Deal to be completed by the 1st Jan. According to Phil Forster of Sky. The fee will be £7.5m, as stated in his contract. Newcastle are to recieve £5m, and Ba to recieve £2.5m himself. It's believed his agent is also demanding a £2m fee on top of the £7.5m. Ba himself will agree to wages of £70,000 per week. i wonder does that mean you won't be getting Falcao.
Not until the end of the season. With Atheletico vying for second place in their league, He and is club would be stupid to do the deal and it would cost more than he is worth to buy him.
I'm happy to see him on board! Having sold Sturridge for £12m and got Ba for £2m + cheaper we've improved the squad strength and come out with a profit!
Pretty sure deals can only be completed by the 2nd - that's the first day of paper-work. Read that, could be wrong. Good signing if true though.
You will have to wear button up trousers, he is getting used to the sound of zips. You'll never catch him though, be far too fast for an old fat Taffy like yourself. ;-)
Time we had some decent nick names for our players, and Humbug seems perfect for Ba. Can I also suggest "What's it " for Mata , "Better brakes" for Mikel, " Houndstooth " for Cech, "Searchlight" for Lamp(h)ard , "Global warming" for Cole ???
Good signing, wouldn't mind Villa on loan still as well, should do us untill the end of the season. Can see Torres + Cash for Falcao in Summer
Doubt he'll be joining us now, we've just had talks with his representatives and couldn't agree on anything so it's done now. Wouldn't have minded Ba, quality player but at least it's one less ego to deal with, hopefully we get Villa
DM claiming it's off completely, but Telegraph implies we will try to reach a compromise. It could go either way.
