Newcastle United are ready to bid for Peter Crouch in an £8M deal.
Peter Crouch – Newcastle and Portsmouth interested
Crouch is ready to leave Liverpool, after warming the bench far too much last season, but he has already talked of his desire to return to Fratton Park under Harry Redknapp at Portsmouth.
Redknapp’s intention is to partner Crouch with Jermaine Defoe, but of course he could also play alongside England international Michael Owen at Newcastle.
Crouch is on England duty in Trinidad and Tobago, and talked yesterday:
”I played nowhere near enough games last year, I accept that. I think I need to play more regularly.”
“You have to be playing football to be noticed.”
But Keegan also has some attraction for the 6’7†striker as he puts together another Newcastle team that will be going forward and attacking the opposition.
That attacking style of player has to be an attraction to any striker wanting to score goals.
Keegan also believes fringe England players have a better chance of impressing England manager Fabio Capello with first-team football at Newcastle.
Crouch has already said he is sick of not getting enough playing time with the Reds and it’s hard to criticize a player who just want to play more football.
But we have to think Portsmouth are favorites for the player, and it looks like Newcastle are a little late in launching their bid – but we’ll see.
Comments welcome.
55 comments so far
scotty
Jun 1, 2008 at 9:59 AM
Comment #1Buy him!!! He would definately improve the team without a shadow of a doubt……..
Shanghaitoon
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Comment #2Crouch would defo be a good addition to the team… but Newcastle a little late??? Where have we heard that before…. LOL
najikhin
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Comment #3yes..buy him..plz..better than nothing..
ToonKing
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:04 AM
Comment #4would like him to join….when i see him i’m always like “hey hahahaha there’s the robot again ahahhah” but then he does something really unexpected and i’m like “………damn”
get him on board, price is right too.
Taiwantoon
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Comment #5Wouldn’t he be too old for the board?
SydneyToon
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:08 AM
Comment #6Would love him, but not sure how this would fit in with the policy of lower wages?
toptoon
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:12 AM
Comment #7wouldn’t set the world alight as far as major signings go, but will give us more options upfront i suppose. come on MA and KK give us a signing to shout about!
Dave
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:16 AM
Comment #8Portsmouth had there bid rejected as Liverpool wanted more money, there was even talk that Liverpool wanted 15 million for him, but I think 8 million is a fair bid
toonarmy08
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Comment #9We are not too late as Redknapp said yesterday on ssn that he had no contact at all with liverpool regarding crouch,but did confirm hhis interest in dunne!
dick
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:33 AM
Comment #108 million thats a laugh, toon have bid 2 bags of peanuts and a free house in sunderland
Steveo
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:34 AM
Comment #11would be a fantastic addition no matter what people may think about him.. the truth is he is a very effective player. i’d like to see us start pushing for the likes of mcfadden, gudjohnsen and sidwell.. proven quality premiership players who will no doubt improve our team!
Soren
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:35 AM
Comment #12Hasn’t Benitez said he wants £15m for Crouch? £8m would be a good price if we can get him. But would rather see our midfield getting bigger and better.
Steveo
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Comment #13these are the sort or realistic signings which would make a real difference to the squad. once we get these kind of players in .. wise and vetere can produce a couple of exotic signings to show for all their troublesome travelling!
The Entertainers
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:41 AM
Comment #14He is the type of striker we need at Newcastle, to play along with Owen and Martins. After all we all know the Duke wont last a full campaign. I would prefer a Gomez or Gomis as i believe they would score more and offer more in movement, however Crouch would still the type of buy i for one am hoping for.
dougnufc
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:43 AM
Comment #15I would love him to be in the B&W but I would prefer Bendtner – Young and Good
Jobo
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Comment #16(A Message from me – an LFC Fan) –
If Bent is worth 18million then Crouch is worth 25million.
Peter Crouch (when played) is superb – his technique is scarily good. 2007 seen him finish top scorer for Liverpool, England and even second to Kaka in Champs League.
When we first heard dtories linking us to Crouch – I have to be honest and admit that I wasn’t too keen – how wrong I was – take it from me – Crouchy is a crackin lad and a great footballer.
Drago
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:45 AM
Comment #17I dont want that to happen, we have Carroll ir our team, and he can win more headers than Crouch…
John
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Comment #18Bendtner is cack
Leo
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Comment #19yeah bentner would be good but so would crouch, if we sign him he needs to do the robot for us at the news conferance to appease the fans haha
Taiwantoon
Jun 1, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Comment #20Considering he has only 1 year left in his contracrt and he has stated that he has no intention of renewing it, 5 million would still be a good offer IMO.
This is the time the recruitment team show why they are on the salaries if KK is really interested.
Tom_Toon
Jun 1, 2008 at 11:38 AM
Comment #21Bendtner is better than Crouch.
NUFCFAN
Jun 1, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Comment #22Bendtner is class – and pretty arrogant, and would never get him.
Signing crouch would surely hurt Carrol
Geordie Gerrard7
Jun 1, 2008 at 11:47 AM
Comment #23bendtner is better in goal than crouch
toonarmy08
Jun 1, 2008 at 11:52 AM
Comment #24dont agree tomtoon ,i think crouch is better than bendtnar.better goal to game ratio aswell.not keen on bendtnar at all ,overated!
Tom_Toon
Jun 1, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Comment #25Bendtner is severely underated, hes only 20/21 aswell. Croch will be 28 soon.
Soren
Jun 1, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Comment #26Bendtner is the most overrated player. They always talk about him in Denmark. Yes he has talent, but is made up to be better than he actually is, and to top that, he thinks to much of himself.
Crouch over Bendtner any day.
Tom_Toon
Jun 1, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Comment #27Hes underated in the prem, always makes an impact when he comes on.
Geordie Gerrard7
Jun 1, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Comment #28crouch over bendtner but to be honest wouldnt be ooverwhelmed with either, would prefer gomis at a decent price, or a fit ashton
Taiwantoon
Jun 1, 2008 at 12:03 PM
Comment #29Bendtner is rated by AW, that says it all for me really.
Geordie Gerrard7
Jun 1, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Comment #30see we are linked with Alvaro Negredo, he is a great player, but dont think he suits the prem 1 bit
Geordie Gerrard7
Jun 1, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Comment #31not rated to highly by adebayor though is he lol
Punk Skunk
Jun 1, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Comment #32Reckon he’d do well here!..
…Maybe in a kinda…Keegan/Thoshack….Owen/Crouch way?..
NUFCFAN
Jun 1, 2008 at 12:07 PM
Comment #33so according to the papers spurs want;
John Bostock
Samuel Eto’o
Diego Milito
David Bentley
Anton Ferdinand
Richard Dunne
Gio Dos Santos
~Being a spurs fan must be quite smug this summer
Taiwantoon
Jun 1, 2008 at 12:10 PM
Comment #34ashton, if fit, would be a relly good signing, but it’s not likely to happen, is it? Having said that, I am not a big fan of target man style of play anyway.
Soren
Jun 1, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Comment #35More the team around Bendtner which makes him look good. He has had some games where hes come on as a sub a made something, certainly not always, but so has many others. So underated he is not.
Punk Skunk
Jun 1, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Comment #36Agree Taiwantoon,
but if we’re gonna play 433, there doesn’t have to be a target man, just someone who’s good with the ball in a tight spot, hard shot, deft, good header a la…Viduka, Ashton, Crouch?..etc…
Bill F
Jun 1, 2008 at 12:28 PM
Comment #37KK (staring at DW who is sitting at his desk mouth open and drooling. His eyes are glazed over and he is staring at a sheaf of papers).
“Please Mr Wise can you do something with that dossier”.
KK turns to TM, can’t understand it he has been like that since I added Crouchy to the list, I’m not sure if he is up to all the pressure”
TM, “Naah boss he’s been like that since he was given the list by MA weeks ago, hic”
Nick Dryden
Jun 1, 2008 at 12:51 PM
Comment #38It isn’t really Crouch’s fault as ironically he is no the best in the air and he does have a decent touch on the deck, but just having him in the team would encourage long ball football, even with good players in the team. Look at England v Croatia at wembley. 90 mins of just bombing long balls up to Crouch.
I’m sorry, but I like the way the club is being run with wage ceilings and young hungry talented players coming in. I would much rather have Gomis than Crouch and I think we could have had Gomis ages ago but KK wasn’t keen. It’s sad that KK doesn’t want any youngsters from Brazil either, unlike the two 17 year old twins at Manu. After the boom and bust years under shepherd, we have to alter our strategy. KK has to understand this. Keeping perma crocks like Viduka and Duff on on 3 million each a year is just unsustainable. We’re in a universal credit crunch.
HonoraryGeordie
Jun 1, 2008 at 1:07 PM
Comment #39He’s no Dean Ashton!
HonoraryGeordie
Jun 1, 2008 at 1:08 PM
Comment #40talking of Ashton, is he playing tonight? Then everyone will see what quality we should be aiming for