Keegan: 1 Signing? Possibly! 2 Signings? Unlikely!

By Tyne-Talk
January 28 2008

Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan has so far this week said that he will not "rush" into signing anybody, but as the transfer window comes to a close the fans are getting nervous that "King Kev" may not boost the squad. Keegan who seemed close to signing Woodgate over the weekend has only been at he club just over a week, but the initial view was he would use this window to make his mark at the club.

Keegan made the following comments on the lack of signings so far and the possibility of recruiting over the next 2 days.

"There's an evens chance of us getting one player in this week,

To get two in now we'd be swimming the Channel, I think.

But you never know, we might surprise ourselves and the last week of the transfer window invariably sees clubs make decisions which make you think: 'Wow, I never expected that.'

We're only looking at Premier League players. We're not looking to bring anyone in from abroad unless they were really world-class and established, and invariably they don't come around in this transfer window."

The club has been linked with all of the following players since Keegan was appointed, most of which are unconfirmed by the club.

Player	Pos	Club	Player	Pos	Club

Daniel Jarque González	DEF	Espanyol	Sol Campbell	DEF	Portsmouth
Jermaine Defoe	FWD	Spurs	Dimitar Berbatov	FWD	Spurs
Wayne Bridge	DEF	Chelsea	Pascal Chimbonda	DEF	Spurs
Johan Elmander	FWD	Toulouse	Michael Carrick	MID	Manchester United
Micah Richards	DEF	Manchester City	David Bentley	MID	Blackburn Rovers
Richard Dunne	DEF	Manchester City	Nicky Shorey	MID	Reading
Mohamed Sissoko	MID	Liverpool	Andrei Arshavin	MID	Zenit St Petersburg
Rafael van der Vaart	DEF	SV Hamburg	David Beckham	MID	LA Galaxy
Olof Mellberg	DEF	Aston Villa	Olivier Kapo	MID	Birmingham City
Daniel Van Buyten	DEF	SV Hamburg	John Arne Riise	DEF	Liverpool
Marek Cech	DEF	Porto	Sol Campbell	DEF	Portsmouth
Eidur Gudjohnsen	FWD	Barcelona	Dimitar Berbatov	FWD	Spurs
Deco	MID	Barcelona	Pascal Chimbonda	DEF	Spurs
Scott Brown	MID	Celtic	Michael Carrick	MID	Manchester United
Wes Brown	DEF	Manchester United	David Bentley	MID	Blackburn Rovers
Shaun Wright-Phillips	MID	Chelsea	Nicky Shorey	MID	Reading
Barry Robson	DEF	Dundee United	Andrei Arshavin	MID	Zenit St Petersburg
Carlos Cuellar	DEF	Rangers	David Beckham	MID	LA Galaxy
Alan Hutton	DEF	Rangers	Olivier Kapo	MID	Birmingham City
Ledley King	DEF	Spurs	John Arne Riise	DEF	Liverpool
Goran Pandev	FWD	Lazio	Sol Campbell	DEF	Portsmouth
Jonathan Woodgate	DEF	Middlesbrough	Luka Modric	MID	Croatia Zagreb
Dean Ashton	FWD	West Ham	Michael Ciani	DEF	Lorient
Sami Hyypia	DEF	Liverpool	Stewart Downing	MID	Middlesbrough
Goran Pandev	FWD	Lazio	Giles Barnes	MID	Derby
Ezequiel Garay	DEF	Racing Santander	Leroy Lita	FWD	Reading

Speaking ofthe most recent links with Spurs striker Dimitar Berbatov priced at at least £30Million, Keegan said:

"I wouldn't rule anybody out. We're looking at every team and I'm sure everybody else is looking at our players as well."

Keegan: 1 Signing? Possibly! 2 Signings? Unlikely!

Posted by: TyneTalk (IP Logged)

Date: 28/01/2008 20:05

Keegan: 1 Signing? Possibly! 2 Signings? Unlikely!