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Available for £10m – What are Newcastle waiting for?

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Players in the Premier League have been bought at a premium this summer. The likes of midfielders Stewart Downing, Ashley Young and Jordan Henderson have all been sold for fees in excess of £15 million. The simple fact is that good players don’t come cheap, and when you add Premier League experience into the mix, more often than not the price rockets. That’s why I think the Magpies should be jumping at the chance to swoop for Charles N’Zogbia for £10 million and with the Frenchman available at that price, you have to ask what are Newcastle waiting for?

Newcastle have been rumoured to be lining up a return for Charles N’Zogbia for some time now, but if reports are to be believed, they are yet to make a firm bid. That’s something that Aston Villa are thought to have done, and while Alex McLeish’s £9m bid was turned down, Wigan Chairman Dave Whelan accepts that an exit for the Frenchman is almost certain and will part with his star player for £10m.

In my opinion, £10m for a player of N’Zogbia’s calibre is a steal. The 25 year old Frenchman has really come on at Wigan in recent years and has been an invaluable player for the Latics. He often tops the assists charts and chips in with his fair share of goals, netting 9 times in the Premier League last season. He almost single-handedly kept Wigan in the Premier League and would be a real asset for Newcastle.

One advantage that Newcastle have in the battle to sign N’Zogbia is that Roberto Martinez is looking at one of Alan Pardew’s men as a like for like replacement. The Sun is reporting that Wayne Routledge is on Wigan’s radar and £2.5m would be enough to get the winger that has been put up for sale by Newcastle. Using those numbers, Newcastle would only have to part with £7.5m of their transfer budget – that’s if they have one of course!

I’d challenge you to find a better attacking player with the amount of Premier League appearances that N’Zogbia has under his belt for less than £10m. Throw Routledge into the equation and for my money Newcastle are getting a really good deal, so why aren’t they moving on it? The time for waiting is over, the time to bid is now.

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17 comments

  • Nufc_Mo says:

    We are waiting for an Owner that actually spends cash on players that are not “Free agents”

  • Sports Direct says:

    Asley is only doing what he is said he would do
    No overpaid superstar wages
    Make sure the club is ran in a viable way
    Sign young players on lower wages with a resale value.
    Thats why Charles isnt going to St James

  • toonami says:

    10 mill for a lazy whinging frog?

    no thanx.

    Spend that money on Erdin

  • chuck says:

    He would like a return to play at St. James, but it aint gonna be in black and white sripes.
    As Ashley is running this club in the same manner as he runs his retailing business, buy cheap sell for profit and where do you think that profit will go?
    (same place as the £35m.)
    There will be investments made on players only to the degree it will keep NUFC in the PL where the big bucks are.
    In which case there’s probably a list of players under 26yrs. who will become free agents next summer, in Ashleys back pocket.

  • Adam says:

    I don’t think this will happen.

    Anyway, on the one hand I’m not sure that Zog has the best attitude for a together, good-spirited squad. On the positives, he really would add the extra luxury of creative mf’s/wingers we’d have. With Ben Arfa hopefully playing a lot of games next season (hopefully!), and players like Marveaux, Cabaye, even Mehdi and Moyo coming through and add Nzogbia and we’d have an exciting mf.

    Most of our outlay will be on a striker though, and I’d be surprised if we go beyond 5M on any other type of player this window.

  • jim says:

    Ashley will not speculate to accumulate-he has no business brain for football-only for profit making-if he knew his stuff he would see that a few top quality signings would strengthen the team to finish higher and higher and eventually into Europe-(did u see that word mike? Europe?) and then he would recoup the lot, and more! We should be in for Adel Taraabt too and Shane Long and Erdinc-we need the strength in depth for inevitable injury’s……….buying cheap crocks will not do

  • TOONARMYELITE says:

    we waiting for some1 with brains to see we dint need him

  • KING ARFA says:

    N’zogbia would be a great buy. A straight swap deal for Routledge is more likely if only that fat tw@t of a chairman would take his wallet out and spend.

  • Richy Lav says:

    Nzogbia is just the type of player we need to balance our wings. Also with proven prem experience there is no risk involved. A bargain at 10 mill I think. I still don’t think we will go for him. This will prove, categorically that Ashley has no intention of moving the club forward and he is only interested in making money to chip away at the 100 mill debt that he hasn’t paid off. (we still owe sports direct).

  • JP...from The Rock says:

    He is always whining and we can do so much better with that money (Boudebouz, Marvin Martin, Erding etc). Although I have to admit he would do brilliantly here with our new French Connection. His wages are the stumbling block as he clearly wants way over what he’s worth. How daft can Martinez be to let his star player go to a rival club that will replace Routledge the player they want to replace N’Zogbia?? It just makes no sense at all. If they need the money I am sorry for Martinez as Routledge has proven again that he ain’t Prem Quality and will never be any better than he is. N’Zogbia is way better than Routledge.

    I still prefer Boudebouz, Marvin Martin, Erding or Strurridge before N’Zogbia back.

    Think about it N’Zogbia only want to leave for a ‘bigger’ club again just like he did to us the stupid twat, and now we’re going to give him another lifeline?? As I said we can do so much better.

  • scottie says:

    No thnx, two years time he will want to move on again!! This guy is the new Anelka

  • Lee says:

    Didnt we bid 14 mil in jan. bid 10 add routledge bargain.beta than dowing nd henderson

  • jay says:

    Good players dont come cheap? Tiote 3.5mil? Ba-free transfer, whats this obsession about spending the 35mil? If we made it known we were.going to spend every penny, other clubs would rip us off. I would much rather see us put a team out which is competitive and hungry, but cost us nothing, than see another shambles of a team that we put together with sheppards money and got us relegated..

    • Richy Lav says:

      Jan… You are buying the bulsh that Ashley is sprouting. You simply can’t challenge in the prem on the cheap. I’m all for the whole arsenal model but it all falls down when you sell your best players. Don’t be fooled by the spin, they are trying to make money to line their pockets. I really hope my view is made to look stupid but I’m getting sick of Ashley apologists.

      • jay says:

        Im not an Ashley apologist by any means, I simply see behind the whole notion of pulling a cheque book out and buying an overated player with no desire to play for this club (luque anyone ?) Rich Lav- Im also not sure how you would consider who newcastle’s best players are, but if you mean Nolan for example, I would disagree and question his desire to play top flight football and only going to west ham for the money. If he really was our ‘best player’ and not simply seen for the ten goals he got when carroll was here, why didnt a top premier league team want him ? or even a mid table or lower premier league team ? I would take a 25 year old french international with potential (cabaye) than nolan.

  • marshy says:

    fatash is the problem.

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