Jimbo 175 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Emre Belozoglu has bid his farewells to the Toon Army and embraced the Turkish army. It is almost three weeks since the midfield player was given permission to discuss personal terms with Fenerbahce, but his £3 million transfer from Newcastle United has been postponed while he unravels the complexities of his country’s system of compulsory national service. With neither club announcing the completion of the deal, concerns had been raised that the 27-year-old, who had a dreadful record with injuries on Tyneside, had failed a medical. Since being pictured wearing a Fenerbahce shirt, the Turkey captain injured his hamstring during his side’s Group A fixture against Portugal and has not subsequently played, but those fears have now been allayed. Instead, a senior figure at St James’ Park has told The Times that Emre “will have national service obligations if he gets the timing of his return to Turkey wrong and that is the only reason for the delay.” He added that he “would still expect (the transfer) to go through,” but it appears the formalities may not be finalised until next month. A spokesman for Fenerbahce confirmed last night Emre would undertake 21 days of military training once Turkey’s participation at Euro 2008 comes to a close. “We will send him for national service after the European Championships, but there is no problem with the transfer,” he said. Related Links All Turkish men between the ages of 21 and 40 are required to serve up to 15 months in the military, although there are some exceptions. Citizens who have worked outside the country for at least three consecutive years can pay a fee of Euros 5112 and undergo basic training for three weeks; while Emre played for Inter Milan prior to joining Newcastle, the three-year anniversary of his transfer falls on July 14. Newcastle have been informed that the price for Arda Turan, a longstanding target, has now increased following his heroics for Turkey. The club’s new-look recruitment department had initially hoped to push through a deal before the championship began, but with Arsenal also interested, Galatasaray now value him at almost £16 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31596 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 From £8m to £3m? Whatever it is just fuck off Emre and take Ameobi with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima 0 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 War dodger tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offshore Toon 0 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Fucking Turkish prick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Arda isn't worth £16m like. Especially if the reports about Arshavin being valued at £11m are true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 War dodger tbh. Dont think Id be in a hurry like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldstott 0 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Arda isn't worth £16m like. Especially if the reports about Arshavin being valued at £11m are true. We might as well be talking about pinching Ronaldo from under the noses of Madrid, that's the likelihood of us signing Arshavin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Arda isn't worth £16m like. Especially if the reports about Arshavin being valued at £11m are true. Is his value not increasing now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Arda isn't worth £16m like. Especially if the reports about Arshavin being valued at £11m are true. We might as well be talking about pinching Ronaldo from under the noses of Madrid, that's the likelihood of us signing Arshavin. That seems to be the unfortunate reality, I hope I'm wrong, but I think we're more likely to be scrapping for Boro/West Ham-esq targets than anything remotely like Man U/Chelsea/Arsenal targets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldstott 0 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 (edited) Arda isn't worth £16m like. Especially if the reports about Arshavin being valued at £11m are true. We might as well be talking about pinching Ronaldo from under the noses of Madrid, that's the likelihood of us signing Arshavin. That seems to be the unfortunate reality, I hope I'm wrong, but I think we're more likely to be scrapping for Boro/West Ham-esq targets than anything remotely like Man U/Chelsea/Arsenal targets. Especially if what ITV/Moyes intimated was correct (i.e. that he's already earning 50k a week). A) He is at a team that wins things B Why leave European football C) He doesn't have to uproot D) He'll not want to take a paycut E) We are looking to trim our wage bill F) Any top club with blind scouts who didn't know who he was previoulsy, will now.. There is more chance of Peter Andrei playing at SJP next season than Arsahvin. Edited June 19, 2008 by donaldstott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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