Taken from SkySports We are hearing that Sunderland are weighing up a bid to hijack Newcastle's move for French striker Bafetimbi Gomis. Newcastle have been regarded favourites to land Gomis, who is a free agent, after holding a long-term interest in the former Lyon striker. However, North-East rivals Sunderland are ready to join the chase for Gomis as Gus Poyet looks to bring in a new striker to the Stadium of Light.
Well I suppose we have some room on the wage bill after Jack left... In all seriousness though do we really want him? Seems he'll cost a fair whack (in terms of sign-on fee / wages), he'll be 29 before the season starts, and hasn't exactly been prolific in France... What's all the fuss about?
Must keep my finger on the pulse marra... 1st I've heard of this one !! Would we be petty enough to do this out of retaliation?? Ha ha !!!
He'll go to whoever offer the most £££££££££. Also, does the fact that he looks like a masculine Tracey Chapman mean nothing to you?!?
In his prime, worth a two year contract with a hefty wage, Any longer then the wages would have to come right down beneath his demands. He's never going to bag 100k a week he's dreaming. Bout 60-65k a week would be fair over two years so we're not lumbered when he starts his decline.
From here in Geneva, I follow French football very closely and can assure everyone that Gomis is very ordinary at this level. This would be a complete waste of money. I rate Kenwyn Jones higher as this type of striker. Loïc Rémy? Oh oui!!
I'd be over the moon if he went to sunderland. There's threads on a couple of Newcastle boards and he'd be as popular as the signing of Colback. i.e. Not very. Average overpaid mercenary.
You and us have two squads of them man Where's the loyalty? We have players who'd rather sit on the bench than drop a few quid and play elsewhere. You have French blokes who look like they're on a ****ing prison sentence and desperate for parole.
Am I alone in hoping this is hoss ****e? He is exactly the sort of character we don't need and he isn't that good actually. Would rather have a proven player who has some connection to us, like Borini.
