Toon Striker On His Way Hyem
From today's Chronicle:
Michael Chopra could return
for Newcastle United against Chelsea in the Magpies' final game of
the season. The striker's loan spell at Barnsley, which saw him score
17 league goals, came to an end on Saturday when the Tykes wrapped
up their League One season.
And the 21-year-old is eligible for Sunday's home game against Jose
Mourinho's Premiership and Carling Cup champions, when Graeme Souness
will be without Shola Ameobi through suspension following his dismissal
at Everton.
Chopra, whose present contract runs out in the summer, returns to
training on Tyneside tomorrow, with Barnsley hosting their end-of-season
awards tonight. The Gosforth-born striker has been named their young
player of the year after ending the season top scorer, and Chopra
is now hoping to be involved on Sunday having last pulled on a black-and-white
shirt in the pre-season game at Celtic.
Chopra was taken on loan by then Oakwell boss Paul Hart, who had him
for a month at Nottingham Forest the previous season.
And despite having dropped down two divisions, Chopra's belief that
he can score goals in the Premiership has never wavered and he could
yet get a chance next season under Souness, with talks having opened
on a new contract.
There is interest from elsewhere following his goal exploits with
Barnsley, but Chopra would still love to make it at Newcastle.
In the meantime, his chances of featuring for United against Chelsea
have been helped by Ameobi's sending off, with Souness only having
Alan Shearer and Patrick Kluivert available for the visit of the Londoners.
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Full Match Report: Everton 2-0 NUFC
Newcastle were beaten 2-0 By Everton
at Goodison Park Saturday afternoon with two goals either side of
half-time enough to virtually clinch a Champions League place for
the Toffees while condemning United and the traveling fans to yet
another miserable day on the road. Thankfully, our last of the season.
Full
Match Report!
Freddy Shepherd Q&A;: Your Questions Have Been Sent
Off
Following a request from Newcastle-Online.com
yesterday afternoon for you to send in your questions to Freddy Shepherd,
the response has been overwhelming with over 150 messages sent in.
We have now collated all your messages and sent them off to the Chronicle
and are awaiting receipt of them. Your messages are also now online
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