Newcastle weighing up Samaras bid?
Posted on June 15th, 2010 | 289 Comments |
Well that is accorcing to The Daily Record, who claim that the bargain striker could be available for a knock down price of £1.5 million. In my opinion that is £1.5 million too much for a striker who was less than impressive when he last graced the Premier League with Manchester City.
Samaras only has 12-months remaining on his contract at Parkhead, and as a consequence of that it looks like the Celtic management are ready to cash in on the player who is currently plying his trade at the World Cup in what looked to be a lacklustre Greece team. I’m not convinced, but perhaps the versatility of the player could be a useful addition? If we were to pursue Samaras then we would be getting a player that can play two positions – centre-forward and winger – although I still think that we already have better players in our team.
Why on earth would we go for a striker who doesn’t really score goals? When you look at the teams at where he has scored goals and the standard of the league, then you have to say that Samaras doesn’t really appear to be a good option for us as he is proven that he can only really cut it in weaker leagues. Kris Boyd would be a better proposition to sign in my opinion, and his goal ratio is three times better than the Greek’s.
I think the proposed £1.5 million would be better off in sitting in the bank on this deal. When played as a striker, Samaras is no better or no different to what we already have on our books, and as a winger I can’t see him being very effective, especially not in the Premier League. Wayne Routledge apparently cost around £1.5 million, and that was money well spent. Unfortunately it wouldn’t be the case in this instance.
Alas it is just a bit more speculation, and there will be more of it heading our way over the coming days/weeks/months, expecially now Chris Hughton has openly admitted that we are indeed in the market for signings. Also, don’t forget the The Daily Record is part of The Mirror Group, so now you can have a gauge of just how credible this rumour is.
Not very credible is my guess!
He’s nearly as shit as batty’s 2-2 tip for new zealand v Slovakia.