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Jeremie Aliadiere to solve striker crisis
08 Feb 2011 at 16:22hrs | Views
Jeremie Aliadiere has held talks with Newcastle United over a short-term move to St James' Park until the end of the season.
The 27-year-old former Arsenal forward is a free agent after leaving Middlesbrough last summer and failing to secure a move to West Ham.
Aliadiere saw deadline day moves to Boro and Blackpool fall through but could now take advantage of Andy Carroll's departure from Newcastle and make a return to the Barclays Premier League.
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is weighing up several free agent targets as he looks to strengthen his forward line.
Pardew intends to spend the £35million Liverpool paid Newcastle for Carroll, with a striker his priority, and he could go back in for Wigan winger Charles N'Zogbia after failing with a £12m offer just before the transfer window closed.
N'Zogbia has also been linked with Sunderland and Birmingham, but insisted yesterday that his focus is on keeping Wigan in the top-flight.
'To me it's over,' he said. 'I don't want to hear anymore about the January transfer market. I just want to do everything to help Wigan survive.'
The 27-year-old former Arsenal forward is a free agent after leaving Middlesbrough last summer and failing to secure a move to West Ham.
Aliadiere saw deadline day moves to Boro and Blackpool fall through but could now take advantage of Andy Carroll's departure from Newcastle and make a return to the Barclays Premier League.
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is weighing up several free agent targets as he looks to strengthen his forward line.
Pardew intends to spend the £35million Liverpool paid Newcastle for Carroll, with a striker his priority, and he could go back in for Wigan winger Charles N'Zogbia after failing with a £12m offer just before the transfer window closed.
N'Zogbia has also been linked with Sunderland and Birmingham, but insisted yesterday that his focus is on keeping Wigan in the top-flight.
'To me it's over,' he said. 'I don't want to hear anymore about the January transfer market. I just want to do everything to help Wigan survive.'
Source - Byo24News
