Remy

Hope this is true as I honestly think Ba will be on his way in January.


http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-wire/newcastle-in-advanced-talks-for-striker/

 

Don't know how he will adopt to our squad if he comes butt I am not a fan of Remy,I would like to try someone else.

 

gotta be Marv going the other way surely? or Abeid?
I would so love this to happen.

my shopping list is now:

Remy (to replace Ba)
Debuchy
Douglas
Ince
Sissokho

I'd be cartwheeling down Barrack road if that lot happens....

 

For those of you that can't open the link for one reason or another, here's the content.

There are claims this morning that Newcastle United are in advanced talks with French International striker, Loic Remy.

Newcastle (and other clubs!) have been repeatedly linked with the player but the Telegraph are claiming that talks are now at an advanced stage between United and Marseille, with part of the deal including a Newcastle player going the other way.

Remy has been largely out of favour this season but in the previous two seasons scored 37 goals in 83 club appearances.

Remy was in the provisional French squad for the Euros earlier this year but failed to make the final cut of 23.

As well playing as a main striker, Remy can also operate as the second striker or on the wing, so in theory at least he ticks a lot of boxes as the kind of versatile striker that we haven’t got.

The deal is touted to be worth £10m and the Newcastle player believed to be possibly going in the opposite direction is Gabriel Obertan.

Obviously if this deal did happen then I think most of us would be wondering who else would be leaving…

I'm sure it'll be good news to most.

 

I hope we do brisk business cos I don't want to see us dilly and dally all January for Ba to leave at the end of the window (us then having no replacement).
We should sign this lad up.... then if Ba goes so be it... if he doesn't then we have great striking cover.

 

The Telegraph article....

Newcastle United are in advanced talks to sign France international striker LoÏc Rémy for £10million and hope to announce the deal at the start of the January window.

The move will also involve Rémy’s current club, Marseille, signing a Newcastle player, possibly one of their Frenchmen such as Gabriel Obertan who could be surplus to requirements at St James’ Park.

If, as expected, Remy is signed by Newcastle it will increase the speculation that Demba Ba could leave the Premier League club when the window opens on Jan 1. Ba is available for £7million, the value of the release clause in his contract.

Newcastle insist that they want Ba to stay and have been attempting to get the Senegalese striker, who has 11 league goals already this season, to agree a new contract removing the clause.

There is, however, interest in Ba from Arsenal and Chelsea, although he is not their top target, and also more recently from Queens Park Rangers’ manager Harry Redknapp.

Ba said: “People know that Arsenal need strikers, they know that a release clause is inserted in my contract, so they make speculation. It’s true that Arsenal is a very attractive club.”

Redknapp, when he was in charge of Tottenham Hotspur, was also interested in Remy this time last year, and scouted the 25 year-old several times. Indeed Remy has long been linked a move to England and there was also some tentative interest in him from Chelsea and from West Ham United.

However it appears that Newcastle have decided to make a move for Remy, which will come as a huge relief to manager Alan Pardew, who desperately needs to strengthen a squad hit by injuries and the exertions of the Europa League after last season’s achievements.

Newcastle lie 15th in the Premier League table, just two points above the bottom three, and have been hit by injuries to their two most creative players – Hatem Ben Arfa and Yohane Cabaye. Ben Arfa also joined Newcastle from Marseille and there is a strong French influence at the Tyneside club.

Pardew is keen to strengthen next month and will hope that Rémy is not the only signing Newcastle make. Negotiations are believed to have progressed smoothly and more talks could take place as early on Tuesday with Marseille president Vincent Labrune, who is due in London to meet intermediaries.

The talks will include discussing which Newcastle player is including in the deal on top of the £10 million fee which is already believed to have been agreed in principle.

So far Marseille have resisted any offers for Remy, and were insistent that they would not sell to Spurs last January, but it appears that they are now keen to reach an agreement and have circulated his availability.

Remy has fallen out of favour this season and has often been on the substitutes’ bench.

Marseille sporting director José Anigo has already conceded that Remy, who is under contract until 2015, could be sold while his agent, Bruno Satin, has been in talks with several clubs.

Remy, who has 17 caps for France, joined Marseille from Nice two years ago, since when he has scored 27 times in 68 appearances. He is also adaptable and can play out wide as well as through the middle as a main striker or behind a central attacker such as Newcastle’s Papiss Demba Cissé.

Although there will be relief among Newcastle supporters that the club are prepared to spend significantly in January – after acquiring only Vernun Anita in the summer for £6.7million and also concentrating on holding onto its star players – there will also be concern should Remy simply be regarded as a replacement for Ba.

Any deal to sign Ba is complicated by his wage demands of £70,000 a week, and also because the fees being asked for his agents are believed to be £2million.

Ba also has a chronic knee problem although that has not hampered his playing time since he first arrived in England with West Ham before joining Newcastle in the summer of 2011.

Pardew has, however, already said that he expects it to a busy month for Newcastle when the transfer window opens.

“We’re in the market — as a few clubs will be,” he said last week. Newcastle are also interested in another French international, the right-back Mathieu Debuchy, who they came close to signing in the summer from Lille. The club could also try and strengthen in central defence and the centre of midfield.

 

Interesting move if it happens, plenty have looked but for some reason nothing ever materialised. Looks a bit rich for our tastes but we'll see.

Centre back - Kjaer or Kouyate - Kjaer might be more realistic because Wolfsburg are struggling and Kouyate's fee is being bandied about as 10m
Wide Forward - 1st choice would still be Ince but Remy would be a more than satisfactory 2nd choice! It would mean Benni moving left I suspect as Remy mainly plays from the right in a 3 man attack

That is my dream window

 

I can seriously see the Dilly-Dally happening, yet more frustration. Fingers are getting pointed at MA now after not really spending in the Summer so could be interesting to see his reaction.

Remy would be fantastic, but again, do we need someone else too if (when) Ba does go?

A CB and a fullback also would be a nice Christmas present Uncle Mike.

All this said, i go back to my 1st line, it wouldn't surprise me if we sold Ba and pissed around all of January again!

 

Joleon Lescott is supposedly available on loan, anyone fancy that as a short term option? He isn't going to be going to the top clubs.

 

I would have him here

 

The only problem with Lescott coming is we're bound to be knocked off the top as the most handsome team.

 

I'd take him in a heartbeat.

 

You have a point. How about signing Becks and Debuchy to counteract his challenging face?

 

Whilst he's not particularly pleasing on the eye I'd have him like a shot. If we could get him to wear a jimileysbaldhead mask( it's got a few wrinkles but still gets admiring glances from women that understand true beauty ) then we'd have the ultimate addition to the squad....

 

I could always come out of retirement, that would put us back on top again.

 

Not a mask that you keep in the same place as Jonas I hope.

 

There's not enough room down there for a mask...

 

I take him like a shot good CB.

 

Modest as ever!

 

England International on loan, bit of a no brainer really. Would also allow Douglas to see his contract out and arrive on a free come June.