Tonwsend fee agreed.

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Newcastle are close to signing Andros Townsend from Tottenham with the clubs close to agreeing a compromise over the fee for the England winger.

Townsend, who has barely featured for Spurs so far this campaign and has played just 64 minutes in the Premier League in total, has been targeted by Newcastle manager Steve McClaren for several weeks as he seeks to strengthen his squad for the battle against relegation.

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy had originally demanded that they pay £14m to secure the 24-year-old and rejected Newcastle’s opening offer of £10m earlier this month.

But with Mauricio Pochettino keen to free up space in his squad, the Tottenham manager has personally intervened to request that the club accepts a lower bid – understood to be somewhere in the middle of the two clubs’ valuations. Levy is believed to have sanctioned the move in principal and now Townsend will discuss personal terms with Newcastle but is expected to sign for the club in the next 48 hours.

Having been a regular in Roy Hodgson’s England squad last season, Townsend was banished from the first team after clashing with the fitness coach Nathan Gardiner and forced to train with the Under-21s. He has not played for Tottenham’s first team since and it is now nearly two years since he completed a full Premier League match for the club.

But it is understood that Pochettino has been impressed with Townsend’s attitude since being frozen out of the first team picture and was keen to allow him to find another club as a goodwill gesture.
 
We sign him he starts for me straight off. I just sort of think he is one of those signings who will have a quick impact and give the team and fans a lift which is exactly what we need.
 
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I like the fact that Poch stepped in. Suggestion of how a good manager works. Would love it, just love it to see both Townsend and Lacazette sign this week.

For the benefit of No Chance if you have had your daily positivity tablet already today then read this tomorrow but if you're reading this bit then you have probably already read the first part and might currently be on your way to the local hospital having over dosed on positivity today. Sorry.
 
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Not that I'm being negative, far from it, I think he could genuinely make a difference.
But, but, but, has anyone else noticed he hasn't actually played that much football for the best part of 2 years.
I wonder if he's anywhere near match fit, not that it matters of course, as he'd fit right in.
Still, Steve must know best and that's good enough for me...
 
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I do like perez in my team...................Nitro has to start hitting the net simple as that no good supplying bullets if he cant fire the fukas in.
 
Heed said:
Not that I'm being negative, far from it, I think he could genuinely make a difference.
But, but, but, has anyone else noticed he hasn't actually played that much football for the best part of 2 years.
I wonder if he's anywhere near match fit, not that it matters of course, as he'd fit right in.
Still, Steve must know best and that's good enough for me...
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He's playing for Spuds against LFC tonight for the U21s.
 
Levy with another masterstroke:1980_boogie_down:.Your going to need to spend another 14 million on ball boys to collect all his shots that fly out of your stadium. Just make sure you play him on the left side.
 
Yeah, bookies got this right - his odds dropped like a stone at about 6pm to 1/8 on, then disappeared completely.

Interestingly, Lacazette's betting has been suspended. Good times on the horizon, finally?
 
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