Phil 6 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Independent saying we've agreed a €15m fee for Lacazette. He would be a very good signing. Add Grenier and we'd have a very good team on paper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5908 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Makes you wonder how Cisse is going to get a look in! Lacazette, De Jong and Cabella would be guaranteed starters. Rivière is going to be hard to drop if he keeps scoring too. Not complaining like. A CB too woukd make this the best transfer window I can remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I assume cisse is in the departure lounge. We were trying to get shot of him when he got injured and iirc there was a middle eastern outfit bidding for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3471 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 (edited) Makes you wonder how Cisse is going to get a look in! Lacazette, De Jong and Cabella would be guaranteed starters. Rivière is going to be hard to drop if he keeps scoring too. Not complaining like. A CB too woukd make this the best transfer window I can remember Aye, dont want to be a wet blanket repeating this over and over again, but its become even more imperative with all this good attacking players coming in that we shore up at the back. Edited August 7, 2014 by aimaad22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Aye, dont want to be a wet blanket repeating this over and over again, but its become even more imperative with all this good attacking players coming in that we shore up at the back. Don't think that's wet blanketing, just aware. We're all saying that we need a proper centre half. Hangeland would have been perfect tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3471 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I said in January we ought to go for Vermaelen, thats out of the question now of course with Barca and ManU battling over him. Aren't Spurs supposed to be looking to offload Kaboul and Dawson? Far from perfect those two but still upgrades on what we've got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3471 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Agger reportedly unsettled too, though I suppose bigger clubs will be interested in him as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Dawson is shite. Slower than Raylor has been during his injury. Spurs fans apparently are desperate to see the back of him. Don't rate Kaboul either but aye he's probably better than what we have. No change of Agger or Vermaelen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 So in theory the first 3 should be getting a goal a game between them? Sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 2415 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Riviere's numbers are skewed there because he's not starting a lot of games (avg. 60 minutes per appearance). So in theory he should be slightly better than those stats suggest relative to the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bictor 0 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Per 90 minutes in 2013/14. Because you can't do 6 players... GOALS remy 0.6 | riviere 0.5 ben arfa 0.2 | cabella 0.4 cabaye 0.4 | de jong 0.5 1.2 | 1.4 KEY PASSES remy 1.2 | riviere 1.2 ben arfa 1.9 | cabella 2.1 cabaye 1.9 | de jong 0.9 5 | 4.2 CHANCES CREATED remy 1.3 | riviere 1.3 ben arfa 2.1 | cabella 2.3 cabaye 2 | de jong 0.9 5.4 | 4.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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trooper 940 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Newcastle United remain determined to sign a striker before the end of the transfer window – and have not given up on either Loic Remy or Alexandre Lacazette. United have recruited seven players for next season’s first team squad and are now only hunting a striker capable of shouldering the scoring burden. Although defensive reinforcements have been called for by some, any further additions above and beyond a striker would depend on outgoings – which look unlikely at the moment. The final piece of United’s summer jigsaw is proving the most difficult, with Newcastle’s hit-list now down to QPR front-man Remy and Lacazette. Although the noises from both have not been positive in public there is understood to have been more constructive talk behind-the-scenes, with Newcastle still ready to move on Remy. The sticking point would be the wage demands that have turned off Arsenal and made a deal with Liverpool difficult, although the Magpies believe he is not entirely happy about staying at QPR and potentially fighting a survival battle with Harry Redknapp’s side. Similarly, Newcastle believe they are close to an agreement in principle with Lyon over Lacazette, whose intentions are unclear. French reports have consistently claimed that the player does not want to move to England but his advisors have been less strident – and Newcastle believe there remains a deal to be done. With the signing of Facundo Ferreyra last week a third possibility is being catered for. If United cannot secure a deal for either striker they are likely to mothball their interest in a striker until January and reinvest their cash in the New Year window. That is not the favoured option at St James’ Park but the sums being discussed mean that Newcastle must tread carefully in the striker recruitment stakes. Indeed any further maneouvering is likely to dependent on whether some of the higher earners on the fringes can be moved on. United published their squad numbers on Thursday and the list illustrated the number of senior professionals the Magpies now have on their books. Hatem Ben Arfa – who played for the under-21 side at Barnsley – remains the highest earner that Newcastle want to listen to offers for but others remain vulnerable, including Steven Taylor. Ben Arfa lost his favoured number ten to Siem De Jong, whose foot injury is not serious enough to rule him out of contention for the season opener against Manchester City. Cheick Tiote remains a slight doubt for the Citizens clash, and is unlikely to figure in Sunday’s game against Real Sociedad. Meanwhile, United allowed young striker Adam Campbell to join newly-promoted League One side Fleetwood on a month’s loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6434 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Shola still available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Unbelievable that central defence isnt a priority area to strengthen though, if that's true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3471 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I doubt if they're looking at it at all let alone give it priority Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3471 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 It'd be typical nufc if Cabella and De Jong had a great season and we still ended up finishing 12th because of 'Iron Mike' and that bafoon Taylor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bictor 0 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Definitely agree that a CB is more of a priority than a striker at this point. We have goals in the team if the new signings work out like they should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26346 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Only five teams conceded more than us last season and given how shite we looked defensively in the Schalke tournament it's amazing that we haven't done more to strengthen the defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 The defence did pretty well until Cabaye went. Add to that we've upgraded on debuchy then we should be fine. Not suprised given the above that we will have no new cb until one of the current four is moved on. A proven goalscorer much more important imo. Remy or similar please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 6 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Leaving the No5 shirt vacant suggest we are still after a midfielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13847 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26346 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 It has been vacant since Danny Simpson left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 It has been vacant since Danny Simpson left. Apt, considering no ones filled his boots yet either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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