Newcastle United Blog

Entries from June 2008

Kick Off Time?

Are we finally about to see things start to happen in the transfer market? The rumour mill now certainly seems to be going into overdrive as KK takes to his seat today and plots his way to some form of success this coming season. Our main targets of Turan and Arshavin seem to be escaping [...]

Categories: Players

Official: Chris Mort Stands Down

Its official now that Chris Mort has parted company with Newcastle United, heading back to his previous job at Freshfields. Chris Mort I think did a decent job to settle the club down during his reign and to get to know fans. He took on board some of our thoughts with regards to the singing [...]

Categories: Owners

New Fixture List

New season fixture list is now out and what a start! We’ve got 2 away games in the first 3 games against Manure and Arsenal. All we can hope for is we catch these 2 teams when they aren’t on all cylindars… Our first game being against Man United and our first home game against [...]

Categories: Matches

Transfer Merry Go Round

So rumours are starting to build up now. We are always linked with the weird and wonderful… First up we seem to have firmed up our previous interest in Andrei Arshavin the Russia Captain and UEFA Cup medal winner. Personally I have always liked the look of this lad who is technically brilliant. Very direct, [...]

Categories: Players

New Server

Just a few apologies about downtime guys as we shifted servers to a better one. Everything should be back to normal but if you spot anything out of place please let me know. Greatly appreciated (much like some signings would be…)

Categories: Blog

Roz Off To Lazio

Lazio have confirmed that they have taken up the option to sign Rozenhal on a permanent deal. It was looking likely that they weren’t going to as he didn’t exactly pull up any trees in his time so far there. The deal is believed to have allowed Newcastle to recover all the money paid out [...]

Categories: Players

Now Your Talking!?

According to the papers today (not that we believe one word of them) Rafa’s Little Goatee is interested in signing James Milner for £10 million after he decided £15 million was too much for Bentley. Now I’ve had my say on Milner many a time on this blog now in that I don’t think his [...]

Categories: Players

Fresher Turkish Delight Please!

Well apparently Newcastle United have made their first summer offer on a player in the form of Arda Turan. Turan is a Turkish left winger who currently occupies a shirt number at Galatasaray and is 22 years of age. The bid is believed to be in the £9million region but whether we get him for [...]

Categories: Players