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 [. Click to continue reading...

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 [. Click to continue reading...

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 [. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

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 [...] Click to continue reading...

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 [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United are interested in Portuguese under-21 forward Ukra. Well, maybe. It comes from the Daily Mail, which is to newspapers what 'Snakes on a Plane' is to film history, and it doesn't quote anybody saying they're after anyone, so take a large pinch of salt with your porridge this morning on this one. Click to continue reading...

strong>Having so far failed in his efforts to raise the funds to tempt Mike Ashley into selling Newcastle United to him, Barry Moat has now gone on record to suggest that the famous St James' Park name wouldn't necessarily have been safe in his hands either. It appears he can see exactly what Ashley is [. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >Farid Belkacemi, agent of Newcastle United's ex PSG out of contract signing prospect, Fabrice Pancrate, has been giving the full blather about his potential move to Tyneside. Pancrate's had a three day trial with the Magpies last week, and is reported to be returning on Monday. As is usual with agents who [. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >Quiet man turned motormouth, Chris Hughton, has calmed speculation on a Newcastle United move for Jermaine Beckford in January, and expressed confidence that the recently troubled Peter Løvenkrands will return to form. Speaking of the 25 year old Leeds goal machine, Hughton said: "It's obvious that we will be mentioned with players [. Click to continue reading...

strong>In contrast to Chris Hughton's recent statement that he was more than happy with the squad he has leading into the festive period, it's being reported that Newcastle are interested in signing what be the latest in a line of French wingers. Apparently following in the footsteps of David Ginola and Laurent Robert, Fabrice Pancrate could [. Click to continue reading...

strong>Poor attitude, poor touch, just in it for the money. But enough about my career as a masseur, I'm talking of course about our half-hearted centre forward Marlon Harewood. Currently loaned to Newcastle by Premiership outfit Aston Villa, judging by performances so far, it would seem to most fans there were no flies on Martin [. Click to continue reading...

strong>It's been report that Derek Llambias, Newcastle United's ever-popular managing director, has invited the Newcastle United Supporter's Trust, or NUST as we know them, to a meeting to presumably discuss their intended buyout plans. It seems apparent that he called for this as soon as the 'Yes We Can' campaign was launched, so clearly while others [. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >It has been noticed that Toon's great Dane, Peter Lovenkrands hasn't been quite himself recently, with just three starts on the green stuff so far, and nothing much happening when he does cross the line. Yesterday, he revealed a little of the private anguish behind his recent poor form. Click to continue reading...

Chris Hughton doesn't rule out bringing Sol Campbell to Newcastle United. I think Hughton is yanking my chain because back on 31st October I wrote an article suggesting that Campbell was one of his transfer targets but then on the 3rd November I had to write an article saying he wasn't after Hughton said: "There is no [. Click to continue reading...

Chris Hughton might attempt to sign Danny Simpson permanently at Newcastle United when his loan contract comes to an end in January. Sources in Manchester have allegedly claimed that Sir Alex Ferguson has written off Simpson's chances of making it big at Manchester United, so he may indeed be available. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United's Jonas Gutierrez did not celebrate his goal on Saturday with his trademark 'Spiderman' mask. This has already been covered, but it also appears he wasn't too keen on the anti-Ashley demonstrations. According to report in the Telegraph, Jonas did indeed leave the mask behind because he was unhappy about press speculation related to him [. Click to continue reading...

According to the Mirror, Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer is available to manage other clubs with immediate effect. Shearer was of course pointedly ignored for the Toon job despite his 8-week temporary appointment being called "the best decision I ever made" by Ashley. Even then though, Shearer was still in with a chance as it was [. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >It's a bit early for Christmas shopping, although I've seen some decorations up in Spennymoor when passing through recently(I mean howay........). And of course we've started the panto early up at The Stadium Formerly Known as St James' Park, but according to the rumours, it hasn't stopped Bolton gaffer Gary Megson adding Andy Carroll [. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >Dave Clelland MP tabled a Commons motion asking Ashley to reconsider his plans to sell the naming rights to Newcastle United's stadium. He claimed the stadium was symbolic of the game, its supporters' loyalty and that it has been "an integral part of the city since 1892". The club, predictably, has declined to comment. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >Who sang Twilight Cafe in 1981? Ah, hang on, not that sort of 'bits and pieces'. No indeed, just some bits and pieces about Newcastle United from the last few days that haven't managed to get their own article. Much has been said of Hughton's now permanent role as manager for the rest [. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >According to press speculation, Newcastle midfielder Jonas Gutierrez, is preparing for a move away from St James' Park (or whatever it might be called by then). As the January transfer window looms, we will inevitably watch with wary eyes, as the likelihood of some departures is high, but the subjects still [. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >Alan Oliver is running an article in The People claiming that all the money from the stadium naming rights will go straight to Chris Hughton to spend on the Newcastle United squad. Ashley has apparently insisted the naming rights won't go cheap and he's looking for £6m a season before he'll sell off [. Click to continue reading...

Sol Campbell fancies a move to Newcastle United but may be too costly for Hughton. However Matthew Kilgallon looks like a more affordable target. Campbell is currently trying to sort out the ramifications of getting out of his ill-fated contract at Notts County, but he found time recently to go public about his interest in joining [. Click to continue reading...

Former Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd has blasted Ashley over his plans to sell the stadium naming rights. Freddy said: "I suppose nothing surprises me about the current regime, so news they are ready to sell the naming rights isn't exactly a shock. "I appreciate we are living in a commercial world, but there are some things money [. Click to continue reading...

New Newcastle United manager Chris Hughton hopes to get at least some of Mike Ashley's £20m cash injection to spend on players. Amidst Mike Ashley's popular announcement that he would be inflicting himself upon Toon fans for another season and a half, there was also the news that he's putting another £20m of his own money [. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday's review of the current squad, took a look at the Newcastle defence, an area that this season we've been surprisingly strong in, given our poor reputation in recent years. Tonight looks at arguably the fulcrum of a successful team, the midfield, the place that could and should control a game and dictate the style of [. Click to continue reading...

According to an article posted on The Telegraph's site late last night, Mike Ashley has turned down Barry Moat's latest £80m bid for Newcastle United even though he'd previously said he'd accept the bid on the terms specified. What the article says is that whilst Ashley had previously rejected Moat's offer to take £40m down and [. Click to continue reading...

Just how much can you discuss the same thing, day after day? Well to be fair, we've given it a good go but rather than rant on about the off-field stuff, I thought it might be time to reflect on the on-field matters at Newcastle United. We're almost a third of the way through our [...] Click to continue reading...

Alan Shearer says he would still love the Newcastle United manager's job but is also prepared to consider managing other clubs. At the end of last season it seemed almost certain that Shearer would be given the Toon job despite failing to keep us in the Premier League. Ashley had described employing Shearer as 'the best [. Click to continue reading...

Apparently Barry Moat tabled an £80m bid for Newcastle United on Friday and Mike Ashley had to be saved from angry fans by stewards during the away match to Scunny. Divven get too excited though - it's News of the World time again. First, Barry Moat's bid. Sport of the World has apparently 'learned' that Barry Moat [. Click to continue reading...

Kevin Nolan has been chatting to the press and said that Newcastle United must win today against Doncaster Rovers or we could have another 'crisis' on our hands, then goes on to state that Mike Ashley isn't so bad once you get to know him. About today's game, Nolan said: "I accept that if we don't beat [. Click to continue reading...

According to The Chronicle, Newcastle United are tracking a 21 year old striker from Norway. The striker is a lad called Joakim Rudolfsen and he plays for Norway's famous third-tier Mo IL side. Apparently he was first spotted by Dennis Wise and has continued to be tracked by Norman Wooster, our Scandinavian scout. Click to continue reading...

There are plenty of things going at St James' Park at the moment. Some of them have an indirect effect on events on the pitch, and others slightly more direct. One of those which is plainly obvious to some of us, is the direct effect the exclusion of Nile Ranger is having on Newcastle's first [...] Click to continue reading...

Chris Hughton will be appointed as permanent manager of Newcastle United after the weekend's visit from Doncaster. Apparently Chris Hughton has been offered a £250,000 a year deal which is believed to be the same package that David O'Leary turned down in August. I have no idea why O'Leary turned down the manager's job at Newcastle United [. Click to continue reading...