Jimbo 175 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Sam Allardyce, the Newcastle manager, was re-evaluating his move for Barcelona's injury-prone Brazilian international Edmilson last night after it emerged that the World Cup winner was seeking an £80,000-a-week deal. Allardyce, who has also expressed interest in Barcelona forward Eidur Gudjohnsen, had been ready to gamble on Edmilson, 30, who has a history of injury problems and is likely to be sidelined for up to six months following knee surgery. While Edmilson's wage demands might be compared with Michael Owen's £103,000-a-week contract it would dwarf the deals recently agreed with new recruits Mark Viduka and Joey Barton and could raise eyebrows among the new powers-that-be at Newcastle, where Mike Ashley's £133.8 million takeover is effectively complete. Allardyce has also initiated talks with Barcelona over former Bolton forward Gudjohnsen, 28, which shows that he is drawing up a contingency plan to cope with the loss of strikers Owen or Obafemi Martins should they take advantage of get-out clauses in their contracts. The Newcastle manager, who is to add England coach Steve Round to his staff, returned last night after a two-day trip to Barcelona having spoken to Edmilson. The former Lyon player has a year left on his Nou Camp contract and would cost a nominal fee. Newcastle believe he could play again as early as October. Meanwhile, Newcastle have signed Paris St-Germain defender David Rozenhal, 26, a Czech Republic international, for a fee of £2.9 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 91 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 gudjonsen deal would be good like... not a target man, but a second striker who links play well, i rate him as one of the best technical players i've seen in a while. barca have been using him wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31604 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 No, not worth gambling £80k pw on an injured, injury prone player, we've been there before and it doesn't turn out well for us, leave well alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaser 1321 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Gudjohnsen would be a great weapon in our new armoury up front. Different to Viduka and would no doubt link up well with the likes of Owen & Martins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastlebroon 0 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 80k a week. No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 80k?!! No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontoasey 0 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 We are in the big leagues now regarding money to spend on great players, we have to pay to get the best simple as that, although to pay 80 grand a week for someone who is injured and injury prone doesnt make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 91 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 good player though he was edmilson also would seem to be on the wane. not worth 80k a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 There are so many conflicting reports about the whole Edmilson thing, though, with nothing really from either side to confirm either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Signing an injured player is stupid enough but to pay him those wages (if the story is true) is at Titus Bramble's level of thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 91 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 didn't know bramble thought at all....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmatix 0 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 No, not worth gambling £80k pw on an injured, injury prone player, we've been there before and it doesn't turn out well for us, leave well alone. As the man says ,we've been down this road before.I was hoping that this sort of purchase was a thing of the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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