Howzat! NUFC 100 for 1 on Newcastle transfer targets
United have got the flags out (see above), yes there have now been ‘officially’ 100 Newcastle transfer targets linked to the club (so far) this summer.
Whilst 99 of them have fallen by the wayside/are imminent…only Georginio Wijnaldum has spoilt an (im)perfect century.
All that news print and all those online clicks, so much and for so little.
The four new Newcastle transfer targets that have brought up the century today are as follows.
Leading off we have The Sun claiming that Liverpool midfielder Joao Teixeira could be on his way to St James Park for as little as £1.5m. The Portuguese 22 year old having played only 8 minutes of Premier League football so far for the scousers and with more signings this summer, he looks even further away from getting first team football.
Secondly we have Sevilla midfielder Ever Banega, the Argentine international having moved only a year ago for £2m from Valencia. Nevertheless, after helping Sevilla lift the Europa League, the 27 year old is allegedly on United’s shopping list.
Next we have Sporting Lisbon’s Islam Slimani, the striker is yet another who is linked with Newcastle in now multiple transfer windows. The 27 year old Algerian forward scoring 12 goals in only 16 starts (plus 5 as sub) for Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese league last season.
Lastly (for today) we have Reading winger Garath McCleary, according to ESPN Newcastle want to buy the Jamaican 28 year old winger despite him managing only one goal in 26 Championship appearances.
I have to say it is a fitting quartet who have the honour of bringing up that 100 total, with seemingly not a chance in a million (or at least a lot more than one in a hundred) of signing for Newcastle.
To try and keep some kind of order, the players are listed in alphabetical order by surname, then first/other names, the club they are/were at when Newcastle were linked with them, then finally the club they have ended up signing for (if any).
Please let us know of any that we have missed out as we go along and especially if you notice if any on the list actually sign for a club and we haven’t added that information.
Abdennour Aymen (Monaco) Defender
Adomah Albert (Winger) Middlesbough
Aubameyang Pierre-Emerick (Borussia Dortmund) Striker
Austin Charlie (QPR) Striker
Ayew Andre (Marseille) Winger ***SIGNED FOR SWANSEA 10 JUNE
Bacca Carlos (Sevilla) Striker ***SIGNED FOR AC MILAN 3 JULY
Ba Demba (Besiktas) Striker ***SIGNED FOR SHANGHAI SHENHUA 28 JUNE
Balotelli Mario (Liverpool) Striker
Bamford Patrick (Chelsea) Striker
Banega Ever (Sevilla) Midfielder
Beck Andreas (Hoffenheim) Defender ***SIGNED FOR BESIKTAS 4 JULY
Berahino Saido (West Brom) Striker
Berisha Veton (Viking) Striker ***SIGNED FOR GREUTHER FURTH 1 JULY
Bolasie Yannick (Crystal Palace) Winger
Byram Sam (Leeds) Defender
Cabaye Yohan (PSG) Midfielder ***SIGNED FOR CRYSTAL PALACE 10 JULY
Carroll Andy (West Ham) Striker
Chester James (Hull) Defender
Cissako Yarouba (Monaco) Defender
Cleverley Tom(Manchester United) Midfielder ***SIGNED FOR EVERTON 5 JUNE
Cole Ashley (AS Roma) Defender
Concha David (Racing Santander) Winger ***SIGNED FOR REAL SOCIEDAD 3 JULY
Cousins Jordan (Charlton) Midfielder
Dawson Craig (West Brom) Defender
Deeney Troy (Watford) Striker
Denayer Jason (Manchester City) Defender
Dost Bas (Wolfsburg) Striker
Downing Stewart (West Ham) Winger
Dunk Lewis (Brighton) Defender
Dyer Nathan (Swansea) Winger
Elmohamady Ahmed (Hull) Winger
Evans Jonny (Manchester United) Defender
Fer Leroy (QPR) Midfielder
Fox Morgan (Charlton) Defender
Furlong Darnell (QPR) Defender
Gameiro Kevin (Sevilla) Striker
Ghoulam Faouzi (Napoli) Defender
Gignac Andre-Pierre (Marseille) Striker ***SIGNED FOR TIGRES UANL 18 JUNE
Ginnelly Josh (Shrewsbury) Winger
Gomez Joe (Charlton) Defender ***SIGNED FOR LIVERPOOL 20 JUNE
Gueye Idrissa (Lille) Midfielder ***SIGNED FOR ASTON VILLA 13 JULY
Heaton Tom (Burnley) Goalkeeper
Hernandez Abel (Hull) Striker
Hughes Will (Derby) Midfielder
Ighalo Odion (Watford) Striker
Ince Tom (Hull) Winger ***SIGNED FOR DERBY 3 JULY
Ings Danny (Burnley) Striker ***SIGNED FOR LIVERPOOL 8 JUNE
Isla Mauricio (Juventus) Defender/Wing-back/Midfielder
Juanmi (Malaga) Striker ***SIGNED FOR SOUTHAMPTON 17 JUNE
Kace Ergys (PAOK) Midfielder
Kante Ngolo (Caen) Midfielder
Keogh Richard (Derby) Defender
Konate Moussa (FC Sion) Striker
Konoplyanka Yehven (Dnipro) Winger ***SIGNED FOR SEVILLA 9 JULY
Krejci Ladislav (Sparta Prague) Winger
Lambert Rickie (Liverpool) Striker
Lemina Marco (Marseille) Midfielder
Lingard Jesse (Manchester United) Midfielder
Mascarell Omar (Real Madrid) Midfielder)
Matip Joel (Schalke) Defender
Martin Chris (Derby County) Striker
Mbemba Chancel (Anderlecht) Defender
McCarthy Alex (QPR) Goalkeeper
McClean James (Wigan) Winger ***SIGNED FOR WEST BROM 22 JUNE
McCleary Garath (Reading) winger
Mere Jorge (Sporting Gijon) Defender
Mings Tyrone (Ipswich) Defender ***SIGNED FOR BOURNEMOUTH 26 JUNE
Mitrovic Aleksandar (Anderlecht) Striker
N’Doye Dame (Hull) Striker
Ocampos Lucas (Monaco) Winger
Okaka Stefano (Sampdoria) Striker
Pato Alexandre (Sao Paolo) Striker
Payet Dimitri (Marseille) Midfielder ***SIGNED FOR WEST HAM 26 JUNE
Pedranza Alfonso (Villarreal) Winger
Promes Quincy (Spartak Moscow) Winger
Ramirez Sandro (Barcelona) Striker
Remy Loic (Chelsea) Striker
Richards Micah (Manchester City) ***SIGNED FOR ASTON VILLA 17 JUNE
Rhodes Jordan (Blackburn) Striker
Rolan Diego (Bordeaux) Striker
Rudiger Antonio (Stuttgart) Defender
Sakho Diafra (West Ham) Striker
Sako Bakary (Wolves) Winger
Sam Sidney (Shalke) Striker
Sanson Morgan (Montpellier) Midfielder
Schar Fabian (Basel) Defender ***SIGNED FOR HOFFENHEIM
Sepe Luigi (Napoli) Goalkeeper
Slimani Islam (Sporting Lisbon) Striker
Teixeira Joao (Liverpool) Midfielder
Thauvin Florian (Marseille) Winger
Toney Ivan (Northampton) Striker
Townsend Andros (Tottenham) Winger
Tshibola Aaron (Reading) Midfielder
Van Ginkel Marco (Chelsea) Midfielder
Veltman Joel (Ajax) Defender
Wass Daniel (Evian) Midfielder ***SIGNED FOR CELTA VIGO 22 JUNE
Wijnaldum Georginio (PSV) Midfielder – SIGNED FOR NEWCASTLE(!!!!!) 11 JULY
Wilson James (Manchester United) Striker
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