Newcastle Roman around the transfer market?
Posted on February 9th, 2011 | 63 Comments |
Rumour has it that Newcastle may be after Roman Pavlyuchenko this summer, which would be more bad news for me as it’s another name I struggle to spell.
The Russian has a career total 179 goals in 371 appearances, giving him a strike rate of 47%, but he has become frustrated in his role as a bench warmer at Spurs and is seeking a move to ensure regular first team football.
29 year old Pavlyuchenko moved to Spurs for £13.8m in August 2008 but it is thought he would be available for around £8m, which should easily be within Newcastle’s reach after the £35m sale of Andy Carroll to Liverpool.
Personally, I thought his age would put him outside the profile of potential candidates for our club. I know that the under-25-up-and-coming requirement is probably a general aim rather than a hard and fast rule but there would also be his wages to consider, which I would imagine are not insignificant.
Apparently Zenit St Petersburg are interested in the striker and may make a bid for him when the Russian transfer window opens in March, although Harry Redknapp insists that there’s no chance of him leaving before the end of the season.
Pavlyuchenko has undoubted ability and Guus Hiddink rated him highly enough to want to bring him to Chelsea but I’d personally be surprised if Newcastle do sign him. I tend to think that if we’re going to have to wait until the summer anyway, we may as well get the scouting network doing their thing and find someone who fits the profile the club wants at a sensible wage.
Still, time will tell!
Let him go back to Russia. He’d cost WAY too much, and he’s rubbish. He scored most of his goals in Russia. Ain’t good enough for NUFC.