Jimbo 133 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 By MARTIN HARDY - More by this author » Last updated at 21:26pm on 21st January 2008 Kevin Keegan's move for Micah Richards could spark a new boom in player wages, driven even higher by the ambition and spending power of Newcastle owner Mike Ashley. Keegan has set his sights on landing the 19-year-old England defender, who has still to sign a new deal at Manchester City, where he is involved in a contract wrangle. Richards remains the poorest-paid player in the England squad on just £15,000 a week and talks over a new four-and-a-half-year deal at City remain ongoing. While the situation drags on, Keegan, backed by Ashley's money and an offer in the region of £70,000 a week, is ready to move. And yet another club prepared to pay astronomical wages is certain to drive the going rate skyward. Richards' plan had been to stay with City and then plot a move to a side with genuine title aspirations, but Keegan has proven in the past that he can persuade players to make decisions they had previously ruled out. Keegan will also have to fend off Spurs, who want Richards as well. Two more realistic targets are Daniel van Buyten and Pascal Chimbonda. The former, a strapping central defender with Bayern Munich, is available on a loan deal until the end of the season, making him a particularly attractive proposition. Chimbonda would cost in the region of £4m but there are now doubts about his character after he looked for a second move in two years. Keegan has admitted he will keep Michael Owen as his captain at Newcastle. The move is seen as conciliatory, after Owen's attack on Keegan's tenure as England manager. 'I think we'll leave it with him at the moment, and if he comes to me and says he enjoys it, then we can look at it longer term,' he said. 'I looked at the players I had got, and I honestly believed Michael was the most experienced player on the pitch, along with Shay Given. 'I told Shay I would like Michael to lead it from the front, and he said, "Fine - I fully understand. I've got no problems with that".' Former Newcastle and Chelsea defender Celestine Babayaro is set to sign a three-year deal with LA Galaxy. Babayaro's contract at St James' Park was bought out last month after the injury-prone full back started just 45 league games in four years with the club. He will join former Chelsea boss Ruud Gullit at LA, who took him to Stamford Bridge in 1997. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GafferTape 0 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Yes, it's all our fault. Because there isn't half a dozen other teams in the league owned by billionaires is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4222 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 and no one else in the league is paid anwhere near 70k/week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 (edited) As if Spuds are going to match that?! Keane is only on 10p* *A dive. Edited January 21, 2008 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19826 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 sounds like keegan fancies building an entirely new back 4. richards would be class but if city do sell, i can see chelsea or man u gazumping us a'la the rooney farce a couple of years back. van buyten, chimbonda and campbell seem much more realistic alternatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 sounds like keegan fancies building an entirely new back 4. richards would be class but if city do sell, i can see chelsea or man u gazumping us a'la the rooney farce a couple of years back. van buyten, chimbonda and campbell seem much more realistic alternatives. Man U spent wildly in the summer would be shocked if AF lumps another wad on the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offshore Toon 0 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 It would be worth appointing Keegan just for bringing in Richards. He's a class player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 It would be worth appointing Keegan just for bringing in Richards. He's a class player. Strikes me as a bit of a douchebag though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13861 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 This reads to me as ''Newcastle potentially getting good players fuck! , must write an article in the ten minutes i have before i go to the theatre'' to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 It would be worth appointing Keegan just for bringing in Richards. He's a class player. Strikes me as a bit of a douchebag though. I think the use of the word "douchebag" is worthy of a ban from the board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 It would be worth appointing Keegan just for bringing in Richards. He's a class player. Strikes me as a bit of a douchebag though. I think the use of the word "douchebag" is worthy of a ban from the board It's a fantastic word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 It would be worth appointing Keegan just for bringing in Richards. He's a class player. Strikes me as a bit of a douchebag though. I think the use of the word "douchebag" is worthy of a ban from the board It's a fantastic word. Only if you're a bit of a smelly cunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 This reads to me as ''Newcastle potentially getting good players fuck! , must write an article in the ten minutes i have before i go to the theatre'' to me. Fucking anything to have a go at us. Chelsea and Manure are paying players £100k+ all the time yet because we are will to pay £70k it's going to drive up wages and harm the rest of the league. Do me a favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 31 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 This reads to me as ''Newcastle potentially getting good players fuck! , must write an article in the ten minutes i have before i go to the theatre'' to me. Fucking anything to have a go at us. Chelsea and Manure are paying players £100k+ all the time yet because we are will to pay £70k it's going to drive up wages and harm the rest of the league. Do me a favour. Its really starting to do my head in. Everywhere I look they are trying to throw shit at us no matter how poorly researched their points are. The more I here the more I want us to pull these things off just to say fuck you. This one? Yeah yeah its our fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 The more they do it though, the more and more idiotic they look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19826 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 It would be worth appointing Keegan just for bringing in Richards. He's a class player. Strikes me as a bit of a douchebag though. I think the use of the word "douchebag" is worthy of a ban from the board it's a great insult. up there with mongoloid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26374 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 This reads to me as ''Newcastle potentially getting good players fuck! , must write an article in the ten minutes i have before i go to the theatre'' to me. Fucking anything to have a go at us. Chelsea and Manure are paying players £100k+ all the time yet because we are will to pay £70k it's going to drive up wages and harm the rest of the league. Do me a favour. Especially seeing as how he's an England international and one of the brightest prospects in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13861 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 This reads to me as ''Newcastle potentially getting good players fuck! , must write an article in the ten minutes i have before i go to the theatre'' to me. Fucking anything to have a go at us. Chelsea and Manure are paying players £100k+ all the time yet because we are will to pay £70k it's going to drive up wages and harm the rest of the league. Do me a favour. Especially seeing as how he's an England international and one of the brightest prospects in the country. If it was any Top 4 club the offer would be described as 'lucrative' or 'staggering'' and when we offer it its and economic time bomb that is going to explode into a mushroom cloud of black and white shit that will destroy football forever and force the nation into making ping pong the national sport and watching Byker Grove on VHS for hours on end instead of going to the theatre on a Saturday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RlCO 0 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 This reads to me as ''Newcastle potentially getting good players fuck! , must write an article in the ten minutes i have before i go to the theatre'' to me. Fucking anything to have a go at us. Chelsea and Manure are paying players £100k+ all the time yet because we are will to pay £70k it's going to drive up wages and harm the rest of the league. Do me a favour. Especially seeing as how he's an England international and one of the brightest prospects in the country. If it was any Top 4 club the offer would be described as 'lucrative' or 'staggering'' and when we offer it its and economic time bomb that is going to explode into a mushroom cloud of black and white shit that will destroy football forever and force the nation into making ping pong the national sport and watching Byker Grove on VHS for hours on end instead of going to the theatre on a Saturday night. Keegan getting a blank check willl have just as much an effect on the finances of football transfers as Roman buying Chelsea and Roy Keane breaking the Man U wage structure. It's a fair comparison imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5922 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Wed have to play him at CB as RB is probably the safest position on the pitch at the minute the way Beyes been playing. I wouldnt trust us not to turn him into Bramble! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastlebroon 0 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 We'll never have a bid accepted for Richards, unless its huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontoasey 0 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 It probably will be huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastlebroon 0 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 It probably will be huge. Were not talking about titus bramble "huge" here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 (edited) Not that weve got a chance in hell....but what fee would city accept? 10m+ 15m+ 20m+ Edited January 22, 2008 by Lazarus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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