Alan Oliver, the former Evening Chronicle reporter for Newcastle. has a piece in the Sunday People today, that 29-year-old Darren bent could soon become a Newcastle player, but only if Newcastle can agree a reasonable fee and Darren takes a drop in wages.
Darren Bent – Newcastle still interested
It’s the same old story with Newcastle, and it would be a departure from our usual transfer policy if we end up signing the 29 year-old, so Newcastle want to make sure they get a decent deal (make that a very decent deal) from Aston Villa.
But on the other hand Villa paid anywhere from £18M to £24M for Bent a short 30 months ago, when he was signed from Sunderland in mid-season, so they will be wanting to recuperate as much of that money as possible.
Aston Villa want £6M for the England striker, which is already a sizable loss for them, but Newcastle will not offer that much for a player who was married yesterday to his fiancée Kirsty.
And Bent is getting a huge wage at Villa – said to be £75K a week – and Newcastle will not pay that money out to any player these days, with Coloccini being the top paid Newcastle player at around £65K/week.
Unless Aston Villa and the player lower their demands, this thing doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.
And of course we’ve had these sagas before, with Newcastle haggling all last summer over a price for then top target Mathieu Debuchy, who eventually joined us in early January, but Newcastle paid the price for being so frugal last summer, and we just avoided relegation.
This move for Bent looks like it may be going nowhere.
What do you think?
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224 comments so far
Puppet Pardew's Brainlessness
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:27 AM
Comment #1Repost
I love how some people believe all the rumours about our outgoing players and none about incoming. Whereas others believe most of the incoming rumours and don’t believe there’s any outgoings.
@proud tbag the same thing happened last summer according to the papers we were selling Krul, santon, Simmo, Colo, cabaye, hba, ba, tiote, cisse and more
Newcastle Brown Alien
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:28 AM
Comment #2£6m could be okay, but I would want another striker as well, but in terms of wages, I don’t want a player past his best, who cannot make the poor villa team, and could be injured for quite a while, to come in get higher wages and upset the rest of the team, for once I agree with the transfer policy in this case
toon22
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:30 AM
Comment #3Maybe we could get Mickey Quinn back.Im sure he would be cheap……….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micky_Quinn
proudtobageordie
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:31 AM
Comment #4RepToon22
All these top teams with money to burn we will never compete with. They are throwing money around at a massive loss to there owners. MA is running our club within its means and the right way to do so. We will buy who we can afford and pay the wages we can afford to comply with the fair play rules. Look at the average joe bloggs. You will not buy a Porshe if you can only afford a Escort. You will shop in Aldi’s if you can’t afford Asda’s. So what is the differance with?? All i am trying to point out is we will buy what we can afford with the funds we have availableost
John Tudor
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:34 AM
Comment #5target man oldams shelf stacker does a job scores goals would be cheap and small wages done the buisness against prem opposition but there you go who cares
NEWEXPATMAGPIE
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:37 AM
Comment #6Spent most of The Villains season last year either injured or on the bench?
Drop the 6Mil to 5 and drop his wages! To be honest, i would prefer players who are more intersested in playing for us than money grabbers like this bloke !
Okay, he,s a good player, but at 29 he is also starting to get a bit too Old ? Memories of Michael Owen warming the bench when he was with us, Bent may spend most of his time injured here too !
Not sure he would be any good to come and play at Newcastle anyway?
numba9
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:37 AM
Comment #7Tight wad skint flint owner he will give us c New nickname soon…. The pigeons
John Tudor
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:38 AM
Comment #8new signings dasterdly and mutley
Indian Magpie
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:39 AM
Comment #9I would be surprised if MA has any intention getting best for NUFC.
derekm
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:40 AM
Comment #10not so fast here – I watched villa twice last year and he was a shockingly pale shadow of what he was at his peak – totally off the pace and disinterested. Don’t waste anything on this donkey.
Black and White with an army lol
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:40 AM
Comment #11re-post
proudtobageordie
Newcastle made a profit without the TV rights, so saying we can only afford to buy certain players is utter bollocks imo, why doesn’t MA spend the TV rights on players & wages and then concentrate on Newcastle going further up the PL because we all know that the further up we go the more money we will make
Black and White with an army lol
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:40 AM
Comment #12re-post
Puppet Pardew’s Brainlessness
it’s not me mate, it’s the mind of MA, we have a manager who can’t manage & have a billionaire chairmen who hates spending
Tommyy
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:41 AM
Comment #13Cabaye making all of the noises of someone who wants out. If that’s the case I say wait for Monaco to come in and sell him for as much as possible. We need a leader and quality player in midfield, if only we could cross breed Cabaye and Nolan, we’d have some player then.
proudtobageordie
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:41 AM
Comment #14Newexpat
Do you honestly think MA will pay 6m on a 29 year old who he ain’t gonna have any re-sale value? Most peopls say he only buys cheap so he can make a massive profit to line his pockets and people now saying he will sign Bent. Kettle calling pan comes to mind?????
Puppet Pardew's Brainlessness
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:42 AM
Comment #15@7,8 & 9 cheer up. Have a drink!
@Tudor I’m not sure I understand your cynical erm… Humour?
Black and White with an army lol
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:43 AM
Comment #16Bent would be no good here, he’s a waste of space
Abu Qatada - Alan Pardews right hook man
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:45 AM
Comment #17People just be patient, you look at all the different opinions on here of who we should buy, who good players why we should or shouldn’t buy players, then imagine your the one with the money who actually has to decide who to buy knowing that 52000+ supporters are judging everything that goes right and wrong with the transfer….can’t be an easy thing….. You need to be patient and get good value. There’re also plenty of players we all agree we should go and buy but if they’re that good other teams are after them too..be patient. Other than last summer I think the board have actually getting the best quality players available in their budget. They done better when MA got involved in Winter though, lets hope for a repeat.
Puppet Pardew's Brainlessness
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:45 AM
Comment #18@12 no it’s your mind mate. In your head you sold all our top players and there’s no replacements brought in. Has Ashley done this? No. You’re just spouting hysterical hyperbole
proudtobageordie
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:46 AM
Comment #19Black and white
How is it utter bollocks. We can only afford what we can afford fact. Think before you post and make yourself look a Tw@t The tv money will be in our budget of what we can afford
numba9
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:46 AM
Comment #20He only looked disinterested this season at villa because from the start the manager never gave him a chance really so when he got tit bits obviously his confidence would be shot. If you make him ya goal getter that’s what he would do
Newcastle for alltid
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:47 AM
Comment #21I don’t really know how to react to all these Bent-rumours. I didn’t see him play too often in the 12/13 season, so I don’t know what to expect from him. If he still has goals in him, fine, go for it, as long as we don’t spend too much money on him. 29 is only “old” in Newcastle terms, and there’s a lot of strikers around banging the goals in well into their thirties. If he’s still a decent goalscorer, I could see him do a job at Newcastle for 3-4 years.
Still, he’s far from my top priority. Even if we bring him in we would need a couple of promising, younger players as well. We won’t splash too much money around though, so players like Aubameyang, Mertens and De Jong may be on too many clubs radars for us to have a chance. We have to remember that we’re not as tempting for players as we were last summer when we finished fifth, so we’ll have to think smart and not engage in any bidding war – which we’re bound to lose.
I would like to see us have a go at Junior Hoilett. He didn’t live up to his potential at QPR and may have dissapeared a bit from the spotlight. I remember from his Blackburn days that, on a good day, he’s a brilliant young player.
John Tudor
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:48 AM
Comment #22not to worry everything wit a pinch of salt (pidgeons dastardley and mutley )just more or less rubbish spouted on here on a boring sunday mornig ,with a stagnating club with an owner with nil ambition
proudtobageordie
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:48 AM
Comment #23Black and white
My point being we won’t pay 30 mill and 100k aweek we simpley cannot afford it
John Tudor
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:49 AM
Comment #24oldham cf 2 mill 5g a week we can do that
Indian Magpie
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:50 AM
Comment #25how much can we afford?
Where will all the TV money go?
John Tudor
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:51 AM
Comment #26lower leagues in days of old where did you get players ie beardsley etc
NEWEXPATMAGPIE
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:51 AM
Comment #27Proud @ 14 :
Suggest you read my post again! I said that his price should be decreased, and his weekly wage should be less too ?
I don,t want us to sign the guy anyway, as i think we can do better for less ?
proudtobageordie
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:53 AM
Comment #28Indian
We have a policey in place and only Ma and Dl know what we can afford. But stupid fee’s and massive wages are out of our Finance’s
Black and White with an army lol
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:53 AM
Comment #29proudtobageordie
so in your case then we have a billionaire who’s skint, get over mate, MA has the money & potential to make us into a very good squad and have us aiming for champions league, don’t get me wrong it’s fantastic how he buys top players on the cheap but as the old saying goes you got to spend money to make money
spitfire_
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:55 AM
Comment #30At this moment Newcastle is like some homeless guy… searching in a bins for food… the problem is that the homeless don’t have money to buy some food but we have… the problem is the tight @ss fat pr!ck on the upstairs.
proudtobageordie
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:55 AM
Comment #31Newexpat
I wasn’t having a go mate all i was doing was trying to state what Ma would be thinking about that player? Do you agree?
Black and White with an army lol
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:56 AM
Comment #32proudtobageordie @23
i totally agree with you there mate paying that much for any player & wages is daft but surely MA can afford to pay 12-13 mill for players of PEA’s caliber
Belfast
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:56 AM
Comment #33Considering the huge fees that some clubs have paid for Bent, 5 million is pretty cheap.
I hope we sign him. My only concern is I don’t think he suits the way we play, but then again very few of our players actually suit the way we play lol
Indian Magpie
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:57 AM
Comment #34PTBG
A billionaire owner who does not want to pay decent wages, what is his motive with the club then?
Affordable football?
magpiemover
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:58 AM
Comment #35if people want to see something interesting i know the reason y ashley wont get rid of pardew , the real reason is his wages i could show people 1 of his wage slips but wont be telling people how i got a hold of it ???
proudtobageordie
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:58 AM
Comment #36Black and white
Where did i say we have a skint billionaire. You don’t seem to understand that the club are living within there means(budget) so ill leave it at that.
numba9
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:58 AM
Comment #37Speculate to accumulate you get money for every place u climb to in league so what’s the sense on being tight and gamble in a relegation fight he has had 3 gambles with that in his regime and it needs to stop
John Tudor
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:59 AM
Comment #38birds cream puffs not players or managers who know their stuff not new players. buy hungry cheap lower league players
magpiemover
Jun 16, 2013 at 11:59 AM
Comment #39i all so know how much andy woodman on to ???
Indian Magpie
Jun 16, 2013 at 12:02 PM
Comment #40Magpie mover
u yesterday said there are medicals pencilled in?
Is that true?