There is a good chance that Newcastle can get FC Twente center-back Douglas to Newcastle, and the news this morning was that a deal had been done with FC Twente for £5M for the Brazilian player.
Vurnon Anita – Newcastle is a beautiful club
Douglas has just one year left on his contract, and that fee seems high, if it’s accurate, but the 5M could also be in euros, so that would mean it’s £4M.
The fee still seems a lot, for a player who has just one year left on his contract.
And Newcastle seem to be in a neck and neck race with German club Borussia Monchengladbach for Dutch striker Luuk de Jong, and we should know the outcome of that within a day or two.
The third player Newcastle are negotiating for is Lille right back Mathieu Debuchy, and if the news is to be believed, Newcastle have upped their offer to £6M for the top French defender.
And we have already bid £5M for Ajax full-back and defensive midfielder player Vurnon Anita, and in case Newcastle had forgotten about him, the Dutchman had this to say today to Ajax Life:
“Newcastle are a beautiful club. I’m open to anything. We’ll see what happens, but there’s nothing wrong with listening to Ajax and what interested clubs have to say.”
“I will seriously consider anything that comes up. Does it matter to me that Newcastle are not in the Champions League? - No.” ”However, I’m an Ajax player for now. I’m focusing on Ajax.”
“Newcastle’s interest has made me think about a potential transfer, though. It’s a sign that I’m on the right track and have to keep this up. I haven’t set a deadline for when I want clarity. I’ll just see how this pans out.”
That’s a strong statement from the Dutch International that he wants to join Newcastle, and we think he would be a good acquisition for the club.
The next step is to see if Newcastle can get a decent deal for the 3 times capped 23 year-old Dutch International, via additional negotiations with Ajax, but we don’t think Newcastle will go much above £5M.
What do you think?
Comments welcome.
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88 responses so far ↓
1 belgrade fan // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:29 PM
Have we signed Douglas?
2 SwedishMagpie // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:30 PM
belgrade fan
No
3 Ben Arfa (Either love him or Hatem) // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:31 PM
Ed bit of constructive criticism:
Please could you refer to Newcastle as “we” as opposed to the “they” – it makes you sound far too impartial which isn’t required on a Newcastle United blog.
4 SwedishMagpie // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:31 PM
I hope we sign him.
5 Troleibusiukas_LTU // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:32 PM
belgrade fan
that’s the source that did start the rumor today.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/330058?
6 belgrade fan // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:33 PM
F…., I just hope no more Willo in EPL. just think that lad is disaster…
7 Troleibusiukas_LTU // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:33 PM
hope we struck the deal for anita before training starts.
8 RonVanDam // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:34 PM
So last season we went to France to do business, this year it looks like its going to be Holland. Germany next year?
9 belgrade fan // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:36 PM
And we need CM, like Corgnet, this is very important position for us. Cabaye cant play every single game. Think 6M for Anita will be ok
10 Troleibusiukas_LTU // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:39 PM
willo is not as bad as you think. he is good in the air and is not a bad tackler, yes he need composer on the ball and more pass accuracy and pace and maybe more strenght, but he is good person to have in the squad, he is a good back up player, he will do the job in the cups and even in europa league qualifier.
11 Toon-Barmy // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:39 PM
Possible starting line-up against Spurs on opening day:
—————————–Krul—————————————–
Debuchy——–Douglas————Coloccini———-Santon
—————–Tiote———————Anita———————–
Ben Arfa———————-Cabaye——————–De Jong
——————————Cisse————————————–
Subs:
Elliot
S Taylor
R Taylor
Jonas
Marveaux
Ba
Ameobi
And that squad doesn’t include:
Harper
Williamson
Perch
Amalfitano
Ferguson
Obertan
Sam. Ameobi
Tavernier
Vuckic
Abeid
12 Beattie25 // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:40 PM
If Luuk De Jong wants to get playing time then I don’t think he’ll come to us. He’d be 3rd choice behind Cisse and Ba.
Yes he could get cup games and Europe but ultimately at monchengladbach he’d be a starter week in and week out.
13 Toon-Barmy // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:41 PM
Thats assuming Simpson, Best, Forster, Xisco & Ranger leave.
14 SupaToonKid // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:42 PM
Ed, we bid £4M for Anita (5M Euros) so i’m sure we’ll go back in with £5M and then £6M but can’t see us going in higher than that for Vurnon. Would be a great signing alongside Tiote in the centre allowing Cabs to attack also Anita would cover with Jonas in ACON and also be able to play LB if Santon gets injured or suspended. Great to see players wanting to come to Tyneside.
15 Ben Arfa (Either love him or Hatem) // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:43 PM
What’s happening with Tavernier?
16 Graeme // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:44 PM
Douglas, Debuchy, DeJong added to what we already have, really does take the cub onto a new level. The back four will be superb and still have Saylor, Williamson, Perchinio as back up!!
Dont think we have ever had Two Brazilians in the team before, must be good lol
17 belgrade fan // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:45 PM
I said- just no more Willo in EPL….
he is just a shit player same as Simmo, and they cost us at least few points….
We will never step forward with this 2 shit players
18 SwedishMagpie // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:45 PM
Is Douglas better than S Taylor ?
19 Toon1978 // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:47 PM
Keep seeing Collo linked with a move to Man City. Maybe he is on his way out and the money from Collo will be funding these player. Maybe that is why we are going in for Douglas.
20 Dannyo // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:50 PM
@SwedishM
Hard to tell, but he doesn’t have to be, cause Saylor played like Englands best CB before his injury this season.
If Douglas is as good as that, then i’m a happy man.
21 Troleibusiukas_LTU // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:51 PM
i don’t think cisse will start against totenham, remember he will play in olympics, he had world cup qualifiers, he will miss pre season with us and will be taking his ramadan routine, so i think de jong would be our star striker at the start of the season.
———————————-KRUL——————————
——————S.TAYLOR———-COLO———————-
DEBOUCHY——–CABAYE—-TIOTE———SANTON
BEN ARFA—————–DE JONG————MARVEAUX
OR
DEBOUCHY—————–TIOTE———SANTON
———-BEN ARFA——CABAYE——MARVEAUX
——————————–DE JONG———————
22 Troleibusiukas_LTU // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:51 PM
S.TAYLOR IS BETTER THAN DOULGAS!!!
23 Troleibusiukas_LTU // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:52 PM
S.TAYLOR IS BETTER THAN DOUGLAS!!!
24 Graeme // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:52 PM
Toon 1978, Really cant see Captain Collo going anywhere!! He must be creaming himself at the thought of being in the middle of such a skilled defensive unit.
It looks absolutely the dogs danglies and will be an amazing foundation for the midfield and attack. Cant wait to see them in action together – reminds me of the Arse in their heyday – always started from the defence!!
25 Ben Arfa (Either love him or Hatem) // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:53 PM
@Trole,
If Ramadan is a reason to rest players then why are Ben Arfa and Tioté starting?
26 Ben Arfa (Either love him or Hatem) // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:54 PM
Oh and you only have 10 players…
27 Levi // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:56 PM
@ toon-barmy
really? ba on the bench? maybe marvoux or jonas on the left and de jong up front if cisse and ba at olympics. if not then ba has to start he is a great player. and i hope jonas plays instead of anita. he puts his all in every game. anita can earn a place 1st. and also taylor instead of douglas
28 keeping the faith // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:58 PM
The robledo bros were 2 brazillians ;D. Bu I hope we sign de jong, debuchy, douglas and anita. I think de jong would start ahead of ba on the left hand side of a 3 pronged attack of him cisse and ben arfa
29 Ben Arfa (Either love him or Hatem) // Jul 1, 2012 at 10:58 PM
Given how we’re building this team around Cabaye, I would expect him to play the bulk of the matches (touchwood he doesn’t get injured)
30 Kc-Toon // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:03 PM
http://whatculture.com/sport/man-utd-transfer-news-yohan-cabaye-demba-ba-to-old-trafford.php
31 Ben Arfa (Either love him or Hatem) // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:07 PM
Kc,
£16m for Cabaye is a joke – no doubt Cashley would only accept £30+m
32 Troleibusiukas_LTU // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:09 PM
@BEN ARFA
because tiote and ben arfa are not such a strong believers they do not take ramadan as much as dembas do.
33 keeping the faith // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:11 PM
If we sell cabaye we lose debuchy and if we sell ba we unsettle cisse. I don’t think we’re selling anyone major this summer without adequate or better replacement coming in.
34 SupaToonKid // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:12 PM
Kc-Toon
Don’t bring crap spouted by the retards from CaughtOffside.com on to this site. Man Utd won’t want Ba as Fergie never buys ACON players & Ashley would never sell Cabaye for £16M, £20M at least but I’d expect us to turn our noses up at that as well & be looking more at £25M.
35 SmileyFace // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:12 PM
@28 just FYI the robledos were Chilean
36 Ketsbaia9 // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:12 PM
If we can get these 5/6 first team players in, we’ll have a chance of winning the europa league. Hopefully we won’t sign Pieters. All the players want to come to us.
We just need to get them over the line. Think we should get Carr to have a look in the South American leagues. Would like to see a player like Diego signed.
37 Big Pappa Cisse // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:15 PM
Never heard us described as a beautiful club before like, I like it
38 Troleibusiukas_LTU // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:16 PM
yeah my mistake about formation:
—————————–KRUL——————–
—————-SAYLOR————COLO———
DEBOUCHY—–TIOTE——JONAS—SANTON
BEN ARFA————-CABAYE———MARVEAUX
—————————–DE JONG————————–
OR
DEBOUCHY—–TIOTE——CABAYE—SANTON
OBERTAN————–BEN ARFA———MARVEAUX
—————————–DE JONG————————–
ALSO, VUKCIC IN CAM, BEN ARFA RW INSTEAD OF GABBY IS PLAUSIBLE.
39 Troleibusiukas_LTU // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:17 PM
DEBOUCHY————-TIOTE———SANTON
BEN ARFA————-CABAYE———MARVEAUX
——————-AMEOBI——–DE JONG——
??
40 rich_toonfan // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:18 PM
Sellin Ba wouldn’t upset cisse.
They barely know each other anyway.
41 keeping the faith // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:19 PM
Soz smiley my mistake they were. (I look dumb now)
42 Kc-Toon // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:20 PM
Yeah, i hadnt posted the link as a serious note. There was a mention of 20 million for both players , Which is laughable.I would love to see scouts around south america aswell, Maybe work permits are an issue tho? Players like Dede would come fairly cheap
43 LGFUAD21 // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:22 PM
belgrade fan
Willo and Simmo may be below some of our lofty ambitions and sure they may have costs us some points. But they have also helped us gain points.
#justsaying consider both sides
44 Ketsbaia9 // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:24 PM
Does anyone think that Vuckic should be utilised as a striker? I feel that Medhi Abeid will make the step up this season, but we could use Vuckic as our 4th striker. He used to play up front.
45 LGFUAD21 // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:24 PM
And on Cabaye. I would take not less than what Modric is valued at.
He is a better player than Modric (so overrated) and this s all from one season in the prem.
46 peterrwrightt // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:25 PM
rich_toonfan
i agree, Cisse and Ba only began to know each other over the last 12 months… but we need to keep Ba because they have the potential to be one of the best strike partners in Europe. maybe next season once they’ll both start scoring for fun at the same time…wow that made me smile there. exciting times ahead lads!
47 Troleibusiukas_LTU // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:26 PM
CISSE IS HAPPY TO PLAY FOR NUFC NO MATTER OF BA SITUATION. Cisse took number nine shirt with a lot of respect, and demba refused to take it (why? he knew he would probably left us after the season and he didn’t want to make ‘carrol’ to us all, but we played fantasticly well, ended up 5th.. demba could have sign the new contract, but he and simpson didn’t – he is off. IMO)
)
48 No Plain Saylor // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:27 PM
Everything is very very quiet on debuchy… would suprised to see him paraded at sjp tomorrow, juat a feeling or hoilett, just a great signing slipping under the radar while we focus on the hippity haps at
twente. Wouldn’t suprise me one bit
49 keeping the faith // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:27 PM
I’m judging cisse being unsettled if ba leaves by the comments made by cisse when questioned how he had adapted so quickly to English football saying that ba was here made it easier for him.
50 Troleibusiukas_LTU // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:28 PM
i think vukcic is better at CAM , but could play ST if really needed.
51 peterrwrightt // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:28 PM
starting to get the feeling that something big will be announced tomorrow…
52 AndyNUFC // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:35 PM
So… Hoilett, De Jong, Anita, Debuchy and Douglas… I hope we’re getting Curtis Good at the least!
53 No Plain Saylor // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:42 PM
Naah goods off to madrid for £36m
54 chris_g // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:44 PM
Big Pappa Cisse // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:15 PM
Never heard us described as a beautiful club before like, I like it
But he was speaking in Dutch, so it was probably a slightly dodgy translation. What he actually said was “Newcastle is een mooie club” which should probably be translated as “Newcastle is a nice club”
http://www.ajaxlife.nl/nieuws/detail/11446
But whatever, I like it too
55 Beardo // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:54 PM
So, we haven’t signed anyone.
Who wants to fight me first?
56 studsy // Jul 1, 2012 at 11:59 PM
Hmm, just seen this pic on twitter…helicopter landing at the Benton training ground…think it’s legit?
http://i45.tinypic.com/2hey3bc.jpg
57 yorkshireToon // Jul 2, 2012 at 12:02 AM
Hopes up much studsy!! Lol
58 miggy // Jul 2, 2012 at 12:10 AM
beatie25 its a know brainer bring de jong in n play 433 system w ba cisse n de jong ben arfa on the wing w can do well w this formation u know it so do i u got a gud footballing brain on ya
59 GeordieToon89 // Jul 2, 2012 at 12:13 AM
hahahah canny few people on twitter are saying Heskey has signed a two year deal at Sunderland ha
60 Mancgeordie // Jul 2, 2012 at 1:12 AM
krul
santon douglas colo debuchy
tiote cabaye
ben arfa
de jong ba
cisse
looks really good to me
61 liamHWTT // Jul 2, 2012 at 1:12 AM
@ Swedish
that’s not the question. the question is do we need one more cb like Douglas that is of a similar quality to Saylor in addition to Saylor for all the games we will soon play, or close to it (i.e., elevated compared to Williamson), and the answer is of course.
62 No Plain Saylor // Jul 2, 2012 at 1:21 AM
Mancgeordie
~~~~~~~~~~~~~krul
~~debuchy~~~douglas~~colo~~~~santon
~~~~~~~~~~~tiote~~~~~anita
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~cababye
~~~~~~benny~~~~cisse~~~~~~~~hoilett
Bench;
Saylor
Raylor
Ba
De jong
Marveux
Jonas
Think anita and tiote holding midfield would allow santon and debuchy to bomb foward, and also most importantly cabs gets to play in an advanced role and ve the pass master pulling all the ateungs, and qith two pacey goal scoring dangerous wingers like benny and hoilett, and we can easily swap cf about.
Liamhwtt, spot on mate!
63 SwedishMagpie // Jul 2, 2012 at 1:30 AM
I have never seen Douglas play and I wanted to know how good he is.
64 No Plain Saylor // Jul 2, 2012 at 1:36 AM
Swedish, well mate he’s an absolute sh!thouse, at 6″4 he’s awesome in the air, great reader of the game qhich males up for hia flaw, a slight lack of pace
but I think he’ll be very good for us
65 No Plain Saylor // Jul 2, 2012 at 1:39 AM
Sorry about the spellin, phone!
66 Beardo // Jul 2, 2012 at 1:48 AM
No takers? It’s ok guys, I’m scared of me too.
67 dominnit // Jul 2, 2012 at 1:48 AM
Don’t mean to sound stupid, and this is probably very obvious but I can’t work out what ACON and EPL stand for?
68 dominnit // Jul 2, 2012 at 1:48 AM
Don’t mean to sound silly and this is probably very obvious but I can’t work out in my head what ACON and EPL stand for?
69 SwedishMagpie // Jul 2, 2012 at 1:49 AM
No Plain Saylor
Sounds promising haha:)
70 dominnit // Jul 2, 2012 at 1:49 AM
Don’t mean to sound silly and this is probably very obvious but I can’t work out in my head what do ACON and EPL stand for?
71 dominnit // Jul 2, 2012 at 1:49 AM
Don’t mean to sound silly and this is probably very obvious but I can’t work out in my head what do ACON and EPL stand for?
72 dominnit // Jul 2, 2012 at 1:51 AM
Sorry for the repeated posts – my phone doesn’t agree with the site!
73 SwedishMagpie // Jul 2, 2012 at 1:55 AM
ACoN = African cup of Nations
EPL = English Premier League
74 dominnit // Jul 2, 2012 at 2:00 AM
See what I mean; simple things! Thanks haha!
75 t00ntime // Jul 2, 2012 at 2:25 AM
Anita, translated by a english guy in holland (me):
” I got some messages from players saying they wish I had gone. Thats nice to hear. Hopefully next time! The disappointment of not going to the Euro’s was no diffrent to two years ago. In short: holiday and then back to Ajax”
“Newcastle is a nice club. I’m open to everything. Hearing what other clubs and ajax have to say, is always possible.
We shall see, at the moment I’m still here [Ajax] and I’m going to do my best.”
” If something comes up, I will listen and have a look. Listening is always possible and then we we will see. Newcastle is definatly intresting. Does it bother me that Newcastle aren’t in the CL? No.”
” But at the moment I’m at Ajax and I’m
in the CL. I haven’t talked to Frank van de Boer [Ajax manager], but I have heard that he[Frank] doesn’t even want to think of me leaving. An answer like that gives me confidence. It sounds completly diffrent to (if Ajax had said: ) Lets hear what Newcastle have to offer.”
” I’m fully focussed on Ajax, but because of Newcastle’s intrest I’ve been forced to think about it. It tells me that I’m doing good and need to keep up the hard work. What ever I decide, I know my parents will be behind me 100%. The choice is mine. I don’t have a date in mind that I want to know it by (aka a deadline), we will see how it goes”
They were his answers, i think u can figure out the questions lol. But whats intresting is that the reporter said bigger clubs than Newcastle are intrested in him.
76 Batfastard // Jul 2, 2012 at 2:25 AM
7.5 Mill bid for erdinc PSG have accepted what the f@ck
77 ~Perchinho the Pheonix~ // Jul 2, 2012 at 5:15 AM
Never Fear, We have Perchinho.
78 Ben3arfa // Jul 2, 2012 at 7:14 AM
Batfastard .. r u sure thats not from last year? lol
79 Indian Magpie // Jul 2, 2012 at 8:25 AM
Guys Sorry to force My self on you again,
Another article of Mine
http://thespectatorsview.com/2012/07/02/what-will-the-next-season-bring-for-many-of-newcastles-success-stories/
You can give loads of abuse on there
80 Toonboy_84 // Jul 2, 2012 at 8:44 AM
Hey Indian, you should be careful of forcing yourself on people. I got 4 years for that
81 Toonboy_84 // Jul 2, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Oh yeah, good article bud!
82 Indian Magpie // Jul 2, 2012 at 8:53 AM
You can also see it on my Blog
http://dhingrah.blogspot.in/2012/07/what-will-next-season-bring-for-many-of.html
83 Indian Magpie // Jul 2, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Thanks Toon boy,
Hope you fixed your Bikes
84 NEWEXPATMAGPIE // Jul 2, 2012 at 12:41 PM
I,m not going to believe anything till i see them stood, all in a row with Pardew holding up their shirts!
85 Sazzer // Jul 2, 2012 at 5:10 PM
Anybody thinks Deschamps will take over Tottenham now that it’s reported that he said no to the national team.
86 mhurford // Jul 2, 2012 at 5:22 PM
At the risk of sounding stupid, Why is gutierrez being left out of all the peoples suggested lineups?
87 matias // Jul 2, 2012 at 6:09 PM
Not sounding stupid at all mhurford. I´ve been thinking about this same thing many times.
Jonas has been one of the most consistent performers and the hardest worker in the teamd last couple of seasons. Do people think we`ll have so much flash and skill on the side next season that a working man isn`t needed anymore? That`s almost ungrateful.
Jonas would be one of the first names in my side next season.
88 mhurford // Jul 3, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Thanks Matias, mine too. He may not be the fastest dribbler but damn he works. Few games i get to go to at the stadium i find it almost impossible to comprehend how he works so tirelessly.
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