Martins - reportedly close to Toon moveNewcastle will make a £9million move for Inter Milan striker Obafemi Martins this week, according to reports.
The Nigerian's agent is due on Tyneside for talks on Monday after convincing the club that rumours he is 28 and not 21 are false.
Martins has so far been left out of Inter's training camp in Majorca, claims the Daily Mirror .
Toon boss Glenn Roeder admitted at the weekend he was close to concluding a deal for a striker, but refused to be drawn on his identity.
He said: "I think we have found one. We are getting closer.
"There is so much grass behind the back lines in English football you need to find someone with searing pace and I think we have done that.
"We need that striker who is prepared to run without the ball and receive it and we are close to one or two like that, who can play alongside Shola Ameobi.
"We are starting to get close to negotiations with one particular club. Fingers crossed, with two weeks to go, we need to secure players.
"Of course, Martins is the player who has been mentioned the most but there are others too."
The newspaper also reports The Toon have lodged a bid for Real Madrid midfielder Thomas Gravesen, but Jean-Alain Boumsong will not be moving to Hamburg.
0 comments:
Post a Comment