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Demba Ba was again in good form last night and scored another brace – his third brace of the season, in Newcastle’s vital 3-0 defeat of Wigan, and this lad has been an enormous success since he joined us from West Ham in the summer of last year. Demba Ba – after scoring penalty last [...]

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There are a lot of stories out today that link some top clubs with moving for Demba Ba in January, and the main one among them is Arsenal – although two other London clubs – Chelsea and Tottenham – are also reported to be interested in the Newcastle striker. Demba Ba – are his agents [...]

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A relived Alan Pardew talked to Newcastle United video reporter Rob Scanlon after the game on nufcTV, and the Newcastle manager said it was about time Newcastle had a little luck, and once we were 1-0 up and Wigan were reduced to 10 men, there was only going to be one winner. Referee Mike Jones [...]

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Alan Pardew talked after the game last night, in which Demba Ba got a brace and goes to joint top of the Premier league goal scoring charts, and said the club has been frustrated in its attempts to get Ba signed up to a new contract on Tyneside. Demba Ba last night – yet another [...]

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There’s more news today in the local papers about the possible departure of Demba Ba in January, when that £7M release clause in his contract becomes active again, as it was last June and July, and which created a circus atmosphere around the player possibly moving to another club. Demba Ba – in action at [...]

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We had reported yesterday there were stories in the Sunday papers that Demba Ba wanted £90K a week wages, and he was likely to leave Newcastle in January, and that his agents were already sounding out other clubs about a possible activation of the release clause in his contract, and QPR and Harry Redknapp were [...]

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The Newcastle manager Alan Pardew is still trying to solve the strike partnership dilemma that exists at Newcastle – and while both Senegal strikers Papiss Cisse and Demba Ba are good strikers, they hardly complement each other, because their styles are so similar. Papiss Cisse and Demba Ba together last season

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News today that Demba Ba has been demanding £90K a week at Newcastle on a new contract, and that’s more than double what he is currently getting at Newcastle – £40K/week. Demba Ba joined Newcastle in the summer of last year, after his contract at West Ham allowed him to move on a free transfer, [...]

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