Newcastle have received a £3M offer from relegated West Ham, for their captain Kevin Nolan.
Kevin Nolan – West Ham bid turned down
Newcastle have turned down the offer, and we’re not sure Kevin would be too delighted to be back playing in the Championship next season, and the London club probably couldn’t afford Kevin’s wages either.
So it would hardly be good for Kevin to take a drop down in both class and wages to join West Ham now, would it?
Newcastle signed Kevin for £4M from Bolton Wanderers in January of 2009, but the club was then relegated five months later.
The very fact that West Ham have bid for the player will alert some Premier League clubs, like Bolton, and we just cannot believe Newcastle will sell their captain – what’s going on here?
The Liverpudlian has just turned down an extension to his current deal at Newcastle, because he wanted a three year extension but Newcastle offered only a two year extension.
Kevin still has two years left on his current contract, so the sky’s not falling in – not yet anyway.
Surely something can be worked out between the club and the player, so we’re not going to see bids this summer for Kevin Nolan as well as for Joey Barton, because that’s exactly what will happen.
New West Ham manager Sam Allardyce wants his former Bolton captain to help the London side get back into the Premier League. at their very first attempt next season.
But we wonder what manager Alan Pardew thinks of all this – he’s identified Kevin Nolan as a key player for Newcastle in the years ahead – and the club cannot even agree a new deal for him?
And we’ll not even mention Joey Barton and Jose Enrique, who are two more top players at Newcastle who could leave soon, although Joey has said he will see out the one year left on his current deal.
Newcastle must retain their best players and both Kevin and Joey are great for the team spirit at the club too, and theyll be needed to help the new players that come in over the summer.
If Newcastle cannot tie down their best players this summer, then Newcastle fans will not be very happy, whoever the club manages to bring in over the summer.
Comments welcome.
105 comments so far
TemuriKetsbaia
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Comment #1Madness!
WWJBD
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Comment #2Get stuffed fat sam!
WWJBD
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:07 AM
Comment #3No no…no no no no…no no no no…no no Sam can f+@? off.
MacToon
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Comment #4Don’t you just love the transfer window!
mr.T...iote
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Comment #5have they definatly turnd it down like
Stuart
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Comment #6Can hardly see Nolan wanting to drop back to the championship.
This whole Nolan nonsense has been way overblown as far as I’m concerned like.
He’s still got two years left on his contract. He’ll definately be here next season I reckon and will probably be offered a short extension next summer.
Its just a case of Newcastle not wanting to be lumbered with another 32+ player with massive wages.
NUFC_Richyg01
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Comment #7Apparently West Ham are willing to match his current deal if he joins them.
Dont forget either:
1. It was Big Sam who signed him up for Bolton
2.He was Big Sam’s first signing when he moved here.
So Nolan obviously likes the fat man!
I would not be suprised to see this deal go through myself for about £5M.
MacToon
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Comment #82.He was Big Sam’s first signing when he moved here.
Dont think he was.
NUFC_Richyg01
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:13 AM
Comment #9Do you know what interests me with some of you on here.
You post your ‘Fantasy’ teams for next season and hardly any of them include Nolan in the starting XI.
Now that there is a slight possibility of him leaving, you are all up in arms about it.
I mean, seriously, Make your friggin minds up!
roshan MAGPIE
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Comment #10he still has 2 years left let him complete the Contract and let him go free after 30 he will be no good for NUFC
Stuart
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Comment #11How are West Ham going to match his wages and pay £5m for him?
They just got relegated and are having a massive firesale to get high wages off their books!
NUFC_Richyg01
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Comment #12@ MacToon // Jun 8, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Maybe not his first signing but Big Sam signed him up, thats my point.
slazberger
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Comment #13i think JK bought nolan?
Toonmania
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Comment #14big sam didn’t sign nolan?? joke in ear signed nolan and ryan taylor when insomnia left
antonufc.ie
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Comment #15id let him go for 5million he aint a great midfielder anymore he aint even in tiotes shadow in my opinion ben arfa and gosling to come back too!
Thump
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Comment #16£3m is an absolute insult.
slazberger said:
i think JK bought nolan?
Yeah, that’s what I thought. It’s reported in the papers that that it was Fat Ally’s first signing though.
Stuart
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Comment #17I’d be weird if he was in tiote’s shadow seen as though hes a totally different type of midfielder.
Anyone saying we should cash in must be forgetting we have one of the smallest squads in the prem already!
NUFC_Richyg01
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Comment #18@ Stuart // Jun 8, 2011 at 10:14 AM
West Ham will not be giving players like Carlton Cole, Robert Green, Scott Parker, Demba Ba or Thomas Hitzslperger etc away for cheap, so they will have the cash.
antonufc.ie
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:19 AM
Comment #19yeah he is a midfielder that goes missing for most of the game tiote is box to box nolan is in the there box waiting on joeys corners
WWJBD
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:20 AM
Comment #20West Ham are in huge financial trouble…relegation will be close to bankrupting them
Who ever they sell will go to funding the clubs survival not on big named players exactly like ours did but they are in a far worse position
Stuart
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:20 AM
Comment #21Yeah but they’ve got the £40m they lost by getting relegated to cover first.
We were alot better off when we got relegated and I think the most we paid for a player was £1.5m for routledge, on quite low wages.
WWJBD
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Comment #22Tiote isn’t box to box what matches have you been watching?
daneevz
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Comment #23it not all about startin XI its about big enough squad to cope with injurys as we have them all season long. i believe its healthy to have compo for positions it brings best out of players we should keep all the decent players we have and build not dismantle. otherwise we be in the same boat as last year.
cousto
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:22 AM
Comment #24Nolan’s a good goal poacher, but he’s slow.
If you had a choice of a fully fit Ben Arfa or Nolan to play behind a striker who would you choose?
Nolan’s done well, but Benny boy wins that decision hands down.
Nufc_mo
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:23 AM
Comment #25Tiote is a wall. Simple.
antonufc.ie
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Comment #26WWJBD i think he is id have him any day before nolan or barton if he could just stop getting booked
Stuart
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Comment #27Cousto, who would you prefer if HBA is injured, Nolan or Donaldson?
Its about having a squad of quality players, not a first team of them.
Thump
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Comment #28Exactly daneevz.
Rotonda heights
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Comment #29some people make it sound like a bad thing wanting to get an aging player on huge wages off the books.
Nufc_mo
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:25 AM
Comment #30@NUFC_Richyg01
They wont get anything for BA,
He has a release clause that was triggered when they got relegated…. he is a free agent…
Thump
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Comment #31Speaking of Tioté.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lionel-messiGod-sent-me-to-play-football-Cheik-Tiote-I-sent-nobody/206646529371196
antonufc.ie
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Comment #32nolan will never want to sit on the bench if west ham had stayed up he wouldnt have gotten in there midfield anyway
Nufc_mo
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Comment #33@Stuart id prefer Ranger/Airey playing up front with which ever forward we sign…
WWJBD
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Comment #34He never passes the half way line haha
He is also a CDM which is completely different to Nolan or Barton he wouldn’t be good in either of their positions
Stuart
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:27 AM
Comment #35Rotonda,
There is when he’s our captain and top goalscorer.
Don’t get me wrong, if we sign the players we’re after he shouldn’t be starting, but I’d much prefer him as backup to some of the kids who havent made the step up yet.
cheikmate
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:28 AM
Comment #36Where is the evidence we hav turned the offer down ed? a cant find anything that mentions this ? wud be a disgrace to let our top scorer and captain go at all never mind for 3 mil !!!!
boom boom cheick cheick the room
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:28 AM
Comment #37west ham know full well they wont get kev they just want to let their fans see that they still have a little bit of ambition by bidding for kev tell them we give them our captain for their captain see how they like that one sullivan and gold will be BLOWING BUBBLES out of their a**eholes b4 we let them have kevin nolan for 3m.
mr.T...iote
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Comment #38av already sed this n hopefully people dnt read wat i say in the rong way but a would only let him go IF we got an AUTOMATIC ENGLISH LEADER coz we need good old english grit in midfield sum1 like craig gardener or even use collo or saylor as captain and start gosling and blood him into a captaincy material but onestly think were playing with fire if nolan goes
antonufc.ie
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Comment #39we need a striker that will get 20 a season at least and there hard to find in the prem or any foreign player to come over an do it in there first season
Thump
Jun 8, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Comment #40@cheikmate: have a deek through NewsNow, papers have decided he rejected a contract all of a sudden.
Funny, the other day they reported he wasn’t offered one.