Ex Newcastle United hitman, Obafemi Martins, who moved to German Bundesliga champions, Wolfsburg,
for £9 million last June, is being sued for £300,000 by his agent, Chris Nathaniel. Nathaniel,
who was behind a somewhat dubious Nigerian bid for the Magpies in the latter part of 2008 is
attempting to sue Martins for £284,000 plus interest [.
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The yanking of my chain continues with cooler statements from Newcastle United manager Chris
Hughton regarding the potential signing of Sol Campbell. Rumours abound as he seeks to reinforce
the squad in the January transfer window. When asked about signing Campbell, Hughton replied; "I
think there is always an interest in quality players that might become [.
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News has come in from Newcastle United's official website that Tyneside's messiest hitman, Shola
Ameobi, will definitely be returning to training next week after the big lump went and knacked his
foot while getting into the swing of what could have been the most prolific scoring period of his
career so far.
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As esteemed colleague, Bowburnmag wrote yesterday, Fenham hitman, Shola Ameobi, wants to follow his
dream in the African Nation's Cup, and possibly even the 2010 World Cup with Nigeria. As that story
reported, Ameobi has already represented England at under 21 level no less than twenty times (with
seven goals), though his chances of getting [.
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Toon midfield dynamo, Danny Guthrie, has been expressing his admiration for Newcastle United's
'Three Amigos', Jose Enrique, Fabricio Coloccini and Jonas Gutierrez. As Newcastle United prepare
for a wet Monday evening at Deepdale in Preston, Guthrie mused on how they have defied the
stereotypes about fancy foreign players who aren't up for a good scrap [.
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Newcastle United manager Chris Hughton was impressed by Fabrice Pancreate. Is he the new Robert? Is
he the new Ginola? Who knows? Hughton was impressed with his performance in the reserves though,
saying: "He did well and I enjoyed what I saw," said the Toon chief after watching a double from
Phil Airey and a strike from [.
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And I'm not just talking about spending some hard-earned cash to go and cheer on The Three Lions.
Shola's talking about actually playing in the World Cup 2010. I know, I know, this is a kid who
could barely get in the Newcastle first eleven until this season and has repeatedly underacheived
year on year.
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Newcastle United manager, Chris Hughton has been speaking in the aftermath of yesterday evening's
friendly victory against Hartlepool Town. In the interview, Hughton reiterated that he wasn't
"desperate" to bring players in just for the sake of it, but that he would assess any opportunities
that come up.
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strong>Cold, damp and pretty miserable, and that was just my fatha. Well no actually, the
weather did a good impersonation of mid-December (or else I'm just getting auld). And the first
half of the Newcastle vs Hartlepool reserve match sort of felt a bit sorry for itself at times. But
with the news that Fabrice [.
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Well after Worky posting that wonderful photo of one of my all time favourite players, I felt we
couldn't leave it at that. So, being a little indulgent, I wanted to share with you my
reminiscences of a great Newcastle United footballer (and gorgeous guy), one of the best exports to
make it out of [.
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In his most recent interview, on loan Toon assassin, Marlon Harewood, opened his heart on Aston
Villa, getting back into form, new strike partner Andy Carroll and the spirit in the Newcastle
dressing room under the 'Chuckle Brothers' dream team of Chris Hughton and Colin Calderwood.
Harewood, who has been under some pressure to perform [.
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strong>It's a cold, damp and blustery day over here in Newcastle, so what better way to spend
your evening than to go and watch a reserve game eh? Well that's what the Bowburn branch of
nufcblog.org has decided to do tonight, and I've even roped in my old man to come and keep me
company. Of [...]
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strong>Yes I know, the headline is as subtle as a brick but it may as well be the Raul, because
the latest rumour is that we're after Espanyol hotshot Raul Tamudo, capped by his country, all-time
top goalscorer for his club and generally the sort of fella that a) we've been told we'll not be
[...]
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strong>"The wild boys are calling On their way back from the fire In august moon's surrender to
A dust cloud on the rise" It's been a while since I made any musical references in a headline so I
thought this was as good a time as any, and it's mainly for MT's benefit. Of course there's a
slight play [.
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Barry Moat still thinks there's a chance of him buying Newcastle United in the future. Apparently,
whilst Moat has no immediate plans to launch another bid, he will continue to think about how he
might wrest the club for Ashley in the future. Speaking to Sky Sports News he said: "For one reason
or another it didn't come [.
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