Ask yourselves a very honest question, How many times have Liverpool been linked to a player and a few days later Newcastle suddenly gets into the race to land the player? Let me name a few players - Parker, Solano, Duff, Dani Alves, Alonso. The best hijack that Newcastle did was the signing of Boumsong, Thank god they signed the clown for 6.5mil or L'Pool
would have made a big loss in that circus entertainer.
The most famous one would have to be the jacking of Owen, Because Shephard and Souness knows that no way Owen would have gone to the Toons if Liverpool were in bid for him too. Like Wright-Phillips said that he never regretted his move to Chelsea which ruined his chance at getting a WC place in Sven's squad. Owen said he love the Jailbird's fans and stadium to comfort himself
I'll name players and the offer Liverpool was rumoured to have offered or officially stated
Parker - L'Pool offered 5,000,000, Newcastle offered 6,500,000
Solano - L'Pool rumoured to have offerd 2,000,000, Newcastle offered 3,500,000 or something
Duff - L'Pool rumoured to have offered 8,000,00 (rejected), Newcastle rumoured to have offered 11,000,000
Dani Alves - Rick Parry confirmed a bid from 6,000,000 to 9,000,000, Newcastle linked to a 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 bid
Alonso - L'Pool got him for 10,500,000, A last minute bid from Newcastle which fell-through because Alonso signed for Pool
Boumsong - L'Pool offered 5,000,000, Newcastle got for 6,500,000
Kuyt - L'Pool rumoured to be interested, Newcastle officially joined the race to land the player
Owen - L'Pool's 10,000,000 bid was thought to be a done deal, Newcastle suddenly offered 17,000,000 to make it fall-through
Wright-Phillips - Although no info was given, Newcastle was almost linked after Liverpool
Kilgallon - Top clubs are currently on the trail of this defender from Leeds, Apparently L'Pool and Jailbirds are interested
Milner - At that time both entered about the same time, But Newcastle was considered a safer choice then <=== LOL
Well well, There are more players but I forgot who they are.. If I'm not wrong Kewell was also involved but he was a Red
since he was a young boy. Zenden was snapped by the time Jailbirds were interested
Now we have already more less settled Gonzalez's transfer and Newcastle would probably not want Bellamy. But Middlesborough
may have a good harvest this season because Liverpool have offered 1,500,000 for Viduka, Jailbirds would prolly offer 5,000,000
One more season or two without CL qualifications would see the club in debts far heavier than what Leeds had amounted,
Now that they owe the bank a extravagant 45,000,000
Maybe Rafa could trick the Newcastle scouts and Shephard into believing we want to keep Diao and Cheyrou then they would make a bid for them
**Source taken from www.liverpoolzone.com
Seriously, Not only are they stalking Liverpool's scouts, They are also stalking Manu and Arsenal's scouts.. They can only use money to outbid the clubs but based on status and stability, Newcastle is just as safe as Reading with Roeder in charge.
Maybe Newcastle would have a better chance at signing players from S-League
Now let's watch Newcastle bid twice the price of Manu's 12,000,000 bid for Carrick, I hope Shephard enjoys drinking Coca-Cola!