Keith Downie of Sky Sports is reporting that Newcastle are ready to take 29 year-old Atletico Madrid’s Brazilian left back Guilherme Siqueira on loan for the rest of the season and in a late update from Keith he says Guilherme is expected at Newcastle over the weekend to take a medical.
It looks like this deal could be real!
29 year-old Atletico Madrid left back Guilherme Siqueira
BREAKING: We understand Newcastle are on the verge of agreeing to take Athletico Madrid left back Guilherme Siqueira on loan til the summer.
— Keith Downie (@SkySports_Keith) January 29, 2016
The player has been at the Madrid club since the summer of 2014 when he signed on from Spanish club Granada, but he has played only 7 times for Atletico so far this season.
However, in the last 18 months since joining Atletico Madrid he has played a total of 45 times for the Spanish club.
There was news earlier today that we are interested in signing Valencia Argentine International left-back Lucas Orban on loan for the rest of the season – so it looks we will bring at least one left back in before Monday.
Orban can also play at center-back.
After beginning his career in Brazil Siqueira signed on at Udinese in Italy in 2006 and was there for four years before signing on at Granada.
He also stayed there for four years and played 108 times with 13 goals for Granada before moving to Atletico Madrid 18 months ago.
In the 2013-2014 season he went on a season long loan to Benfica and he played in the Europa League Final for Benfica when they lost to Sevilla on penalties.
In that season he played 33 times for the Portuguese giants, so he is an experienced player.
It could be that Newcastle are moving for some defenders who the Newcastle coach Ian Cathro knows about because of the time he spent in Spain as assistant manager at Valencia and in the same capacity with Rio Ave in Portugal.
Either of these left backs on loan would seem to be a good deal for Newcastle.
Update:
Athletico left back Siqueira is expected in the North East for his Newcastle United medical over the weekend.
— Keith Downie (@SkySports_Keith) January 29, 2016
Comments welcome.
87 comments so far
Big Pappa Cissé
Jan 29, 2016 at 6:26 PM
Comment #81@ Williamson is Bramble in disguise
I agree, and we might see the end of Carr being our chief scout at the end of the season .
one in every 5 signings is decent but the rest are duds, he surely has to be at fault . Especially when he is spending Scrooge Mcduck incarnates money .
Not sure if it was him or Pardew that let HBA go which is looking like a huge mistake .
Blackley and Brownlie
Jan 29, 2016 at 6:27 PM
Comment #82Steve Nicol claims that Newcastle are ‘taking a gamble’ with the signing of Andros Townsend.
The former Liverpool player says that what Newcastle need in their relegation fight is players who can come in straight away and put in good performances every match.
Nicol says that this isn’t Andros Townsend, accusing the winger of inconsistency and saying he is one of three things – ‘up there’, ‘down there’, or sitting on the bench.
These are my thoughts, except I fear he’ll not be “up there” too often.
And (yes Anthc “And”) a new foreign left back (no verb Anth). Is he going to replace a Geordie left back who knows the league and who has helped us win points? Big gamble bringing in foreigners at any time, but especially at this stage.
So much money spent in a panic on massive gambles.
GeordieTwo
Jan 29, 2016 at 6:28 PM
Comment #83That’s why we’re where we are Willo mate. We stumble around in the transfer market looking for “deals”. Most of the time they are flops. I think Shelvey will be decent as he was for most of his time with Swansea. The jury is out on Townsend. Sissoko will probably leave in summer. Still we aren’t building anything solid at all. This is so predictable from a worm like Ashley.
carl
Jan 29, 2016 at 6:31 PM
Comment #84Tuff-A lot are waiting for you to go so we can start on football. Numb nuts on yer bike!
2_goal_tino
Jan 29, 2016 at 6:37 PM
Comment #85‘He will be only the 4th Brazilian to play for Newcastle, if he signs that is. I wonder what the aversion has been to Brazilian players in the past.’
That is easy to answer in three words… Caçapa, Fumaça, Mirandinha … that triumvirate is enough to put anyone off!
Darknite
Jan 29, 2016 at 7:36 PM
Comment #86He is a good player. Maybe he will be the one who will change Newcastle’s aversion with Brazilian players.
peterk3
Jan 29, 2016 at 10:09 PM
Comment #87When Siqueira first started as a youngster on the Atari, he showed potential. He then was transferred to Megdrive and took a step back, however his big move came when x-box came in for him. Wii then tried to take him n loan but he couldn’t fit in to that console. He is currently plying his trade on the Playstation ( FIFA).
This report was written for the bloggers who cant seem to differentiate video games to real life football.
So sad!!