However, after getting away with the Andy Carroll transfer mid-season with no replacement then it is all too possible that the owner will gamble yet again.
At the end of the day, the study showed that the kids spent 64% of their entire time in the playground playing with the pointless obelisk. Without meaning to sound personal, Jonas Gutierrez is Newcastle United’s obelisk.
However, this was also the source that reported Newcastle United were in talks with a spectacular move for £28m Wayne Rooney so I’d take this with a pinch of salt. It appears Sports Direct News are about as informed as Alan Pardew when it comes to Newcastle United transfer targets.
In that winter transfer window, St.Etienne were forced to release the following statement after reports that Newcastle had made a bid for striker Pierre Emerick Aubameyang. Now it has been confirmed that Newcastle did indeed make an offer of around £8m in January which was knocked back.
The French international midfielder/striker will only have a year left on his contract come June and at 26 he would be in the right ball park in terms of age.
It is being reported this morning that Newcastle had representatives watching the Dutch under 21s take on the Republic of Ireland this week, as well as league games in the Netherlands last weekend.
The January transfer window has only just slammed shut and been securely nailed down, yet already we are all being fed inside ‘information’ on who will be moving in the next window!
There was much talk of team spirit and togetherness last season, when things were going well. It is now that we need to see some togetherness, fight and a refusal to be beaten.
