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Below is an updated master list of all the transfer rumors affecting Newcastle United that have been mentioned by a major publication since February 1. New information (since June 1) is listed in bold. Please note that not all new information is actually news; in some cases I just missed it the first time around.
The list is intended to be comprehensive but there is little doubt that I have missed some rumors and have incomplete information on the ones I happened to catch. Any help you can give me in the comments is more than appreciated. I plan to update this list every 1-2 weeks or as needed.
It should be stated repeatedly and strongly that these are only rumors and the information contained here may or may not be accurate. Though I do strive for accuracy, mistakes and misinformation are an unavoidable side effect of undertaking this endeavor.
Which rumored targets would you like to see the club take on? Which targets would you like to see a profile about?
Follow the jump for a brief profile on each of the 26 strikers, 34 midfielders, 18 defenders, and 4 goalkeepers rumored to be transfer targets of Newcastle, as well as news and rumors about 24 Newcastle players.
Strikers
Gervinho (Lille)
Striker/Winger, 24 yo, 5'11"
Speedy with good finishing
Wants to play in Champions League, also wants to play in England. Friends with Cheik Tiote (and other Ivorians)
Reportedly will announce his decision during the first week of June
Newcastle will ostensibly only sign Gameiro OR Gervinho (assuming they can land either)
Rumored price: £10-15 million, Newcastle offered £40 million for both Gervinho and Sow
Also interested: Aston Villa, Liverpool, Spurs, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, Everton, Arsenal, Manchester City, PSG
Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United)
Striker, 30 yo, 6'2"
Golden Boot winner
Newcastle are rumored to be in at £7.5 milion, but would they be able to handle his wages? Currently makes ~£80,000/week
Wants to stay and "fight for his place"
Rumored price: £7.5-12 million
Also interested: Tottenham Hotspur, Sevilla, Juventus, Genoa, PSG
Pierre Webo (Real Mallorca)
Striker, 29 yo, 5'11"
Nice shooting touch, decent dribbler as well
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: West Bromwich Albion, Sunderland
Connor Wickham (Ipswich)
Striker, 18 yo, 6'3"
Rooney comps
Rumored price: £8-12 million
Also interested: Liverpool (grew up cheering for the Reds), Spurs, Arsenal, Chelsea, Sunderland, Juventus
Moussa Sow (Lille)
Striker, 25 yo, 5'11"
Top scorer in Ligue 1 in 2010-11
Lots of strength and pace, famous for doing bicycle kicks
Pardew offered £40 million for Sow and Gervinho
Rumored price: £7-10 million
Also interested: Sunderland
Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff City)
Striker, 29 yo, 6'3"
Excellent control and vision, pacy
Rumored price: Free transfer
Also interested: Sunderland, Birmingham, Fulham, West Ham, Celtic, Everton, QPR
Shane Long (Reading)
Striker, 24 yo, 5'11"
Good finisher, possesses keen awareness
Newcastle rumored to have bid £5 million
Rumored price: £4-6 million
Also interested: Liverpool, Everton, Celtic, Wolves, Stoke, Aston Villa, West Ham, Fulham, Wolves, Bayern Munich
Carlton Cole (West Ham)
Striker, 27 yo, 6'3"
Lacks durability and creativity, a decent shooter
Rumored price: £3.5-9 million
Also interested: WBA, Stoke City (Chairman denies reports), QPR
Demba Ba (West Ham)
Striker, 25 yo, 6'2"
Pacy, adequate finisher, knee problems
Wage demands a potential problem
NUFC and Ba have "agreed terms" ?
Rumored price: Free transfer
Also interested: Sunderland, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Blackburn, Spurs, Everton, Lokomotiv Moscow (reports denied), Wigan Athletic, Fulham
Frederic Piquionne (West Ham United)
Striker, 32 yo, 6'2"
Decent shooter, injury prone
Rumored price: £1.5 million
Also interested: Sunderland
Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (AZ Alkmaar)
Striker, 21 yo, 6'1"
Excellent shooting, a "prolific goalscorer"
Rumored price: £2 million
Also interested: Borussia Dortmund, Ajax, Arsenal
Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal)
Striker, 23 yo, 6'3"
Strong in the air, notoriously self-assured
Said to prefer a move to Germany or Barca
Rumored price: £6-8 million (Bendtner's Dad believes he is worth £12 million)
Also interested: Bayern Munich, Fulham, Hamburg, Sunderland, Borussia Dortmund, Blackburn Rovers, Barcelona
Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur)
Striker, 28 yo, 5'7"
Good finisher, somewhat streaky. On-pitch discipline a problem
Rumored price: £15 million
Also interested: Sunderland, Arsenal
Cheikh Diabate (Bordeaux)
Striker, 23 yo, 6'5"
A big, powerful presence with striking ability
Bordeaux added two years to Diabate's contract (through 2015) to ward off suitors
Rumored price: Unknown (thought to be "substantial")
Also interested: Nobody?
Roman Pavlyuchenko (Tottenham Hotspur)
Striker, 29 yo, 6'2"
Strong shooter, aerial target
Rumored price: £10 million
Also interested: Sunderland, Sevilla, Rubin Kazan, Spartak Moscow
Hulk (Porto)
Striker, 24 yo, 5'10"
Strong, possesses a powerful shot
Porto's President: "Hulk's is set at €100m and I won't let him go even if someone offered me €99m. You either pay that figure or nothing."
Rumored price: 100 million Euros
Also interested: Spurs, Liverpool, AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United
Mevlut Erding (Paris St. Germain)
Striker, 24 yo, 5'11"
Rumored price: £6 million
Also interested: Werder Bremen, Galatasaray, Sunderland, Lille, Rennes
Jose Salomon Rondon (Malaga)
Striker/Attacking Midfielder, 21 yo, 6'1"
Raw skills, tons of pace
Malaga "would not stand in his way"
Rumored price: £5-8 million
Also interested: Arsenal
Robert Snodgrass (Leeds)
Winger/Striker, 23 yo, 5'11"
Possesses creativity and scoring proficiency
Rumored price: £3.5-5 million
Also interested: WBA, Stoke, AV, Birmingham, QPR, Norwich City
Teteh Bangura (AIK)
Midfielder/Striker, 21 yo, 6'
Drogba comps
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Nobody?
Jeremie Aliadiere (Unattached)
Striker/Winger, 28 yo, 6'1"
Durability concerns, NUFC passed up on him and got Shefki Kuqi instead
Rumored price: Free transfer
Also interested: Wolves
Miralem Sulejmani (AFC Ajax)
Striker/Winger, 22 yo, 5'10"
Work permit issues?
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Wolves
Jose Maria Callejon (Espanyol)
Signed with Real Madrid
Danny Graham (Watford)
Signed with Swansea
Ji Dong-Won (Chunnam Dragons)
Signed with Sunderland
Kevin Gameiro (Lorient)
Signed with Paris Saint-Germain
Midfielders
Adel Taarabt (Queens Park Rangers)
Attacking Midfielder, 21 yo, 5'11"
Emerging playmaker, transfer became less likely when QPR was promoted
Rumored price: £7.5 million
Also interested: Manchester United, Real Madrid, Lazio, Dortmund, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Juventus, Napoli, Inter Milan, Rubin Kazan
Sebastian Larsson (Birmingham)
Winger, 25 yo, 5'10"
Good vision, creativity
Newcastle reportedly out
Rumored price: Free transfer
Also interested: Sunderland, Bolton, Birmingham, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Everton, Atletico Madrid, Deportivo la Coruna, Stoke City, Liverpool, Arsenal
Diego Perotti (Sevilla)
Winger/Attacking Midfielder, 22 yo, 5'10"
Tons of pace, adept at dribbling through traffic, capable of shooting from distance. A right-footed Argentine that plays the left wing (sound familiar?)
Rumored price: £5-10 million
Also interested: Liverpool, Juventus
Charles N'Zogbia (Wigan)
Winger, 25 yo, 5'7"
Needs no introduction, said to prefer a return to Tyneside
Wigan reportedly turned down a £5 million offer from Newcastle
Roberto Martinez says he is only entertaining offers from Champions League clubs
Rumored price: £5-15 million
Also interested: Birmingham, Sunderland, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur, Fulham, Juventus, Blackburn, Stoke
Jason Puncheon (Southampton)
Winger, 24 yo, 5'8"
Played for Pardew at Southampton
Rumored price: £1 million
Also interested: Blackpool, Rangers, Bolton, Everton, West Brom
Zoltan Gera (Fulham)
Attacking Midfielder, 32 yo, 6'
Prefers to leave England, considered a complete player by many
Rumored price: Free transfer
Also interested: Birmingham, Stoke, Manchester City, QPR, WBA
Jay Spearing (Liverpool)
Midfielder, 22 yo, 5'6"
Great work rate
Rumored price: Jose Enrique
Also interested: Nobody?
Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa)
Midfielder, 27 yo, 5'9"
Strong in possession, sometimes reckless
Rumored price: Free transfer
Also interested: Galatasaray, Valencia, Sevilla, Roma, Juventus, Napoli, Sunderland
Scott Sinclair (Swansea City)
Winger, 22 yo, 5'10"
Powerful, good vision
Promotion seems to make his departure less likely
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Blackburn Rovers
Darren Pratley (Swansea City)
Midfielder, 26 yo, 6'1"
Rumored price: Free transfer
Also interested: Swansea, Bolton Wanderers, Wigan Athletic, Nottingham Forest, West Ham United
Scott Parker (West Ham)
Midfielder, 30 yo, 5'9"
2011 Football Writers' Association Player of the Year, Intelligent, Great vision
Rumored price: £5-10 million
Also interested: Spurs, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City
Franck Tabanou (Toulouse)
Winger/Wing Back, 22 yo, 5'10"
Very skilled, prone to mental mistakes
Rumored price: £5 million
Also interested: Dortmund, Inter Milan, West Ham, Aston Villa, AC Milan
Jeremy Menez (AS Roma)
Winger, 24 yo, 5'11"
Pacy playmaker
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, Juventus, AC Milan, Marseilles, Napoli
David "Junior" Hoilett (Blackburn Rovers)
Winger, 20 yo, 5'8"
Toolsy, just needs to put everything together
Reportedly wants to stay at Blackburn
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Nobody?
Max Gradel (Leeds)
Winger, 23 yo, 5'9"
Scored 18 goals in the Championship this year
Rumored price: £2 million
Also interested: Hamburg
Achille Emana (Real Betis)
Attacking Midfielder, 28 yo, 5'11"
Creative, strong
Real Betis reportedly rejected 4.5 million Euro bid from Newcastle
Rumored price: £5-7 million
Also interested: Everton, Spurs, Birmingham City, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic
Victor Wanyama (Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen)
Defensive Midfielder, 19 yo, 6'2"
Favorable comparisons to brother McDonald; GBA reportedly having money problems
Rumored price: £1 million
Also interested: AV, Birmingham, Sunderland, Celtic, Rangers, Hannover, Werder Bremen, Standard Liege
Jamie O'Hara (Tottenham Hotspur)
Midfielder, 24 yo, 5'11"
Value is tied to his intangibles
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Wolves, QPR
Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen)
Midfielder, 26 yo, 5'10"
Good vision, proficient passer
Rumored price: £4 million
Also interested: Nobody?
Karl Henry (Wolves)
Midfielder, 28 yo, 6'1"
How can I put this generously? He's a tough tackler.
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Nobody?
David Bentley (Tottenham Hotspur)
Winger, 26 yo, 5'8"
Has never lived up to his potential
Rumored price: £8 million
Also interested: Birmingham City
Wilson Palacios (Spurs)
Midfielder, 26 yo, 5'10"
Harry Redknapp thinks Newcastle is dumb enough to trade their treasure for his trash. They probably are, but maybe don't be so arrogant about it?
Rumored price: Cheik Tiote
Also interested: Nobody?
Stephen Ireland (Aston Villa)
Midfielder, 24 yo, 5'8"
Pardew looking to make his loan permanent
Has reportedly asked for £50,000 a week
Also interested: Nobody?
Derek Boateng (Dnipro)
Midfielder, 28 yo, 6'
Rumored price: £5 million
Also interested: Sunderland, Stoke City, Wigan, Bolton, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Eden Hazard (Lille)
Attacking Midfielder/Winger, 20 yo, 5'7"
Pacy, self-assured, Cristiano Ronaldo comps
Criticized for work ethic
Rumored price: £21 million
Also interested: Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Real Madrid
Craig Gardner (Birmingham)
Central Midfielder, 24 yo, 5'10"
Rumored price: £5-8 million
Also interested: Sunderland
Romaric (Sevilla)
Midfielder, 28 yo, 6'1"
Rumored price: £3 million
Also interested: Trabzonspor, Fulham, Galatasaray
Blaise Matuidi (Saint-Etienne)
Defensive Midfielder, 24 yo, 5'9"
"Fierce and strong tackler" (Wikipedia)
Rumored price: £12-15 million
Also interested: Arsenal, Liverpool
Ryad Boudebouz (Sochaux)
Attacking Midfielder, 21 yo, 5'9"
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Saint-Etienne, Lyon, Liverpool, Marseilles
Mahmoud Shikabala (Zamalek)
Midfielder, 25 yo, 6'
53 goals in 78 games
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Blackburn, Lille, Anderlecht
Scott Brown (Celtic)
Midfielder, 25 yo, 5'10"
Wants to stay at Celtic. He's the captain. What kind of team sells their captain? Oh...
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Nobody?
Marco Pappa (Chicago Fire)
Midfielder, 23 yo, 5'10"
Rumored price: Unknown (NUFC have reportedly offered Pappa a trial)
Also interested: Nobody?
Yohan Cabaye
Officially signed with NUFC
Mehdi Abeid
Signed 5-year deal
Defenders
Cheikh M'Bengue (Toulouse)
Left Back, 22 yo, 6'0"
5 million euro bid rejected in April
Newcastle reportedly increased offer to £6 million
Conflicting reports about whether or not Newcastle continue to pursue him
Rumored price: £5-9 million
Also interested: Lille, Lyon, Marseilles
Miguel Monteiro (Valencia)
Wing Back, 31 yo, 5'10"
Still speedy, decent crosser
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Aston Villa
John Arne Riise (AS Roma)
Left Back, 30 yo, 6'1"
Strong, great awareness, capable of quality crossing
Rumored price: £3 million
Also interested: Liverpool, Aston Villa, Marseilles
Jordan Spence (West Ham)
Center Back/Right Back, 21 yo, 6'3"
Mistake-prone, tends to fade as the match goes on
Rumored price: Free transfer
Also interested: Aston Villa
Stephen Warnock (Aston Villa)
Left Back, 29 yo, 5'10"
Inconsistent; Stock has dropped a ton in the last year
Rumored price: £1-4 million
Also interested: Liverpool, Stoke City, Bolton Wanderers
Matthew Upson (West Ham)
Defender, 32 yo, 6'1"
Strong, has lost a step
Rumored price: Free transfer
Also interested: Wolves, QPR
Guy Demel (Hamburg)
Right Back/Midfielder, 29 yo, 6'2"
Keen awareness, strong tackler
Hamburg wants to trim wages, Demel "available at the right price"
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Sunderland
Mathias Jorgensen (FC Copenhagen)
Center Back, 21 yo, 6'3"
Danish "Talent of the Year" in 2008
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Spurs, Everton, Roma, Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Hoffenheim, Bolton Wanderers, Werder Bremen, Hamburg
Eliaquim Mangala (Standard Liege)
Center Back, 20 yo, 6'2"
Big strong presence capable of moving the ball
Mangala's agent: "I hope to have some offers from some English clubs"
Rumored price: £4 million
Also interested: AC Milan, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur
Raphael Varane (Lens)
Center Back, 18 yo, 6'3"
"Comfortable on both the tactical and technical level," pacy and strong
Recently signed new deal, but thought to be leaving following Lens' relegation
Rumored price: £3-10 million
Also interested: Manchester United, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Varane also claims interest from Spain
Sebastien Bassong (Tottenham Hotspur)
Center Back, 24 yo
NUFC Player of the Season, 2008-09
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: QPR, Stoke City
Ashley Williams (Swansea City)
Center Back, 26 yo, 6'
Incredibly durable and consistent, has received several accolades in the Championship
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Celtic
Abdou Kader Mangane (Rennes)
Defender/Defensive Midfielder, 28 yo, 6'3"
Calls playing in the Prem a "dream move," citizenship issues prevented prior moves to England
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Liverpool, Aston Villa
Paul Konchesky (Liverpool)
Left Back, 30 yo, 5'10"
Struggles at Anfield were well documented
Played for Pardew at West Ham
Rumored price: Jose Enrique
Also interested: Fulham
Cedric Hengbart (Auxerre)
Right back, 30 yo, 6'
NUFC sources "distanced themselves" from a link with Hengbart
Wants to play in England
Rumored price: £500,000
Also interested: Blackburn, Wigan, Stoke, QPR, Werder Bremen, Hannover
Emilio Izaguirre (Celtic)
Left back, 25 yo, 5'9"
Scottish Player of the Year
Rumored price: £2.5 million
Also interested: Liverpool
Neil Taylor (Swansea)
Defender, 22 yo, 5'9"
Reportedly asked Swansea for permission to speak with Newcastle
Rumored price: £1 million
Also interested: Nobody?
Matt Mills (Swansea)
Center Back, 24 yo, 6'3"
Rumored price: £3.5 million
Also interested: Wolves, Stoke, West Brom, Norwich City, QPR
Goalkeepers
Keiran Westwood (Coventry City)
Goalkeeper, 26 yo, 6'2"
League One Team of the Year, 2008; Championship Team of the Year, 2009
Rumored price: Free transfer
Also interested: Celtic, Wigan Athletic, Everton, Leicester City, Ipswich Town, Sunderland, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aston Villa
Robert Green (West Ham)
Goalkeeper, 31 yo, 6'3"
Famous for letting in Clint Dempsey's goal in the 2010 World Cup; still, a good shot-blocker who was unfortunate to play behind the worst defense in the Premier League this season
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Aston Villa
Thibaut Cortois (Racing Genk)
Goalkeeper, 19 yo, 6'6"
Rumored price: £3-6 million
Also interested: Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur
Silvio Proto (Anderlecht)
Goalkeeper, 28 yo, 6'
Recently broke his foot, out until at least July
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Arsenal
Newcastle Players
Jose Enrique Sanchez
Long assumed to be gone this season, but Pardew is fighting for his services
Newcastle rejected £4 million bid from Liverpool; offered JE "fantastic" new contract
Liverpool have reportedly upped their offer to £8.5 million
Pardew: "At the moment, it looks like he doesn't want to deal with us."
Interested: Liverpool, Manchester United, Lyon, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Barcelona
Rumored price: £8-15 million
Joey Barton
Conflicting stories from player and club about whether or not a new contract has been offered
#mejoseandjonasnext
Interested: Everton, Birmingham, West Ham, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, Hamburg
Rumored price: £1-5 million
Jonás Gutiérrez
Wants to eventually play in Serie A
Liverpool to offer £22 million for both Jonás and Jose Enrique?
Interested: Lazio, Liverpool, Roma
Cheik Tiote
Seems genuine when he says that Newcastle is the place for him, but of course everybody has their price. That price is not likely to be Wilson Palacios.
Interested: Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea
Rumored price: £14-22 million
Wayne Routledge
Newcastle released him from his contract so QPR could make his loan permanent, but Routledge appears to be holding out for more
Interested: Queens Park Rangers
Rumored price: £1.5 million
Fraser Forster
Alan Pardew says Forster "was not challenged" in the SPL
Newcastle rejected £2 million bid from Celtic
Interested: Celtic, Norwich City, Hull City
Tim Krul
Threatened to request a transfer if he's not the #1 keeper
Xisco
Has returned from loan; Pardew rumored to be shopping him, but unsurprisingly there's been little interest
Alan Smith
One of only three NUFC players making over £60,000 a week
Transfer listed, but reportedly unwilling to leave
Interested: Rangers FC, West Ham, Leeds, Unnamed MLS Club
Rumored price: £2 million
Nile Ranger
Reportedly transfer-listed following the "gun incident"
Interested: Blackpool, Bolton, QPR, Stoke
Rumored price: £1 million
Steve Harper
"Harbours concerns about his future"
Interested: Celtic
Leon Best
One source says claims NUFC are pushing him out the door
Interested: Birmingham
Kazenga LuaLua
Tells Albion "Come and get me"
Interested: Brighton & Hove Albion
Kevin Nolan
Sold to West Ham
Danny Simpson
Signed new five-year contract with NUFC
Interested: West Ham United
Remie Streete
16 year-old Academy product; Signed new 3-year contract with NUFC
Patrick Nzuzi
U-18 Captain, signed professional contract with NUFC
Joan Simon Edmundsson
Contract extended by NUFC
Michael Richardson
Offered new contract by NUFC
Ryan Donaldson
Offered new contract by NUFC
Shefki Kuqi
Released by Newcastle
Sol Campbell
Released by Newcastle
Patrick McLaughlin
Released by Newcastle