03 Aug 2013 13:03:08
Newcastle set to complete signing of bafetimbi gomis from lyon in the next 24-48 hours, fee has been agreed of 6.9 million upfront with upto 1.6 million in addons. Gomis has agreed a 4 year deal worth 45k a week & should pass a medical today.
Deal for loic remy has been agreed with qpr which is a season long loan deal that will cost 1.8 million with a view to a permanent 7 million move in the summer. Personal terms are yet to be agreed but remy may have to take a small pay cut which could delay the deal.
Mike williamson looks set for a move away this month hull, norwich and cardiff are interested in a cut price deal as well as a couple of championship sides. Newcastle are willing to let him leave for fee of between 1-2 million so they free up for wages for the remy deal.
If williamson does leave, newcastle will look to bring in either st ettiene defender kurt zouma or lyon's bakary kone as a replacement. Any deal could include offering gabriel obertan a return to france plus upto 6 million for zouma or 3 million for kone.
Newcastle will not be signing darren bent, there was genuine interest but we are not prepared to match villas 6 million asking price and now that fulham have made a 4. 75 million bid we are unlikely to enter the running.
Newcastle are also set to launch a bid for ajax captain siem de jong, the dutchman has a year left to run on his contract although it is thought ajax could ask for as much as 9 million for the talented midfielder who can also play up front.
Adam campbell is set for a season long loan with st mirren if we can complete deals for both remy & gomis, we are prepared to allow the youngster to leave if we can get sufficient cover.
On the subject of loans sammy ameobi will spend the first half of next season out on loan to gain regular first team football hull, cardiff, middlesborough & wigan have shown interest so far.
Players that could also still leave this summer include dan gosling, romain almalfitano and gabriel obertan.
Other players that have been linked with a move to newcastle include gignac, cardozo, nkoulou, erikson, zoet, rodrigo, sinclair and adebayor but I wouldn't hold too much hope of those deals happening.
Sounds good but that's just an over exaggerated summary if everything we already knew
You failed to mention tom ince
Sir joe just said on sky that mags are struggling with bids for gomis remy and bent because other clubs keep offering more money priceless
"Sir joe just said on sky that mags are struggling with bids for gomis remy and bent because other clubs keep offering more money priceless"
No he didn't.