29th April 2005
Index:
Arsenal
Aston
Villa
Birmingham
City
Blackburn
Rovers
Bolton
Wanderers
Charlton
Athletic
Chelsea
Crystal
Palace
Everton
Fulham
Liverpool
Manchester
City
Manchester
United
Middlesbrough
Norwich
City
Portsmouth
Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion
Europe
Conclusion?
So Graeme Souness wants to bring in players who have Premiership experience
or who can perform in the League, then? Well lets take a look at our
Premiership rivals and see who is available, who could be available
and who we could potentially attract.
Buying From Arsenal?
I can think of quite a few Gunners who I'd love to see in the Black
& White shirt (we all would) but realistically, there are none we
could possibly attract and those that we perhaps could, like Jeremie
Aliadiere for example who has expressed a desire to find a new club
and who's contract expires a year from now, just aren't good enough
for Newcastle even in our period of transition. So window shopping
at Highbury will be a short stop, stare and move on affair.
One player who is more than good enough however and who will be available
on a free come the end of this season is Brazilian Edu. The
classy midfielder is exactly the type of player we need. Great on
the ball, can create and score and is quite adept from set-pieces
too. Everything we currently lack from the middle of the park. He
also has the right attitude, using the tube to get about in London
and shunning showbiz bashes to stay at home with his wife and young
bairn, cooking meals and watching the box. An ordinary bloke apparently,
with an extraordinary talent.
However we have little or no chance of bringing Edu to Tyneside. He
has many suitors - most notably from Spain with Valencia and Barcelona
monitoring his situation closely if reports are to be believed.
Having said that it wouldn't hurt to at least try, regardless of how
remote the chance of snapping him up will be. Ultimately we'd be wasting
our time sadly. In fact, we'd be wasting our time looking towards
Arsenal for any potential signings period.
Next up, a look at who is available, who could be available and who
we could potentially attract from Aston Villa.
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