There were reports late last summer in Turkish Football that we were after Galatasaray winger Garry Rodrigues.
Newcastle were supposed to have bid £6M for him at that time, and then there was news again last month that we raised our bid to £7M, but it was turned down by the Turkish giants.
The Rotterdam-born winger has been playing excellent football since he signed for Galatasaray for €3.7m from Greek club PAOK just over a year ago.
This season he has scored 5 goals and has 7 assists in 26 total appearances for his club.
Rodrigues can play up front as a striker or on the left wing, and Rafa seems to rate him highly.
Garry Rodrigues– 27-year-old winger/striker
And according to Turkish publication Mynet, Newcastle need to double their offer to get the Galatasaray star who was asked if he would be moving to Newcastle this summer.
This is what he said:
“I will not go for less than €15M.”
€15M is £13.3M using today’s exchange rate.
He has been capped 21 times by Cape Verde (4 goals), and Fotomac have also reported on the player’s potential move today:
“Newcastle, the English Premier League team, wanted to sign Garry Rodrigues last month and offered £6M.”
“The black and whites will closely follow the performance of the star and at the end of the season will come back with a new proposal for the player, who is definitely looking to move.”
“It has been suggested that Newcastle will make an offer of £10M this time.”
If Rafa really rates the winger/striker then surely we can afford to buy him?
Maybe not – depending on how mean owner Mike Ashley decides to be this summer.
Comments welcome.
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131 comments so far
manxpie
Feb 19, 2018 at 3:33 PM
Comment #1Just leave this here
https://youtu.be/ug7jf75OiNQ
Tsunki
Feb 19, 2018 at 3:35 PM
Comment #2Ed, this isn’t going to be the last article of the day is it?
That “Mac head in hands again” article last night almost ended in ritual murder.
Tsunki
Feb 19, 2018 at 3:36 PM
Comment #3Altogether now…….
‘”aaaaahhh- we’d sing and dancccce
Forever and a daaayyyyyyyyy…”
😀
Tosun A. Wobbler
Feb 19, 2018 at 3:47 PM
Comment #4Tsunki Yep those were indeed the days my friend.
Essex Geordie Bill
Feb 19, 2018 at 3:53 PM
Comment #5Puff, pant trying hard to keep up. repost!!
If the silver haired one is sacked it’ll be his shortest tenure ever as a manager, probably still come out of it wheeling a barrow full of dosh and be ready for the next mugs, sorry club to employ his services.
Comment #6
Get a few games in first Islam, score us some goals then resubmit your application for a longer stay.
As For Tammy didn’t he get a full England call up after his first few games at Swansea, hardly makes him a failure.
Essex Geordie Bill
Feb 19, 2018 at 3:54 PM
Comment #6Running shoes at the ready!!!
RobLeenio
Feb 19, 2018 at 4:05 PM
Comment #7There’s a pattern with these transfers, Rafa uses his scouting network and network of friendly coaches around the World to identify youngsters with talent he could potentially work with to improve and turn into the finished article. He figures out what will be a reasonable price for us to offer, which should be accepted with a quick-fire bid. Then he reports this to The Chubby One via Charmless. By the time our revered leader has dithered, procrastinated and thrown up in a few fireplaces, the agents have got wind of the deal, have mentioned the ‘real’ value of the player to the club who then take this as gospel and try to have our eyes as well as our balls on a platter. Can’t see Rafa, let alone Fat Ash, going in for this player at that valuation.
Jail for Ashley
Feb 19, 2018 at 4:18 PM
Comment #8What federation do Cape Verde play in?
dig-n-dig22
Feb 19, 2018 at 4:20 PM
Comment #9Don’t see any point in speculating on transfers until we know what’s happening regarding the takeover> If the f@t tw@t stays, then I think Rafa will walk , who could blame him? 2+ yrs wasted based on false promises, just used as a doormat . If we do get new owners, with or without Rafa, I hope they will set their sights a bit higher.
Stephen
Feb 19, 2018 at 4:22 PM
Comment #10Mister Tuff
I too have always wondered about the motive, leaving aside the allures of his pillion passenger, for Mr Corbyn taking a motorcycle holiday in Honecker’s East Germany.
Jail for Ashley
Feb 19, 2018 at 4:24 PM
Comment #11dig,
Aye true dat.
Essex Geordie Bill
Feb 19, 2018 at 4:26 PM
Comment #12Jail, from wiki. Seems to be connected with Portugal as it was one of their colonies.
Cape Verde (/?ke?p ?v??rd/) or Cabo Verde (/?k??bo? ?v??rde?/, /?kæb-/) (Portuguese: Cabo Verde, pronounced [?ka?u ?ve?ð?]), officially the Republic of Cabo Verde,[9] is an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean. Located 570 kilometres (350 mi) west of the Cape Verde Peninsula in West Africa, the islands cover a combined area of slightly over 4,000 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi).
RobLeenio
Feb 19, 2018 at 4:37 PM
Comment #13Jail, Cape Verdi are in the African Federation, but have only qualified for the African Cup of Nations twice in their history, so not exactly leading lights.
Tsunki
Feb 19, 2018 at 4:47 PM
Comment #14So we are intensely interested in a mature leading light of the African Andorra? Two sugars please.
Tsunki
Feb 19, 2018 at 4:48 PM
Comment #15Going to be another long shift this one.
Rosa
Feb 19, 2018 at 4:50 PM
Comment #16Mr Tuff
I don’t usually come on the blog but thought I would mention Corbyn’s neighbouring constituency Holborn and St Pancras. I now live in Lesbury but in the 1980’s I was a young volunteer in the Camden Labour Party office. One day we had a surprise visit from a Czech “diplomat”. He said he was interested in learning how our election process worked. He left a gift of a large cut crystal Czechoslovak vase. Once he had gone, we inspected it thoroughly for bugs and then immersed it in boiling water, just to be sure.
Essex Geordie Bill
Feb 19, 2018 at 4:54 PM
Comment #17Rosa
You obviously didn’t understand crystal power, it was the bug. 🙂
Essex Geordie Bill
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:00 PM
Comment #18And I forget to mention a couple of days ago that the player I strongly suggested we should get in the transfer window now has 16 goals and 10 assists for this season.
Jail for Ashley
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:00 PM
Comment #19It’s meant to be very boring on holiday there.
RobLeenio
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:00 PM
Comment #20Tsunki, just wait till we have 3 weeks off due to the Spurs match being postponed…
Groan!!!!
Jib
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:05 PM
Comment #21Rosa
is your surname
Luxemburg
or
Klebb
?
Tsunki
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:08 PM
Comment #22I think it’s Trees.
ShirebrookToon
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:08 PM
Comment #23Yet again we read more crap regarding transfers being churned out by the chip wrappers. We hear more about transfers now than we did in the fcuking transfer window.
Can we just concentrate on surviving in the bloody PL!!
Doing my tw@t in man!
Tsunki
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:08 PM
Comment #24…or Houses
You get the idea.
ShirebrookToon
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:09 PM
Comment #25Or cars
Tsunki
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:09 PM
Comment #26Could be Boat though …
ShirebrookToon
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:13 PM
Comment #27Could be portaloos
Jib
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:17 PM
Comment #28It could be this blog
rows of gobshites as
far as the eye can see
Mister Tuff
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:30 PM
Comment #29Rosa – you were wise to clean up the crystal left as a present by one of Corbyns “handlers” – could have been coated in poison or other noxious substances. Lucky escape there methinks.
.
ShirebrookToon
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:31 PM
Comment #30Onto summat there jib 😉
GeordieTwo
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:40 PM
Comment #31Has anybody seen this Rodriguez fella play? Could he be good for us? The price suddenly seems fairly high. Not sure Mikey Crabley’s got that much spare change lying aboot.
GeordieTwo
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:41 PM
Comment #32Who did you suggest Essex? The stats sound promising. He doesn’t play in the Andorran second division does he?
GeordieTwo
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:46 PM
Comment #33Good to see Dummett get a new deal but I would love to see someone in to challenge him. He’s decent but we will need better if we’re to climb the table next season. Same goes for our RB position. Yedlin is pacey but often looks shaky when defending. And what on earth does Gamez do for us? Might as well be a tree ornament. Harrumph…..
GeordieTwo
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:48 PM
Comment #34Or possibly Gamez was brought in to be a garden gnome for Rafa?
chicousa
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:48 PM
Comment #35Hello all!
Is it too soon to start discussing Bas Dost transfer rumors??!!! 😀
GeordieTwo
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:50 PM
Comment #36What’s happening with Murphy’s contract by the way? Anybody know?
GeordieTwo
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:52 PM
Comment #37It’s actually far past time to discuss said rumours chico mate. I’m hearing the deal is on again with us upping wor bid to a staggering 5M plus Gamez, Haidara, and Curtis Good thrown in for good measure (no pun intended there).
Tsunki
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:52 PM
Comment #38Chico never to soon or too late Bog Dash is a “Special Dispensation” topic which can be inserted in any thread with impunity and immunity.
GeordieTwo
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:55 PM
Comment #39Yes it’s always good to run out some top, top transfer suggestions in February Shire. That way there’s no danger we’ll get any of them. Mikey loves looking over the transfer lists on February 1st each year.
Tsunki
Feb 19, 2018 at 5:55 PM
Comment #40G2 i think i picture those players in the same setting as Mike Ashley does – in one of those sock bins with a “fifth pair free” sign on it.