Newcastle linked with.....

over 33 players thus far this summer according to nufcblog.

here's the list in full.

accurate or not, we seem to be getting more and more column inches in the tabloids... not bad for a small Northern club...

Virgil van Dijk – FC Groningen’s young 19 year-old Dutch defender
Romain Amalfitano – Reims 22 year-old midfielder – SIGNED
Douglas Franco Teixeira – known as Douglas – 24 – FC Twente
James Tomkins 23 – West Ham central defender – defensive midfielder
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa – captain of French club Montpelier – 23
Jan Vertonghen – 24 – played for Belgium 35 times and he stands 6’3″ tall
Benjamin Corgnet – French attacking midfielder – 24 – Dijon – £4.5M?
Cheikh M’Bengue – 23 – Toulouse and Senegal left back
Erik Pieters – 23 year-old defender PSV – Holland left back
Jacob Butterfield – 21 year-old Barnsley central midfielder
Adam Maher – 18-year-old AZ Alkmaar midfielder
John Guidetti – 19-year-old Man City striker – on loan to Feyenoord
Mathieu Debuchy – Lille 26 year-old right back
Juan Pablo Pino – 25 – Columbian winger/striker – Galatasaray
Gylfi Sigurdsson – Hoffenheim 22 year-old midfielder – on loan at Swansea
Nathaniel Clyne – Crystal Palace 21 year-old right back
Anthony Knockaert – Guingamp 20 year-old midfielder
Jordon Rhodes – Huddersfield’s 21 year-old Scottish striker
Aidan White – Leeds 20 year old left sided player
Toby Alderweireld – Ajax and Belgium center-back
Aurelien Chedjou – Lille – 26 year-old Cameroon center-back
Kieran Trippier – 21 – Burnley – England U21 full back
Romain Hamouma – Caen right winger – 25
Tranquillo Barnetta – 27 year-old Bayer Leverkusen winger
Branimir Hrgota – Swedish U19 striker – 19
Roberto Rosales – FC Twente right back – 23 – Venezualen
Eljero Elia – Dutch International winger – 25 – Juventus
Gael Bigirimana – 18 year-old Coventry midfielder
Mark Davies – Bolton 23 year-old midfielder
Chung-Yong Lee – 23 year-old Bolton South Korean winger
Luke James – Hartlepool 17 year-old winger
Dusan Tadic – 23 year-old Groningen Serbian midfielder
Yacine Brahimi – 22 year-old Rennes French U21 winger

 

Shouldn't there be a player called Kitchen Sink on the list? He seems to be the only one missing.

 

One in bold would be highest on my list of priorities.

 

After hearing of our interest in "Kit-shun Sinc" the Vietnamese playmaker, Liverpool are preparing a £45M bid

 

we should spread a rumour that Titus is world class.... the dippers will nip in ahead of us with a £30m bid...

 

Damn it, I hope they don't get in before us!

 

a double swoop with Owen

 

You never know, mention it enough times and anything could happen.

 

I'd be happy with 2/3 of the 13 defenders on that list and another winger

 

Hesakmi?

 

Could be, seems he's been seen in Jesmond too.

 

My mate Colin says so!

 

Makes sense for agents/papers. With our recent success in the transfer market, if we're linked to a player it would make clubs think they're a hidden gem, thus giving agents a massive payday if some clubs are stupid enough to follow up the interest.

 

Say no more then.

 

You can narrow it down significantly by taking away all the players out of our budget

 

9 players in the list from the eredivisie, still wondering why you guys dislike it so much whilst dozens former Eredivisie players are now in EPL squads nowadays...

 

Have a slice of rep

 

Its a fine reflection of our buying policy that we're not even being linked to aging has-been players who were for a long time or staple purchases. A 27 year old and 26 year old on there but otherwise all 24 or younger!!

 

Agreed mate.

 

So a one in 33 strike rate so far - sounds like Shola's all time record if you exclude the Mackem games.