Newcastle are reported to be interested in Sierra Leone striker Teteh Bangura.
Teteh Bangura – the new Didier Drogba
The 21-year-old has been called the new Didier Drogba and this is not the first time Newcastle have been linked with the 6′ tall midfielder who can also play up front, and has a knack for scoring goals
Teteh started his career in 2006 in Sierra Leone playing for Kallon and in 30 appearances for the club he scored 14 goals.
He moved to the USA in 2009 and played for the Cleveland City Stars and on loan at the Cascade Surge in the USL Premier Development League in Oregon, before moving back to Kallon last year.
After a few more games for Kallon last year he then joined Swedish club Köping before moving to AIK, also in Sweden, and that’s whom he joined permanently only this year.
So it seems up to this point the player has only played in a lower class of football, and it must be difficult to judge how he would do at the very top level at Newcastle.
He has one cap for Sierra Leone this year.
It’s difficult to judge how good this player could become, but if he is called the new Didier Drogba, presumably he looks good and certainly seems to be able to score goals.
From what we can tell he’s played 63 club games and scored 41 goals so far in his short career.
And not to spread too many rumors, but we’ve had a couple of notes this morning saying the old Didier Drogba was sighted in the Newcastle club shop yesterday with Derek LLambias – but that would be a huge surprise if true.
These rumors are probably coming from Alan Pardew and him shaking hands and all that stuff at Stamford Bridge.
What do you think about Teteh?
Comments welcome.
75 comments so far
davybtoon
May 24, 2011 at 9:28 AM
Comment #1id say 10mill is bout ryt for gamerio it myt hav add ons aswell so
also someone on twitter reckons could b some confirmation in next 24/48hours bout gervinho n that he is definetely the mystery midfield man terms n fee agreed agent stalling
Nufc_mo
May 24, 2011 at 9:36 AM
Comment #2Impressive goal per game ratio for a 21 year old… not so sure if he can cut it in the EPL straight away…
Drogba is either heading to Galatasary or Spurs.
a.barry
May 24, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Comment #3lukaku,Bangura and the actual drogba. carn’t wait to see another drogba like player come on our radar:D
Markaccus
May 24, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Comment #4If all this is true, then gervinho and bangura do come, then that would count as the two front men we wanted. However, unless one of them can play as a big target man (guessing it would have to be the 6 foot + bangura) then we’d still have to get another. Both these players seem to be described as midfield/strikers.
roshan MAGPIE
May 24, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Comment #5i guess Drogba will go to marseile his former club and abt this new Drogba i think he is better than ameobi and kuqi and i think we can buy him for 1m£
CHAPPA
May 24, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Comment #6whats this lad like lads? he any good
zaktoon_swede
May 24, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Comment #7im from sweden and have watched him closely. he’s different class to most other players in allsvenskan (swedens top division) but i think we should look elsewhere. worth no more than 2m£.
I think we should go for sturridge and shane long, if reading lose out to swansea.
RichK
May 24, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Comment #8I might get some abuse for putting this out there but I would try to sign DJ Campbell. He’s an out and out poacher, great work rate and can finish as we’ve seen this season. According to skysports, he’s got a buy out clause of £1.25m which is peanuts and he’d want no more than about £20k p/w. Ok he’s 29 but for that amount i’d snap him up-he’s well worth a punt!
CHAPPA
May 24, 2011 at 9:48 AM
Comment #9i would have a sneaky punt at defoe..hes wanting regular football and isnt getting that a spuds..would be a class signing imo
a.barry
May 24, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Comment #10i agree richk good finisher what we need plus cheap, although we will need 1-2 better strikers or wingers to give him the service he needs.
Markaccus
May 24, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Comment #11Not the worst player in the world @richk, better option than bothroyd at least.
Graeme
May 24, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Comment #12If he can break into a sprint occasionally then he’s going to be an improvement on Bambi, that’s for sure!!! Then again, being an improvement on Bambi isn’t much of a recommendation!!
kev1664
May 24, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Comment #13It looks like we could be going for the one up top and two wing forward formation next year. What’s been said of gameiro? I’ve heard the gervinho rumours.
Imagine drogba gervinho and tiote. It would be great until the African cup on nations starts. That said I don’t believe the drogba rumour one bit.
Gervinho would be a first big step on our recruitment drive and issue quite a statement.
I hate agents with a passion. 9.75 mil would give the agent 975k in agent fees. Greedy.
In fact it would probably be more benefitial to the agent if he does sign for us because if he does well there could be another transfer in a couple of years to an even bigger club.
toonbelmonter
May 24, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Comment #14no to DJ campbel. he scored a fair few but only because blackpool do nothing but attack, would much rarther a CARR signing than campbel like but thats just me and davybtoon ani chance of a little roundup of the recent rumours you heard m8 lol
RichK
May 24, 2011 at 9:54 AM
Comment #15I agree @a.barry we’d still need a ‘top class’ striker and winger/att mid too.
Chappa – I think Defoe would be a great signing but I’d go for DJ Campbell over him cos Defoe would cost £8-10m.
hongkong_magpies
May 24, 2011 at 9:54 AM
Comment #16squad player is needed however we need class at the moment, otherwise the toon players (Enrique,Barton) would think NUFC is lack of ambition and want away, our potential targets as well
gooniesforlife
May 24, 2011 at 9:55 AM
Comment #17I have heard a few good things about the young drogba and if we pick him up before other people do then it cant be bad business, i would love to see sturridge at newcastle and shane long, I think two fantastic prospects who will only get better, young players have to be the future
Nufc_mo
May 24, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Comment #18Owen didnt get regular games at Madrid, we thought he would be a class signing… Signing Defoe would be a similar mistake… a costly one aswell!
so a big fat NO. To defoe.
Since Pardew is content with bad attitude players it looks like Nzogbia will be heading to the toon… im still hoping he doesnt…
Skillwise Yes to Zogbia… attitude wise, NO. and team spirit is more important imo.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Harper~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~Uchida~~~Staylor~Colo~~~M”bengue~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tiote~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~Barton~~~~~~~Nolan~~~~~~~~~Zogbia~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Arfa~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sturridge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Would be a scary line up.
Nufc_mo
May 24, 2011 at 9:58 AM
Comment #19Ive still got my fingers crossed that their is atleast a rumour linking us with Uchida…
CHAPPA
May 24, 2011 at 9:58 AM
Comment #20@richk
i think paying 8-10 mill for defoe would be good business hes a proven prolific striker..as for dj campbell imo would be a step backwards we need atleast 1 quality striker
Nufc_mo
May 24, 2011 at 9:59 AM
Comment #21Oops, made a mistake with that lineup.
Barton in the Center, and Menez on the right
Nufc_mo
May 24, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Comment #22@Chappa
Owen was a proven prolific striker. Didnt turn out so well for us did he… Defoe has had multpile occasions to show his ability this season, and was utterly dreadful. Was it 3 goals all season?, Christ Ameobi scored atleast double that
Nufc_mo
May 24, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Comment #23The only striker id take from spurs is Roman Pav. He is class.
G
May 24, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Comment #24I’ve heard a few rumours about this Bangura, and a bit of Denis Wise like scouting on youtube shows some good goals, like the man above says though, the standard of football in Sweden is far lower than most of Europe. He could be worth bringing in at less than £2M though, purely as back up?
Keano9
May 24, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Comment #25Thats 3 drogbas we have been linked with lkalua, baefemis gomis, and the real drogba this is who we should buy
In:
Chiek M’Bengue (LB 6M)
Ashley Williams (CB Free) or the Standard Leige CB if been hearing about
the Mystery CM (supposedly Deigo of Wolfsburg or Blasie Matudi of Saint-Ettine) about 9M
Charles N’Zogbia (LW 11M) or Adam Johnson (LW 11M)
Daniel Sturridge (ST 12M) and one of these 6
Baefemis Gomis ( ST 8M) or
Ricky van Wolfwinkel (ST 8M) or
Robert Lewendanki (ST 10M) or
Kobeinn Sigsorrson (ST 4M) or
Niklas Bendtner (ST 10M) or
Gary Hooper (ST 6M)
Feedback is apperciated
howay the lads!!
Nufc_mo
May 24, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Comment #26If we are after EPL experienced strikers
Sturridge and Pavylchencko as our front men… would be deadly
G
May 24, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Comment #27Sturridge would deffo be my preference from those mo, but I think most of the Prem and possibly a few overseas club will be trying that too. Could cause something of a bidding war.
xXl NUFC lXx
May 24, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Comment #28Definitely one of the best players in allsvenskan. Could maybe be our second or third striker. I think we could get him for 1 mill.
Nufc_mo
May 24, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Comment #29In:
Chiek M’Bengue (LB 6M) – Yes
Ashley Williams (CB Free) or the Standard Leige CB if been hearing about – NOx2, Samba please.
the Mystery CM (supposedly Deigo of Wolfsburg or Blasie Matudi of Saint-Ettine) about 9M – Its apparantly Victor Wanyama
Charles N’Zogbia (LW 11M) or Adam Johnson (LW 11M) – I think everyone knows by now i dont want Zog back.. so yeah…, Adam Johnson – YES PLEASE!
Daniel Sturridge (ST 12M) – YES PLEASE!
and one of these 6
Niklas Bendtner (ST 10M) – Arsene wants 15mill for him, and he is shite. So no.
Never seen/heard of the rest..
Baefemis Gomis ( ST 8M) or
Ricky van Wolfwinkel (ST 8M) or
Robert Lewendanki (ST 10M) or
Kobeinn Sigsorrson (ST 4M) or
Gary Hooper (ST 6M)
We need a rightback
toonbelmonter
May 24, 2011 at 10:07 AM
Comment #30keano every1 of those would be quaility , well apart from bendter and siggothen like
Magpietillidie22
May 24, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Comment #31keano9
out of those Id take pretty much all BUT realistically…
Williams (as back up)
Deigo
N’zogbia or Johnson
Gomis
Sturridge
Tbh with everyone weve been linked with and if they are actually true, the team would be something like…
………………..Krul…………………..
Simmo….Colo…Saylor… M’bengue
……………….Tiote……………………
………….Nolan…Barton……………
Ben Arfa…………………..N’Zogbia
………………Gameiro…………………
And i think we would all take that
Markaccus
May 24, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Comment #32How can u say pardew likes bad attitude players, nufc mo??? We have one of the best team spirits in the league. All these random attacks on pardew are now getting stupid.
Nufc_mo
May 24, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Comment #33Hmmm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Harper~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~Uchida~~~Staylor~~Colo~~~M”bengue~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tiote~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~Johnson~~~~~~Barton~~~~~~~~Arfa~~
~~~~~~~~Sturridge ~~~Gervinho~~~~~~~~
Looks fierce!
toonbelmonter
May 24, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Comment #34nufc mo. every time u list players u say u want samba but al say wat every1 has sed to u SAMBA IS A TARGET FOR BIGGER CLUBS THAN NEWCASTLE AN HE IS RATED AT 20 MILL AT BLACKBURN .. now sorry but be realistik
Nufc_mo
May 24, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Comment #35@Markaccus
Couldnt think of any other way to phrase it… Surely he must know about N’zogbia’s attitude problems…
On top of that we have Joey Barton who may still slip up… Have no doubt, he has been immense and a changed man this season, but theres always that 1-5% that he might just go over board…i.e Pederson..
Ben arfa had a falling out with Marseille… so he might be a loose cannon… too early to judge…
but do we need a 3rd player who could cause problems within the team? Should the club really be risking it?
I maintain my opinion that we should look elsewere for a Flair player with talents Like Nzogbia who could come cheaper, and not command a 60k wage per week, that Nzogbia is reportedly going to be offered at Newcastle…
toonbelmonter
May 24, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Comment #36~~~~~~~~~~~~~~harper~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Uchida~~~Staylor~~Colo~~~M”bengue~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tiote~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~barton~~~~~~~~nolan~~~~~~~~ben arfa~~~~~~~~sturride~~~~~~~~zogg on the tyne
Nufc_mo
May 24, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Comment #37I dont say i want Samba all the time Toonbel… Out of all our defensive problems ive always stated that a RB and LB if enrique leaves should be our priority.
Im completely confident that Staylor, Colo and Willo can do a job at CB with Kadar coming is awell. But since some people seem to think we need another CB, ive placed my input by suggesting Samba.
I dont see you biting other peoples heads off for Suggesting Menez, Diego etc who are also being targeted by bigger clubs.
toonbelmonter
May 24, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Comment #38sorry guys a just don know how to du my formation. it just looks a mess lol
Magpietillidie22
May 24, 2011 at 10:18 AM
Comment #39Anyone who believes N’zogbia will be given 60k a week needs to wake up lol
Ashley will not sanction such moves, if we were talking about bringing in a HUGE name like Drogba then yeah he prob would pay over the odds knowing he’d recoup it in shirts and merchandise here and in africa.
If we sign N’zogbia itll be slightly more than wigan pay him and I can guarantee they dont pay anybody over 40k
toonarmy1986
May 24, 2011 at 10:19 AM
Comment #40I would go for Hutton as a new right back/back up as you won’t get many better unless you spend big which is unnecessary for a right back.