jun 12, 2009 at 6:00 PM
big dave for david batty m8 me real second name is murray
42 batty // Jun 12, 2009 at 6:01 PM
nick69 aye ur right aboot duff m8
43 Nick 69 // Jun 12, 2009 at 6:03 PM
transfer window isnt officially open but the deal can be complete now, it just means the registration of the player to the new club won’t become officialy until july 1st, which makes no difference anway cos the ther is no training or matches until july anyway, so you may aswell class the window as open
44 Nick 69 // Jun 12, 2009 at 6:04 PM
batty- he was a revelation when shearer came in and played him at LB, and we could see him back to his blackburn/early chelsea form in the CCC
45 Toon_Factor // Jun 12, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Nick 69
He has already been relegated with Blackburn!
46 Big Dave // Jun 12, 2009 at 6:08 PM
cheers batty funny enough I liked batty he reminds me of barton only barton is fitted with a self destruct button. Nick 69 I agree with you about duff but I think i said to you b4 that the players cant win they want to stay they are greedy bstarts and are only here for the £££s. if they want to go because they dont like being in the soap opera, then they are not loyal and dont give a flyin fig
47 Toon_Factor // Jun 12, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Is that really Batty on the picture? if it is you look like ricky gervais lol
48 batty // Jun 12, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Toon_Factor // Jun 12, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Is that really Batty on the picture? if it is you look like ricky gervais lol
<<<<is it fck m8
49 batty // Jun 12, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Nick 69 agree m8 it was the fittist he had been for a long time m8
50 Rangerman // Jun 12, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Looks like Paddy Conroy without the eye patch.
51 Big Dave // Jun 12, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Toon_Factor The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who have tattoos, and those who have pre concieved ideas of people with tattoos.
52 batty // Jun 12, 2009 at 6:37 PM
ware is every 1 gettin ready to gan oot on the p:ss like
53 Nick 69 // Jun 12, 2009 at 6:38 PM
looks nothing like paddy conroy at all!!
54 Jan Stavik // Jun 12, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Sell him on, paying £70k a week in CCC for Duff would be madness. I’d drive him down A1 if somebody pays 3-4m for him.
55 Toon_Factor // Jun 12, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Big Dave
Sorry if I offended you the other day but I couldnt think of anything more revolting than having ink inserted into my skin. Yak
56 Simo // Jun 12, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Evenin all!
This is genuine before everyone starts badgering me!
Big Fraser Forster was on a plane to London today on the same flight as my mate who was on his way to Canada (via Heathrow). Word is he could be on his way to Spurs!
Seems to have good potential and wants out of this bombsite, nothing concrete yet, just thought id post!
Cheers!
Keep the faith!
57 Big Dave // Jun 12, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Toon_Factor no mate you didnt offend me lol, you either like them or you dont. maybe a toon badge on your calf for a start mate lol
58 Rodzilla // Jun 12, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Big Dave, I always wondered that about Batty mesel mate, but never bothered to ask – now I know!
Murray mints, Murray mints – too good to hurry mints.
…and you forgot ‘or piercings’ on yer tattoo quote Dave.
Toon_Factor, ye snob. I could think of far “more revolting” things to insert under my skin anyway.
…like woodlice, or dog vomit for example.
59 Big Dave // Jun 12, 2009 at 8:09 PM
Rod your right mate ( The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who have tattoos and piercings, and those who have pre concieved ideas of people with tattoos or piercings.) I have a few piercings myself and I must say attitudes are changing.
60 Rodzilla // Jun 12, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Dave, I used to have hair down to mi ass in mi mid twenties anarl – I was totally gobsmacked at how differently people treated me going from pony tail to skinhead. As much as we’d like not to, we’ll ALWAYS judge books by covers.
I was having a conversation with mi Mam the other week about how bizarre it is that in the 60s/70s/80s it was totally acceptable for old women to walk around with died blue or purple hair and nobody would bat an eyelid – but stick the same hair colour on the heed of a young man and it’d be “phone the police, I’m gona get mugged!”
61 Rodzilla // Jun 12, 2009 at 8:47 PM
…I’d agree though, attitudes are certainly changing. Having a tattoo these days can be a sign of affluence and distinction. It’s becoming far more the fashion accessory now and seems to be spread through all classes – not just ‘working’.
62 Tom_Toon // Jun 13, 2009 at 1:56 AM
Duff is pretty poor, old-ish and on 80k a week when Champonship players are on roughly 10k a week.
Get him out.
63 Tom_Toon // Jun 13, 2009 at 1:57 AM
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