Both Newcastle and West Ham have had bids over £5.5 million pounds accepted by the board and revealed that the player has had talks with both clubs. The 24-year-old would be the first signing of the summer for either of his prospective clubs.
Newcastle are in desperate need of new faces after releasing Oliver Bernard, Titus Bramble, Craig Moore, Oguchi Onyewu and Antoine Siberski. Meanwhile The Hammers have told Marlon Harewood that they are ahppy to see him leave if he does not want to fight for his place in the squad.
Meanwhile Newcastle announced their first pre-season friendly will be against neighbours Hartlepool. The match will be held on July 17th at the newly promoted teams stadium, Victoria Park before travelling to St. James Park to play Scottish Champions Celtic nine day's latrer. |
