There are reports coming out of Turkey, that Alan Pardew wants to sign Demba Ba, and bring him back to Newcastle.
Demba Ba – while at Newcastle United
Turkish television station NTV Spor is reporting that Pardew wants Demba Ba back at Newcastle in the January transfer window.
Demba Ba is now 29, and spent a great 18 months at Newcastle United from the summer of 2011, until he signed on at Chelsea in January of 2103.
After scoring 29 goals in 58 appearances for Newcastle, he pushed for a move away from Newcastle and joined Chelsea in January of 2013 for the £7M buy-out clause in his contract.
But Ba saw very little playing time when Jose Mourinho came back to Chelsea almost eighteen months ago, and in July he joined Besiktas for £8M, and was given the number 9 shirt.
When he arrived in Turkey he was mobbed by the fans and given a hero’s welcome, and Ba has also been in great goal-scoring form this season, scoring 10 goals in just 14 appearances for Besiktas.
Newcastle are continually being linked with Demba Ba ever since he left us, but we don’t think he would be too keen to return to Newcastle, even if a deal was struck with his current club.
And from the reports we’ve seen in Turkey, the Senegal striker seems happy enough there and is already a huge fan favorite.
When you score 10 goals in your first 14 appearances for a club, the fans tend to like you – a lot. 😀
We be very surprised if there’s much truth in this report.
But we’ve also been wrong before.
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52 comments so far
croftus5678
Nov 13, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Comment #41@39 geordie
i see barlaser a while back and looked decent but he was playing more forward as roberts wasnt in the team at the time and he was very good going forward not seen much of his forward play in this game yet but i hope callum gets a goal he deserves it.
welshgeordie9
Nov 13, 2014 at 8:01 PM
Comment #42As they have already played in the 1st team for newcastle it would be nice that vuckic and Bigi do well tonight.
welshgeordie9
Nov 13, 2014 at 8:02 PM
Comment #43Callum Roberts does look good, it would be nice if he gets a goal.
croftus5678
Nov 13, 2014 at 8:03 PM
Comment #44@40
no idea m8 i didnt see the subs 🙁
our keeper is kak though imo he had so much promise but he’s just neither here nor there atm and i prefere woodman to him 100%
croftus5678
Nov 13, 2014 at 8:12 PM
Comment #45vukic must have cisse as a mentor >.<
Big Pappa Cissé
Nov 13, 2014 at 8:18 PM
Comment #46Still maintain he is the best striker we have had since Shearer with Remy a close second although not technically ours .
Boggles my mind Pardew played 4-2-3-1 and used Cisse as the lone striker . Perez can play as a lone frontman as he is more mobile than Cisse, but I still don’t think we should play that way unless we bring in a striker like BA .
spaghetti bandit
Nov 13, 2014 at 8:22 PM
Comment #47How aren’t these lads atleast 4 or 5 up??
Novocastrian66
Nov 13, 2014 at 8:26 PM
Comment #48Stoke are bound to get a snappy draw. We’ve murdered them.
croftus5678
Nov 13, 2014 at 8:40 PM
Comment #49yay gillhead on
croftus5678
Nov 13, 2014 at 9:01 PM
Comment #50interview at end summed it up i think finishing apart from raylor was very disapointing but we created tons and was a class above them.
raylor/bigi/roberts the outstanding performers with vukic having a good game if it wasnt for his finishing and satka was my pick of defenders to make it imo.
Harley
Nov 13, 2014 at 9:06 PM
Comment #51The young lads shed great tonight and looked another level to stioke. I just can’t for the life of me see why Bigi isn’t around the first team like Armstrong, Abeid, sammy etc. he looked great tonight.
That young guy Callum Roberts looked a step ahead of everyone. I don’t really follow the U21s so I’ve not heard if him.
The future looks bright.
NEWEXPATMAGPIE
Nov 14, 2014 at 10:27 PM
Comment #52No to BA !
Yes to the Leading Goalscorer in Holland at the Moment ?
He plays in The Dutch Eerdivisie for ADO Den Haag and the word is Feyenoord are after him in January?
30 old and playing like a 25 year old and the best thing about him? No-one in the UK will of ever freeking heard of him and he will be a good signing and not too Expensive?
So who is he, well i am not going to say but he is top Scorer in The Netherlands at the moment ! and would be a better option than BA ! Would be easy on the salary structure too !