Racing Santander will add two new faces to their squad this season, after agreeing one-year loan deals for Barcelona defender Henrique and Newcastle United Spanish U21 striker Xisco.
Xisco – one year loan deal looks official
23-year-old Spaniard Xisco only moved to Newcastle from Deportivo La Coruna last September, but has been unable to get many first team games.
Racing have officially confirmed on their website that they had reached agreements with both Barca and Newcastle to take the two players on loan until June 30, 2010 .
The site adds that the pair will be added to the Cantabrian club’s squad once they pass their medicals.
The loan move will only be official once the Spaniard passes his medical, of course.
That’s good move by Newcastle because it takes a high wage earner (£50K/week) off the books that will help sell the club. It’s also good for Xisco because he’ll get a lot more games this season, which he needs.
But this would suggest Newcastle have another striker lined up, and there should be no way that 20 year-old Andy Carroll will be leaving., which is more good news.
Good move by the Tyneside club.
Comments welcome.
58 comments so far
Toon_Army
Aug 31, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Comment #41Xisco going is certainly good news, but this is not the news we have been waiting for, I am taking the silence as a cue for another season of Ash and his Croneys… 🙁
Jan Stavik
Aug 31, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Comment #42It’s strange if NUFC let him go without having a replacement ready to step up. But he was on crazy money, and never got a game so he was not of much use anyway.
I’m hoping for Beckford before the deadline, but I’m afraid we’ll just see one mediocre loanee arriving.
davis_toons
Aug 31, 2009 at 2:48 PM
Comment #43spanishtoon // Aug 31, 2009 at 2:06 PM
have you seen this? incredible…
That was gone
Geordie-Gerrard7
Aug 31, 2009 at 2:49 PM
Comment #44http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cCUyZRxskk
imagine having ribery and robben as our wingers with mario gomez up top, dark horses for champs league bayern??
batty
Aug 31, 2009 at 2:52 PM
Comment #45dus any 1 else think harper is by far the best keeper in this divison
JinkyGenius
Aug 31, 2009 at 2:53 PM
Comment #46OK, this is the deal. Xisco will now go onto net enough goals to get into the Spanish World Cup squad. His value will go rocketing up after a hat-trick against someone or other in the group stages and we will either sell him at a profit or take him back, whereupon he will set the Prem alight (NUFC having being promoted by them) helping send us back into Europe for the 2011/12 season. Any flaws….?
sahil
Aug 31, 2009 at 2:53 PM
Comment #47Batty.
Spot on.
MacToon
Aug 31, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Comment #48Yes Batty I do.
Fostino
Aug 31, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Comment #49me thinks robben was brought in will pave the way for ribery to go to barcelona now
Bill F
Aug 31, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Comment #50Batty a lot of people were calling Shola sh*te but now the same ones are lamenting over his loss. Just no pleasing some!!
batty
Aug 31, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Comment #51teams seem to shoot a lot from oot side the box in this leauge cant see them gettin many past harper
batty
Aug 31, 2009 at 3:01 PM
Comment #52Bill F // Aug 31, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Batty a lot of people were calling Shola sh*te but now the same ones are lamenting over his loss. Just no pleasing some!!
<<<<aye bill a told me elder brother he would start scoring in this leauge and he laughed lol
Fostino
Aug 31, 2009 at 3:07 PM
Comment #531st team
harper
simpson s.taylor colo enrique
barton smith nolan jonas
ameobi carroll
2nd choice
krul
r.taylor tozer kadar adeji
geremi butt guthrie donaldson
lua lua
ranger
then theres froster, the potentially excelent vuckic & inman, den ferguson, godsmark
BlacknWhite Barmy
Aug 31, 2009 at 3:11 PM
Comment #54Lets be honest shola is still crap – its just he has found his level.
none of the goals he has scored this season look as though he was comfortable or knew what he was doing!
dave 1961
Aug 31, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Comment #55there might be method in Ashley’s madness but i am stumped to work out what it is, who i making these decisions. maybe Ashley & his ar*e flip for it.
sahil
Aug 31, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Comment #56Blacknwhite barmy.
That is right, Shola still cnnot play in the prem.
How many goals did he score last season?
Hes scored more in 5 games than he has whole last season!
repo
Aug 31, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Comment #57Zamblera leaving us as well another striker going..
wtf are they doing…
Ericles
Aug 31, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Comment #58What is this about Zamblera going. That is out of the blue – where is it coming from?