Mutu offered to Magpies

By Matthew Jones
August 12 2002

Romania international striker Adrian Mutu has been offered to United and several other Premiership clubs by cash-strapped Italian club Verona.

Romania international striker Adrian Mutu has been offered to United and several other Premiership clubs by cash-strapped Italian club Verona.

The newly-relegated Serie B outfit are touting Mutu for a cut-price £5m in a bid to stave off the threat of bankruptcy.

The 23-year-old scored 12 goals in a struggling side last season - his second campaign in Italy since moving from Dinamo Bucharest.

But Newcastle are highly unlikely to be interested in Mutu, with Leeds hot-shot Michael Bridges now seemingly their sole striking target.

The Magpies have hinted they will not make any
more big-money buys in the near future but will make an exception for Newcastle-born Bridges if they win through to the lucrative group stage of the Champions League.