Emerton WANTS to play for Newcastle

By Matthew Jones
May 13 2003

Brett Emerton, who played in the Feyenoord side which beat Newcastle 1-0 at St James' Park in the Champions League this season, has expressed his wishes to join The Magpies'. Newcastle staff are yet to approach the right-sided midfielder.

Emerton wants to play for Newcastle

Brett Emerton, who played in the Feyenoord side which beat Newcastle 1-0 at St James' Park in the Champions League this season, has expressed his wishes to join The Magpies'.
Sir Bobby Robson tried to sign the midfielder in August of last year, but The Dutch giants rejected Newcastle's offer of £8m at the time. Feyenoord could accept an offer of £5M now, due to the current financial climate.
He said: "I haven't heard anything other than what has been said before, that the club [Newcastle] have shown an interest in me.
"If that's true then that's good news. Newcastle are a big club and I've made no secret of my desire to play in the English Premiership.
"But no talks have taken place at the moment. I'm still a Feyenoord player and I am completely committed to helping the club achieve all their goals this season.
"There are three games left [in the league] and we have a very important one on Sunday against PSV Eindhoven so I'm just focusing on that at the moment."
Emerton is yet to be approached by Newcastle staff.

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