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also sometimes foreigners are expected to come in and immediately do the business and when they don't they get stick and ultimately get farmed out. Look at two loan strikers we have had, neither of which have been a succes with us but been a succes elsewhere in Saha and Rossi (I understand Rossi has not shown it in the EPL but I would like ot find someone who would argue he would fail in this league)

 

We have been screwed over by quite a few mind as was pointed out before, Distin, Bassong etc very good players who pissed off for better wages (can't blame them i suppose as no affiliation to the club)

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Scousers 12m for Enrique.

 

As said in January.

 

Mid table position for Liverpool then, as their transfer policy is inferior to ours.

Official bid?

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Stevie got into a proper battle with him on twitter it was class. :lol:

 

Pm me yours and stevie's twitter handles tom, I'll start following, or any other members off here who you think may be of interest for that matter

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http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/914...ve_for_Enrique/

 

LIVERPOOL will step up their long-running pursuit of Jose Enrique this week after learning Newcastle United are ready to reluctantly cash in on the unsettled Spaniard.

 

Enrique has travelled to the United States with the Magpies squad and they kick off their tour schedule against Sporting Kansas City in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

 

But with manager Alan Pardew recently admitting the left-back had indicated an unwillingness to sign a new contract at St James’ Park, Liverpool are keen to test Newcastle’s resolve.

 

The Reds are still on the look out for a new left-back after losing out to Manchester City in the race for Gael Clichy.

 

Now Kenny Dalglish, the Liverpool boss, has instructed the money-men at the Merseyside club to work on a deal for Enrique, although Lyon’s Aly Cissokho remains a viable alternative.

 

Dalglish and his scouting team would prefer to sign the Newcastle defender, but a £10m price-tag has been enough to prevent a deal from taking place so far.

 

Newcastle have been determined to stand firm over the price, but Pardew is getting to the stage where he would like to know which players he has with him going in to the new season.

 

Enrique, who has rejected an improved extension to a contract that runs out at the end of next season, wants to move on and Pardew would prefer to have the money to reinvest in his squad.

 

The Newcastle has £8m in his budget set aside for a new striker, with an offer still on the table for Paris St Germain’s Mevlut Erdinc.

 

But for further additions to be made, Pardew knows offloading either Enrique or Joey Barton – who is more committed to the cause despite entering the final year of his deal – is key to further changes.

 

Liverpool are aware that Arsenal are in the hunt to bring in a replacement for Clichy and Enrique is also under consideration at the Emirates.

 

Dalglish, whose first team squad returns to training on Merseyside today after returning from a tour of Malaysia, is keen to make quick progress in his search to find the left-back that will bring an end to his summer spending.

 

Pardew has also begun to seriously think about a replacement, particularly after he conceded defeat in his pursuit of Neil Taylor.

 

Taylor’s decision to sign a four-year deal at Swansea means Newcastle are no nearer to bringing in a left-back, although they have been linked with a move for Wayne Bridge.

 

The need for a new full-back has been further heightened by news that Shane Ferguson could miss the start of the season with an ankle problem.

 

Ferguson had a further scan yesterday on the problem sustained in Friday’s friendly with Darlington.

 

Newcastle’s transfer movements have gone quiet in the last fortnight after a blistering start to the summer in which they signed Demba Ba, Sylvain Marveaux, Yohan Cabaye and Mehdi Abeid.

 

Pardew has admitted his frustration at Cabaye’s absence from the club’s tour of the United States.

 

The 25-year-old was the third Newcastle player, along with Barton and Nile Ranger, to be refused entry to the States over visa problems. It was said to be for a minor technical issue rather than a criminal record.

 

Now Cabaye will join Barton and Ranger in the development squad, which heads for Holland today.

 

Pardew, speaking in Kansas, said: “We have already had word that he will eventually get a visa, but it doesn’t help us, because we need it now. It’s a three-week process.

 

“It’s one of those situations, but for us, it became very frustrating. There was no talking them around, and unfortunately the process was too long for us to rectify.”

 

Mike Williamson, whose wife is close to giving birth, and for sale duo Wayne Routledge and James Perch are also expected to travel to Holland.

 

But it has emerged Routledge could yet be on his way to Swansea. The Premier League newcomers are in discussions with Newcastle over how a £1.8m fee should be paid and then they are hopeful of reaching an agreement over personal terms.

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Can see Jose reasoning that even if Pardew was earnest in any assurances that he gave Colo, he was probably being lied to by Llambias anyway.

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Tbh this sums up my view on the whole Newcastle situation too

 

http://www.unitedfornewcastle.org.uk/2011/07/adios-enrique/

 

On 11th December 2011, United For Newcastle began, appearing on Sky Sports News. Hours before the 3-1 victory over Liverpool, and in the aftermath of the dismissal of successful manager Chris Hughton, thousands of Newcastle fans descended on St. James’ Park to criticise the ownership of Mike Ashley, and his conduct.

 

Enough was enough, we said. Ashley out, we said. We won’t stand for more of this, we said.

 

On that day, Alan Pardew guided Newcastle to a 3-1 victory. The hurt was numbed somewhat, as Andy Carroll, Joey Barton and Kevin Nolan scored to give Newcastle the three points.

 

Less than seven weeks later, Andy Carroll was sold to Liverpool for £35 million and not replaced.

 

A few months later, Kevin Nolan was sold to West Ham United for £5 million, and Joey Barton’s offer of a new contract was rescinded – his high wages, apparently, wanted off the books.

 

Now, Jose Enrique has launched a furious attack on Newcastle United owners. Tellingly, he stated that the fans deserve better; the club was going nowhere with their actions; and that “They lie all the time.”

 

Jose Enrique is exactly right. He now appears likely to follow Andy Carroll and Kevin Nolan out the door. Given that Newcastle received £40 million for the pair combined, and have thus far spent £4 million on replacements, it seems unlikely that Enrique will be replaced by anyone other than a free agent or promising young unproven player.

 

Is this really the way to run a football club? There is budgeting, and not letting yourself be ripped off, and then there’s downright folly. Allowing the club to fall behind its rivals due to stubborn refusal to spend money. Mike Ashley’s reign at Newcastle United has gone from disaster to disaster. We have been relegated. We have sold our star players. We have sacked manager after manager. All the club can point to in its defence is a slightly lower wage bill, and a bore hole at the training ground. People continue to strive for a turnaround; a road to Damascus moment in which Ashley will realise the error of his ways and fully get behind the club.

 

This will not happen, and deep down, everyone knows it.

 

It didn’t happen after Keegan. It didn’t happen after Hughton. It didn’t happen after Carroll. Or Nolan. Why should Enrique be any different?

 

Ashley relies on spin and manipulation to keep his position tenable while he asset strips the club and converts his quality players and stadium into money, either by selling them, or by sticking plastic advertisements all over them.

 

United For Newcastle have met with the club. United For Newcastle have been lied to by the club, as have newspapers, supporters organisations and fans in general. Enrique may have said it, and it may be shocking to hear it come from his mouth, but at the end of the day, we know it to be true.

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I have been saying this for the last 1 and a half years, our club will no longer exist if Ashley is still the owner. We have to do something about it. Liverpool had such issues, they were only saved because of their global appeal, we don't have that. I worry every day about the state of our club.

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