Anderlecht’s Lucas Biglia may be a Newcastle target, but we’ve never covered the news that the Magpies have been interested in the Argentine defensive midfielder. That’s not to say Newcastle are not interested in the 26 year-old 7 times capped Argentine international, who has also been drawing interest from Arsenal and Norwich City.
Lucas Biglia – Anderlecht’s Argentine defensive midfielder
Lucas joined Anderlecht as a 20 year-old from Independiente in Argentina, and he must be a decent player to have played for the full Argentine side, and also for the Argentine U17 and U20 sides.
He’s played 141 times for Anderlecht in the Dutch league and scored 8 goals and stands 5’10” tall, and in total he ‘s played around 186 times for Anderlecht with 11 goals over the last six seasons.
Anderlecht’s General Manager Herman Van Holsbeeck has said the club are willing to let their player leave the club in January:
“We have not formally received an offer for Lucas but we know that his agent is making moves in the transfer market.” “Biglia has two and a half years left on his contract and we would only consider letting him go if we receive an offer of €10.25M. He won’t leave in January for a penny less.”
€10.25M is around £8M and there’s just no way Newcastle would pay out that kind of money in January for a defensive midfielder, although we’re sure Anderlect would love to receive that kind of money for their Argentine International.
The 26-year-old has also received some interest from Real Madrid and AC Milan, and so he must be a decent player if that’s true, and he was linked with a move away from Holland in the summer, with Arsenal rumored to be really keen at the time.
We’d be very surprised if Lucas joins Newcastle next month, although we do need some cover for Cheick Tiote, who is off again to the African Cup of Nations next month for six weeks or so.
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15 comments so far
rainrix
Dec 20, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Comment #1Is the Europa draw today?
Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand
Dec 20, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Comment #2Rainrix…Yep, at 1pm GMT.
TorqToon
Dec 20, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Comment #3Who’s everybody hoping for in the draw ??
Graeme
Dec 20, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Comment #4The best team in the draw – it may be our only game left in the competition!!
TheToonKing
Dec 20, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Comment #5We got no chance for Biglia. Milan want to sign him, there will stiff competition.
TorqToon
Dec 20, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Comment #6Don’t think we need Biglia – we have Tiote, Anita and Bigi would are more than capable. I just take heart in the fact that we haven’t been linked with any centre halfs in the papers of late – which hopefully is because we are doing things properly and discretely !
headtheball
Dec 20, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Comment #7To the tune of Daddy wouldn’t buy me a Bow Wow
Michael wouldn’t buy a defender
Michael wouldn’t buy a defender
We have a big tall prat and we’re very fond of that
But we’d rather have a DE… FEND… ER
spitfire_
Dec 20, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Comment #8We’ve lack of creativity but there’s another DM…
Ketsbaia9
Dec 20, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Comment #9Our future team will look like this:
Krul
Debuchy Alderewerield Santon
Anita Biglia Tiote Sissoko Diame Scharner
Remy
HullMag6
Dec 20, 2012 at 10:16 AM
Comment #10Taxi for tiote
Sambo from belgium
Dec 20, 2012 at 10:41 AM
Comment #11ED, Anderlecht is a Belgian team. Not Holland. And if I can believe the belgian media, he prefers a move to Spain
brian kilclines pony tail
Dec 20, 2012 at 11:54 AM
Comment #12only one thing Anderlecht are not in the Dutch league.
brian kilclines pony tail
Dec 20, 2012 at 11:54 AM
Comment #13i see i was beaten to that one, hey ho
Sav
Dec 21, 2012 at 12:35 AM
Comment #14And Sissoko half the price and younger?
NEWEXPATMAGPIE
Dec 21, 2012 at 4:46 AM
Comment #15This is all the start of us being linked with everyone and his dog before the window opens next week!
Oh you all beat me to it ! Anderlecht play their Footy in the Belgium league and not in Holland !
It does, however sound like a player, we are crying out for at the moment. But i can,t see it happening!