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Mega Newcastle United Transfer Rumor Update #4

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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"

Fanpost Profile

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"

Profile at HTOT

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