Newcastle & Sunderland To Slug It Out For Respected European Talent
Newcastle and Sunderland are ready to go head to head over Ajax’s Vurnon Anita.
Newcastle seemed in pole position to land the Dutchman but had a £4m bid rejected with Ajax demanding £8m for the midfielder.
The 23-year-old is now a target for Newcastle’s arch rivals Sunderland who are willing to match any Newcastle bid for the player, although whether any of the clubs are prepared to meet Ajax’s valuation is unknown.
Newcastle are also keen on FC Twente pair Douglas and Luuk De Jong and Lille’s Mathieu Debuchy as they look to build on their impressive season last year.
Elsewhere, Sunderland seem keen on Junior Hoilett and Blackburn’s Steven N’Zonzi.
Sunderland’s bid for Anita will be bolstered by the sale of Asamoah Gyan to UAE side Al Ain in which they recieved £12m.
Anita is a technically gifted midfield player as most Dutch players are but can also play left back he is not a well known player outside of Holland and has only 3 international caps although he does have an array of talent ahead of him in the Dutch national team.
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July 7th, 2012
Simple if you have ambition join nufc
If you don’t join safc
July 7th, 2012
ambition join the mags funny as a sports direct areana that m8 nice one hows the cockney mafia doing now m8 or have ya all forgiven them now crazy fookers
July 7th, 2012
You haven’t a clue Paul, all you mackems are the same!!! Yous are trying to rename your stadium too for more money !!!
July 7th, 2012
Not interested in your boring patter. For further info please refer to my previous comment
July 8th, 2012
Oh come on you bunch of idiots. What is the best way to get twice as many views on a story – say your nearest rivals are in for him,think about it, this is a load of rubbish, newcastle put in a gamble bid and sunderland simply are not interested, its journalism dont be such mugs