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It's been too long since we did one of these. I learned this month that if you ignore your RSS Reader for 2 weeks, it will take just as long to catch up. No matter; this is the fourth mega rumor update of the summer.
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 17) 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.
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 25 strikers, 35 midfielders, 17 defenders, and 4 goalkeepers rumored to be transfer targets of Newcastle, as well as news and rumors about 19 Newcastle players.
Strikers
Shane Long (Reading)
Striker, 24 yo, 5'11"
Good finisher, possesses keen awareness
Newcastle rumored to have bid £5 million; may have offered Leon Best in a swap deal
Rumored price: £4-10 million
Also interested: Liverpool, Everton, Celtic, Wolves, Stoke, Aston Villa, West Ham, Fulham, Bayern Munich, WBA
Mevlut Erding (Paris St. Germain)
Striker, 24 yo, 5'11"
Says he wants to stay in Paris - Story
Wage demands killed a deal?
Rumored price: £6-7.5 million
Also interested: Werder Bremen, Galatasaray, Sunderland, Lille, Rennes, Spurs
Juan Manuel Martinez (Velez Sarsfield)
Striker/Winger, 25 yo, 5'9"
2010 Footballer of the Year of Argentina
Nicknamed "El Burrito," which means I want him on the team
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Wigan, Blackburn, Napoli, Sevilla
Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea)
Striker, 21 yo, 6'2"
Creative with tons of pace
Rumored price: £15-20 million
Also interested: Bolton, Manchester United, Stoke, West Brom, Aston Villa, Everton
Pierre Webo (Real Mallorca)
Striker, 29 yo, 5'11"
Nice shooting touch, decent dribbler as well
Rumored price: £2.5 million
Also interested: West Bromwich Albion, Sunderland
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: £7.5-14 million
Also interested: Tottenham Hotspur, Sevilla, Juventus, Genoa, PSG, Valencia
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, Manchester City, Arsenal, Fenerbache
Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff City)
Striker, 29 yo, 6'3"
Excellent control and vision, pacy
Reported to have had a medical at QPR
Rumored price: Free transfer
Also interested: Sunderland, Birmingham, Fulham, West Ham, Celtic, Everton, QPR
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: £5-12 million
Also interested: Bayern Munich, Fulham, Hamburg, Sunderland, Borussia Dortmund, Blackburn Rovers, Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon, Aston Villa, Bolton, Benfica, AC Milan
Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur)
Striker, 28 yo, 5'7"
Good finisher, somewhat streaky. On-pitch discipline a problem
Rumored price: £8-15 million
Also interested: Sunderland, Arsenal, Blackburn
Roman Pavlyuchenko (Tottenham Hotspur)
Striker, 29 yo, 6'2"
Strong shooter, aerial target
Rumored price: £10-15 million
Also interested: Sunderland, Sevilla, Rubin Kazan, Spartak Moscow, Anzhi Makhachkala
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
Danny Ings (Bournemouth)
Striker, 19 yo, 5'10"
"A natural talent"
Rumored price: £200,000-1.5 million
Also interested: Fulham, Liverpool, Sunderland, Lokomotiv Moscow, Crystal Palace, Celtic
Sergio Canales (Real Madrid)
Attacking Midfielder, 20 yo, 5'9"
Incredible vision and passing proficiency
Rumored to be coming in on loan, though NUFC deny reports
Rumored price: Loan/Unknown
Also interested: Aston Villa, QPR, Everton, Valencia, Lille, Roma, Liverpool, Getafe, Man City, Arsenal
Teteh Bangura (AIK Stockholm)
Midfielder/Striker, 21 yo, 6'
Drogba comps
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Liverpool
Mohamed Bangura (AIK Stockholm)
Forward, 21 yo, 5'10"
No relation to Teteh
Wikipedia: "hard-working, powerful, pacy and good one-on-one."
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Liverpool
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?
NUFC reportedly out due to cost
Rumored price: £15 million
Also interested: Wolves
Robert Snodgrass (Leeds)
Winger/Striker, 23 yo, 5'11"
Possesses creativity and scoring proficiency
Rumored price: £3.5-8 million
Also interested: WBA, Stoke, AV, Birmingham, QPR, Norwich City
Robbie Keane (Tottenham)
Striker, 31 yo, 5'9"
Rumored price: £2-4 million
Also interested: Fulham, Bolton, Blackburn, QPR
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?
Mladen Petric (Hamburg)
Striker, 30 yo, 6'1"
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Nobody?
Frederic Piquionne (West Ham United)
Striker, 32 yo, 6'2"
Decent shooter, injury prone
Rumored price: £1.5 million
Also interested: Sunderland
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 (Release clause?)
Also interested: Spurs, Liverpool, AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City
Carlton Cole (West Ham)
Striker, 27 yo, 6'3"
Lacks durability and creativity, a decent shooter
"On verge of move to Stoke City" after a bid for £6 million was accepted, but wage demands are getting in the way
Rumored price: £3.5-9 million
Also interested: WBA, Stoke City, QPR
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
Connor Wickham (Ipswich)
Signed with Sunderland
Gervinho (Lille)
Signed with Arsenal
Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (AZ Alkmaar)
Signed with Ajax
Demba Ba (West Ham)
Signed with NUFC
Midfielders
Blaise Matuidi (Saint-Etienne)
Midfielder, 24 yo, 5'9"
"Fierce and strong tackler" (Wikipedia)
Rumored price: £15 million (release clause)
Also interested: Arsenal, Liverpool, PSG
Adel Taarabt (Queens Park Rangers)
Attacking Midfielder, 21 yo, 5'11"
Emerging playmaker, transfer became less likely when QPR was promoted
Says Newcastle "would be good for [him]" - Story
Rumored price: £7.5-13.5 million
Also interested: Manchester United, Real Madrid, Lazio, Dortmund, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Juventus, Napoli, Inter Milan, Rubin Kazan, PSG, Atletico Madrid
Karim Ziani (Wolfsburg)
Midfielder, 28 yo, 5'7"
Recently released by mutual consent
Rumored price: Free transfer
Also interested: Panathinaiko, Bordeaux, Saint Etienne
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
Wigan now asking for £20 million to try to scare off clubs, but at the same time their chairman admitted they needed to sell him.
Rumored price: £5-20 million
Also interested: Birmingham, Sunderland, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur, Fulham, Juventus, Blackburn, Stoke, Chelsea
Max Gradel (Leeds)
Winger, 23 yo, 5'9"
Scored 18 goals in the Championship this year
Rumored price: £1.5-2 million
Also interested: Hamburg, Swansea, Fulham, West Ham, PSG, Hamburg
Mahmoud Shikabala (Zamalek)
Midfielder, 25 yo, 6'
53 goals in 78 games
Rumored price: Free transfer (Egyptian Premier League season just ended due to protest delays)
Also interested: Blackburn, Lille, Anderlecht, Birmingham, Wolfsburg, Saint Etienne
Moussa Sissoko (Toulouse)
Midfielder, 21 yo, 6'2"
Pacy, proficient passer
Rumored price: £13.3-14 million
Also interested: Liverpool, Inter Milan, Lyon, Manchester United, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea
Darron Gibson (Manchester United)
Midfielder, 23 yo, 6'
Good shooter, Not very fast
Friends with Danny Simpson
Spurned Sunderland over wage demands
Rumored price: £3-5 million
Also interested: Sunderland, Stoke City
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
Jason Puncheon (Southampton)
Winger, 24 yo, 5'8"
Played for Pardew at Southampton
Rumored price: £500,000-1 million
Also interested: Blackpool, Rangers, Bolton, Everton, West Brom, Birmingham, QPR, Portsmouth, Millwall
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, PSG, Dortmund, WBA
Vicente (Valencia)
Winger, 29 yo, 5'9"
Wikipedia: "above-average technique, pace and netting ability"
Rumored price: Free transfer
Also interested: Blackburn, Swansea
Ryad Boudebouz (Sochaux)
Attacking Midfielder, 21 yo, 5'9"
Rumored price: £5 million
Also interested: Saint-Etienne, Lyon, Liverpool, Marseilles
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
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, Fenerbahce, Aston Villa, Chelsea
Franck Tabanou (Toulouse)
Winger/Wing Back, 22 yo, 5'10"
Very skilled, prone to mental mistakes
Toulouse extended Tabanou's contract by two years on June 28
Rumored price: £5-7 million
Also interested: Dortmund, Inter Milan, West Ham, Aston Villa, AC Milan, Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Bayern Munich
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, PSG
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?
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, Marseille, Lille, Galatasaray
Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen)
Midfielder, 26 yo, 5'10"
Good vision, proficient passer
Rumored price: £4-6 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?
Barry Ferguson (Birmingham City)
Midfielder, 33 yo, 5'10"
Creativity and vision abound, but he has lost a step
Rejected by Pardew because of his age?
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Blackpool, Bolton, Sunderland
David Bentley (Tottenham Hotspur)
Winger, 26 yo, 5'8"
Has never lived up to his potential
Rumored price: £8 million
Also interested: Birmingham City
Eden Hazard (Lille)
Attacking Midfielder/Winger, 20 yo, 5'7"
Pacy, self-assured, Cristiano Ronaldo comps
Criticized for work ethic
Rumored price: £21-36 million
Also interested: Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur, PSG, Barcelona, Chelsea, Inter Milan
Romaric (Sevilla)
Midfielder, 28 yo, 6'1"
Left out of Seville's preseason tour
Rumored price: £3 million
Also interested: Trabzonspor, Fulham, Galatasaray
Lewis McGugan (Nottingham Forest)
Midfielder, 22 yo, 5'9"
Great set piece taker
NUFC deny interest
Rumored price: £1.5 million
Also interested: Nobody?
Gueida Fofana (Le Havre)
Defensive Midfielder, 20 yo, 6'
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Aston Villa
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?
Fraser Fyvie (Aberdeen)
Midfielder, 18 yo
Rumored price: £700,000-1 million
Also interested: Fulham, Blackburn, Norwich
Marco Pappa (Chicago Fire)
Midfielder, 23 yo, 5'10"
Rumored price: Unknown (NUFC have reportedly offered Pappa a trial)
Also interested: Villarreal, Colo Colo
Keith Treacy (Preston)
Winger, 22 yo, 6'
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Birmingham "+ 2 other Championship clubs," according to PNE manager
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?
Jay Spearing (Liverpool)
Midfielder, 22 yo, 5'6"
Great work rate
Rumored price: Jose Enrique
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?
Zoltan Gera (Fulham)
Attacking Midfielder, 32 yo, 6'
Prefers to leave England, considered a complete player by many
Has made a verbal agreement to join WBA
Rumored price: Free transfer
Also interested: Birmingham, Stoke, Manchester City, QPR, WBA
Sebastian Larsson (Birmingham)
Signed with Sunderland
Darren Pratley (Swansea City)
Signed with Bolton
Craig Gardner (Birmingham)
Signed with Sunderland
Jamie O'Hara (Tottenham Hotspur)
Signed with Wolves
Victor Wanyama (Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen)
Signed with Celtic
Derek Boateng (Getafe)
Signed with Dnipro
Yohan Cabaye
Officially signed with NUFC
Mehdi Abeid
Signed 5-year deal
Sylvain Marveaux
Signed with NUFC - Story + Scouting Report
Defenders
Neil Taylor (Swansea)
Defender, 22 yo, 5'9"
Reportedly asked Swansea for permission to speak with Newcastle
Swansea rejected £1 million bid from NUFC; Newcastle believed it would activate a release clause, they are now "leaving it to the lawyers" - Story
Rumored price: £1-2 million
Also interested: Everton
Wayne Bridge (Manchester City)
Left back, 30 yo, 5'11"
Strong, durable
Pardew reportedly wants him on loan, including help with wages, which are currently £90,000/week
Rumored price: Loan/Unknown
Also interested: Liverpool
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
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, Spurs
Guy Demel (Hamburg)
Right Back/Midfielder, 30 yo, 6'2"
Keen awareness, strong tackler
Hamburg wants to trim wages, Demel "available at the right price"
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Sunderland, Fulham, QPR, Arsenal, Wigan
Mathias Jorgensen (FC Copenhagen)
Center Back, 21 yo, 6'3"
Danish "Talent of the Year" in 2008
Rumored price: 22.5 million kroner (?!)
Also interested: Spurs, Everton, Roma, Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Hoffenheim, Bolton Wanderers, Werder Bremen, Hamburg, PSV Eindhoven
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, PSG, Lille, Juventus, Udinese
Sebastien Bassong (Tottenham Hotspur)
Center Back, 24 yo
NUFC Player of the Season, 2008-09
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: QPR, Stoke City, Blackburn
Ashley Williams (Swansea City)
Center Back, 26 yo, 6'
Incredibly durable and consistent, has received several accolades in the Championship
Rumored price: £2 million
Also interested: Celtic, WBA, Everton, QPR
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/£1.5 million (a lot less than JE's worth...)
Also interested: Fulham, Leicester City
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, Manchester United
Matt Mills (Swansea)
Center Back, 24 yo, 6'3"
Rumored price: £3.5 million
Also interested: Wolves, Stoke, West Brom, Norwich City, QPR
John Arne Riise (AS Roma)
Left Back, 30 yo, 6'1"
Strong, great awareness, capable of quality crossing
Had a medical at Fulham?
Rumored price: £1.5-3 million
Also interested: Liverpool, Aston Villa, Marseilles, Fulham, Southampton
Raphael Varane (Lens)
Signed with Real Madrid
Jordan Spence (West Ham)
Signed with West Ham (was a free agent)
Goalkeepers
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, WBA
Silvio Proto (Anderlecht)
Goalkeeper, 28 yo, 6'
Recently broke his foot, out until at least July
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Arsenal
Thibaut Courtois (Racing Genk)
Goalkeeper, 19 yo, 6'6"
Rumored price: £3-6 million
Also interested: Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Atletico Madrid
David Forde (Millwall)
Goalkeeper, 31 yo, 6'2"
Rumored price: Unknown
Also interested: Aston Villa
Keiran Westwood (Coventry City)
Signed with Sunderland
Newcastle Departures
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 or Joe Cole
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, Arsenal, Barcelona, Stoke City
Rumored price: £1-8 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, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, Malaga
Rumored price: £10 million
Fabricio Coloccini
Named captain of Newcastle - Story
Interested: Espanyol, Seville
Rumored price: £7-12 million
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
Leon Best
One source claims NUFC are pushing him out the door
Offered to Reading for Shane Long?
Interested: Birmingham, Reading, Celtic
Rumored price: £4 million
Nile Ranger
Reportedly transfer-listed following the "gun incident"
Backed out of deal with Blackpool due to wage demands?
Interested: Blackpool, Bolton, QPR, Stoke, Nottingham Forest, Charlton Athletic, Millwall, Leicester, West Ham
Rumored price: £1-1.5 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
Newcastle have reportedly accepted bid from Nottingham Forest...or Leicester?
Interested: Queens Park Rangers, Nottingham Forest, Leicester, Birmingham City, Cardiff, Swansea
Rumored price: £1.5-2 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
Interested: Deportivo la Coruña
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
Steve Harper
"Harbours concerns about his future"
Interested: Celtic
Danny Guthrie
Interested: Birmingham
Rumored price: £3 million
Kazenga LuaLua
Tells Albion "Come and get me"
Interested: Brighton & Hove Albion, Huddersfield Town
Shola Ameobi
Trying to work out a new contract, but "the two sides aren't close"
Phil Airey
Interested: Hibernian
Tamas Kadar
Interested: Huddersfield Town
Danny Simpson
Signed new five-year contract with NUFC
Interested: West Ham United, Aston Villa
Kevin Nolan
Sold to West Ham for "undisclosed fee"
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, Signed by York City
Daniel Leadbitter
Released by Newcastle, Signed by Torquay United
Ben Tozer
Released by Newcastle, Signed by Northampton Town