January Transfer Window

Newcastle are lining up a move for Porto defender Bruno Alves, with Sam Allardyce watching him in action against Liverpool in midweek.

Is Alves the man to sort out Newcastle's defensive problems?

I doubt it :p and what about the creativity problems viduka - martins got no service in the last game and we seem to have a midfield that cant pass or cross the ball and hardly any shots , a midfield playmaker would be nice but that wont happen , probably sign some guy that will run around like a headless chicken with no quality .
 
Sunday round up from the BBC:

Andriy Shevchenko will leave Chelsea in January for £12m, leaving the club with an 18m loss in 18 months. (News of the World)

Sam Allardyce will be sacked as Newcastle manager and replaced by Alan Shearer if the Magpies lose to Arsenal on Wednesday. (Sunday Times)

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has been told he faces the sack if he launches another outburst towards owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks. (Sunday Express)

Manchester United are in pole position to sign Miguel Veloso from Sporting Lisbon, ahead of Arsenal and Chelsea. (Sunday Express)

Peter Crouch could move to Newcastle in an £8m deal next month. (Daily Star Sunday)

Defender Alan Stubbs, 36, has emerged as a top candidate to become David Moyes assistant at Everton. (Star Sunday)

Manchester City aim to outbid Chelsea and Manchester United for Croatia's Dinamo Zagreb midfielder Luka Modric with a £20m raid. (Mail on Sunday)

And City are also aiming to recruit Spurs striker Dimitar Berbatov, another Man United target. (Mail on Sunday)

Turkey striker Tuncay is not about to quit middlesbrough, insists boss Gareth Southgate (News of the World)

Tottenham striker Jermaine Defoe insists he has never said he wants to leave the club. (Various)

Liverpool's England forward Peter Crouch admits he is uncertain on his longterm future at Anfield. (IOS)


West Ham are hoping to lure former Totenham fullback Stephen Carr away from Newcastle. (News of the World).

Newcastle are eyeing Espanyol striker Luis Garcia if Obafemi Martins carries out his threat to quit Tyneside. (News of the World).
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With Defoe's contract expiring in the summer, I wouldn't mind seeing Arsenal negotiating a Bosman transfer in January. I'm not his biggest fan (he's more a scorer of great goals than a great goalscorer) but could prove a useful backup player next season. IIRC he supported Arsenal as a boy.
 
I meant he's wasted on the bench at Spurs, i think he'd get them a lot of goals if he got some games. Once RvP is fit Defoe would be in competition with Adebayor, again if he got a run under his belt i don't see why he couldn't get a fair few games.
 
I dont rate Defoe at all to be honest - I hope Man Utd avoid him, I would even prefer the whinging frenchman @ Bolton to him.

How many midfielders does a team need for gawd's sake - Ok so it might see the end of Fletcher's career at Man Utd, but thats about it (and I would feel sorry for Carrick who I think deserves a run of games, but would be unlikely to get them if we bought this guy)
 
FrankJH said:
I dont rate Defoe at all to be honest - I hope Man Utd avoid him, I would even prefer the whinging frenchman @ Bolton to him.

How many midfielders does a team need for gawd's sake - Ok so it might see the end of Fletcher's career at Man Utd, but thats about it (and I would feel sorry for Carrick who I think deserves a run of games, but would be unlikely to get them if we bought this guy)
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I dont think we can have any more players in that position.
we should be looking at a midfielder to cover for Anderson when he is tired/injured not for someone else to sit in front of the defenders.
 
Don't see why we remotely need Veloso so its a strange one for me.

Carrick
Fletcher
O'Shea
Hargreaves
Scholes
Anderson

Whats the need for another? Fair enough he may up the quality of our squad but if we're gonna go and spend 15m on him I'd rather the money be put towards a striker/RB. I would love to see us get a RB version of Evra.
 
Scholes,Carrick, Fletcher, Hargreaves and Viv are the only ones i consider midfielders, O'**** is a liability in MF most of the time, Veloso would bolster the MF for the rest of the season

If Carrick or Hargreaves are injured we dont have anyone to sit in front of the back 4

Veloso would be perfect for when it starts to get messy halfway through the season
 
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