If Newcastle follow up their interest then I believe he’d be a great signing, bringing extra pace and directness which would perfectly complement what the likes of Jonas and Ben Arfa offer.
At St.James’ Park tonight, United’s under 18 side managed to reach the 6th round of the FA Youth Cup despite falling behind to a first half goal from the visitors.
A late equaliser by Campbell and a Hooper winner in extra time sent the kids through.
The reality is though that this victory probably came down to the contribution of three players; Coloccini and Tim Krul held our team together as best they could and made some outstanding saves and blocks, the other player being Yakubu who got himself suspended so Blackburn had nobody to stick it in the net!