No Erding, No N'zogbia

Saints slap a £10m tag on Toon target Mevlut Erdinc
Jun 19 2011 by Mark Douglas, Sunday Sun
PARIS SAINT GERMAIN have launched a last-ditch effort to keep Toon target Mevlut Erdinc in France.
As revealed in last week’s Sunday Sun, Newcastle bounced back from their Kevin Gameiro disappointment by stepping up their pursuit of Turkey striker Erdinc – who club insiders see as perfect foil for target men Shola Ameobi and Demba Ba.
However, although Erdinc is keen to talk to Newcastle about a move, PSG do not want to lose him.
They have told the 26-year-old they want him to stay and have slapped a £10million price tag on the forward, a fee United would be unwilling to cough up.
Instead, Newcastle will bide their time, aware they have other potential options to play alongside Ba or Ameobi next term.
United are quietly working through a five-man list of targets made up of Switzerland international Tranquillo Barnetta, Erdinc, Swansea left-back Neil Taylor and Kevin Nolan’s potential replacement Blaise Matudi.
Taylor is expected to be confirmed within 48 hours, but big fees would be required to secure most of the others – and United will want to haggle over them.
Newcastle have ended their interest in Wigan’s Charlie N’Zogbia while Chelsea’s £20million Dan Sturridge – although he has admirers at St James’ Park – is not a serious target.
The Sunday Sun also understands Stephen Warnock is NOT the man being ear-marked to replace Jose Enrique if he leaves Newcastle United.
Reports on Saturday claimed Enrique had opened negotiations with Arsenal, but he is yet to tell Newcastle what his intentions are for next season.
Meanwhile, the remaining two Amigos Jonas Gutierrez and Fabricio Coloccini are unlikely to leave the North East despite claims to the contrary yesterday.
Coloccini is reportedly a target for Primera Liga side Seville but there is no way they could afford to match his £80,000 plus wages at St James’ Park.
United ended their interest in Gameiro when informed of his £50,000-a-week wages.
A source close to Gutierrez told the Sunday Sun he did not want to leave.
He has two years left on his contract and wants to stay.

So it looks like we don't want N'zog, which i'm pretty guttered about, would of loved to see him in the black and white once again.

I think this article is proof that Ashley wants to spend no more than £7 mil on one player- ( could be good or bad depending on your view)

 

The SS has been know to print ****e before like..

 

Hm, I hope so but that Mark Douglas seems pretty reliable.

 

Not that reliable - Erdinc is 24 and not 26

 

Douglas seems pally with Cwarr..... I rest my case...

 

Didn't they say last week we were planning a mega offer for a striker.

 

Surely if we have £35 million we can manage to stump up 10 for this guy.

 

Yep, that was the £7 mil for Erdinc, but they made it sound more exciting so more papers would sell, sneeky.

 

Since when has the press ever been reliable?

Ignore what they say and let's just see what happens..

 

Sorry, but this is all...

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So you reckon we'll get Nzog? Mark douglas got every outgoing and incoming transfer right so far. I think he is in the know as he writes for the journal, chronicle and the sunday sun (owned by same co.)

 

That's quite a load AP.

 

Lets dismiss the Zog and Erdinc story as bullshit but celebrate the Perch out story

 

Well, we've been linked with N'Zogbia since janurary, we did put in a £12 million bid for him just before the transfer window closed. So that's pretty much shown our interest. Let mark continue to blabber on along side him buddy Cwarr and wait to see what happens

 

I'm just going to wait and see what happens

 

This is the best way to approach it IMO.

 

He isnt mates with cwarr, and don't you think that was Ashleys plan to try and make us think they tryed to sign a replacement? I would be amazed if Nzogbia came back here especially after already having jonas, marveaux and hatem ben arfa with Routledge and Ryan Taylor likely to stay and also with the iminent Barnetta on his way. I hope you're correct but I just can't see it happening.

We already have these players on the wings:
Jonas, Marveaux, HBA, Ferguson, Routledge, Raylor, Barnetta (looks likely) thats already 7 playets not icluding Barton as it looks like he is off. Can't see Mike funding the deal, sorry.

 

Fairly sure it was printed somewhere that Gameiro was only on something like £8k a week before moving...50k a week in a minor Ligue 1 team sounds a bit off to me!

 

If you won the lottery would you be happy to pay twice as much for a chocolate bar?

 

hahaha he cant even get an age right **** him