Newcastle have recently completed their first signings of the summer, completing moves for Danny Guthrie and Jonas Gutierrez. Newcastle-Online continues to scour the globe for talent however, and the latest edition of buying From Our Rivals looks at players who participated at Euro 2008.

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With the transfer window opening on the 1st July, we can probably expect to see an increasing number of transfers in the coming months, not just at Newcastle, but at all clubs in the world. With this, we welcome the return of Buying From Our Rivals. Since last summer, Newcastle’s search for new players has taken a more international approach with the likes of Jeff Vetere given the task of searching the world for the best world talent. To reflect this, Newcastle-Online has spread its net and shall be looking at entire divisions, competitions, countries and regions where appropriate. Starting off in more familiar territory, we shall first analyse the possibilities available in the Premier League. (more…)

In the second part of our deadline day double-header, we conclude the series Buying from our Premiership Rivals by taking a look at the players from relegation favourites Wigan who could potentially improve our squad.

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On deadline day, there remains limited space at Newcastle United - could it still be possible to buy from our Premiership rivals? In the first of a double header, we look at who could be signed from West Ham United.

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With the new season starting to take shape, and the current transfer window nearing its close, it is becoming clearer as to what areas of the Newcastle United team need strengthening, and also what players at other clubs are realistically available to us. With that in mind, which Tottenham Hotspur players would be worthwhile targets?

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Mackems. Can’t live with them, can’t live without them. But in a playing perspective, could it be worthwhile to make a Mackem player live even closer? Furthermore, would such a player really be welcome at Newcastle United?

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Reading were the surprise favorites of last season, early favorites to go down after spending relatively little preseason, they not only avoided the drop but finished only one point below a European spot Steve Coppell always maintained they didn’t want, with largely the same first team that had won him promotion. However managing to stay up in your first season in the Premiership does not mean that you can take it easy second time around, as Ipswich, West Ham and others have found out in recent years. Whether they should have been favorites for the drop is questionable however, as they finished first in the Championship the season before, with 106 points and 16 ahead of Sheffield United in second.

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“Football is a simple game, complicated by fools.” B. Shankly

And he’s totally correct. At the end of the day, it comes down to twenty two men striving to gain the upper hand on proceedings and determining the outcome of the game. The simpler the plan, the easier it is to execute.

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According to Gareth Southgate, the fact that new Newcastle striker Alan Smith spoke to him is an ‘achievement.’ The fact that this was said merely a few months after signing Jonathan Woodgate suggests that over recent months, Middlesbrough have fallen behind other clubs in the transfer market.

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One gets the impression that if Alex Ferguson hadn’t made it as a football manager, he could well have been a successful architect. A desire for quality resources coupled with an eye for detail would have suggested many a successful project built precisely the way he envisaged. However, Ferguson doesn’t build houses or buildings – he builds football teams. Generally, successful ones with solid foundations, too.

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Like Newcastle, the Manchester City that begins this season will be a very different team to the miserable excuse of a team that finished last season. Fans from both teams can look forward to a brighter season with new owners, new managers and new players. But does all the upheaval create an opportunity for Newcastle to sign any players from Manchester City?

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After guiding the club to safety with one game of his Caretaker reign to spare last season, Lawrie Sanchez landed the Fulham job on a full time basis, and the former Northern Ireland manager has already begun a major overhaul of his squad in an attempt to avoid another relegation battle.

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In recent years, Everton have very much been a yo-yo club within the Premier League. One season they’ll be facing the drop, the next, they’ll be challenging for a European position. Their form over recent years belies the fact that the Goodison Park club have half a good team. But is it a team half empty, or a team half full of talent?

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In recent times the stable ship of Stamford Bridge seems to have hit rough waters. The manager they offered a ten year contract just two years ago was in conflict with the board – and they failed to lift the Premiership title. For once, without the continuous service of Captain John Terry at the helm, the boat began to leak.

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Newcastle United have probably made their most important signing of the summer from Bolton Wanderers in the form of manager Sam Allardyce. Inevitably, the Magpies have been linked with a plethora of the Trotters’ players since then, and Allardyce has even made moves to sign players and staff from the club he knows best.

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