Newcastle linked with Leroy Fer.
Posted on August 16th, 2010 | 159 Comments |
The Daily Mail seem to believe that Newcastle are close to capturing 20-year old Dutch defensive midfielder, Leroy Fer.
I’ve never heard of him to be honest, but apparently Fer, nicknamed ‘the bouncer’ due to his strong physique, is close to signing at St James’ Park in a deal said to be in the region of £4 million. Now this is a report from The Daily Mail that has no quotes or anything to back it up or to give it any substance, so on that basis I am inclined to believe that this is just be paper talk. Still lets take a look at him anyway, have a look at what we could have won, so to speak.
Fer is currently playing for Feyenoord, who are apparently under pressure from the banks to sell some of their players in an effort to raise cash to reduce their debt. He is very highly rated at De Kuip and has been handed that role of vice-captain this season despite his relative first-team inexperience.
The Holland under-21 manager has likened him to Patrick Viera as both players show similarties on and off the field of play. Fer has now represented Holland at all international levels and certainly appears to be a player that is tipped for the top by a lot of people in his native country.
Sounds good then, but I shall refer back to those words I meantioned earlier – The Dail Mail. For that reason I highly doubt there is any truth in the rumour, much like that Halliche rumour that is going around at the moment, again from The Daily Mail, who claim that we are trying to nip in front of Fulham to secure a deal.
It’s yet more speculation though, and it’s another name that we can tick off the list. At this rate, by the end of transfer window there won’t be many players left that we haven’t been linked with.
Transfer gossip – You gotta love it!
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