Beattie 0 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Newcastle are trying to sign Rangers duo Barry Ferguson and Madjid Bougherra in a double deal, skysports.com understands. Magpies chief Joe Kinnear is looking to bring a number of new faces into the club during the winter transfer window. The Rangers duo are very high on Kinnear's wanted list and talks began earlier this week. Both midfielder Ferguson and defender Bougherra have Premier League experience with Blackburn and Charlton, respectively, and Kinnear sees the duo as ideal signings. Newcastle are looking to take advantage of Rangers' current financial situation and swoop for the duo. "I have enquired about Ferguson, but we will wait and see what the outcome of that is," said Kinnear. "We are finding it difficult to bring certain players from clubs. Our bids haven't been accepted so far. "The problem is two or three clubs are in for the same players. At the moment, there could be teams bidding more than us. "It would help if I could move some of the players here and get the finances in that way. But we have had no bids for them." Gow offer Rangers boss Walter Smith insists the only bid they have received is from Wolves for Alan Gow, who impressed during a six-month loan stint at Blackpool. "We are not looking for anything else at the moment. With it being the transfer window, there will be speculation," said Smith. "There is nothing we can do about that but we have had no other enquiries for anyone else other than Gow. "We have had one enquiry from Wolves for Alan Gow. Negotiations are ongoing and that is the only enquiry we have had for any player. "There are 28 players on the staff and we have to adjust that number a little bit and we have to wait and see what happens with that over the next few days but, so far, that is the only enquiry we have had for anyone." Smith, though, did concede the club would sell if a deal was too good to turn down. Numbers "There are obviously players in our squad that we wouldn't like to lose," he added. "We were in a situation last year when Alan Hutton was sold to Tottenham. "We didn't want to lose him but the bid was such that we had to take it from a purely financial sense. You can never say that won't happen again. "We would want to try to keep the group who have been involved in playing on a regular basis together and add to that if we can. "First and foremost, we have to adjust the numbers that we have and that's the group who haven't been taking part in a lot of the games." http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_4738893,00.html The whole Ferguson thing is a bit of a bolt from the blue which hadn't really been spoken about that much but the Bougherra thing we obviously all know about. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 also on sporting life this story now. http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/09/01/03/SOCCER_Newcastle.html 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve 0 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Well lets see if we can move forward and take this offer!! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Ally 0 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Perhaps Ferguson isn't done yet as many seem to proclaim. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maineflyer 0 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 (edited) The one thing everyone agrees on is that the club needs change and selling Ferguson would meet that requirement. In fact, I'd willingly lose one of our better players in Bougherra if that meant we could start rebuilding our midfield at long last. I don't dislike Barry Ferguson but it's time we moved on. PS - the interesting question is whether it's Newcastle or Rangers who are adding Ferguson to the deal???? Edited January 3, 2009 by maineflyer 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascender 352 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I don't have anything personal against Ferguson, he was one of my favourite players before he left, but he's just not playing well enough or showing the leadership we should get from our captain. Regardless of his part in the PLG affair, I don't think its right that he walked straight back in to the team, particularly as he wasn't playing well before he was injured. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I really cant see Ferguson being moved on unless Newcaste throw silly money which Murray accepts. He is the golden boy. He also wont want to make the same mistake by leaving Ibrox twice. However if he left i dont think there would be too many upset people on here, i wouldnt. Anyone realistically at Newcastle worth doing a swap with? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Ally 0 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Obafemi Martins? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascender 352 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 The Ferguson thing will never happen as he's "Mr Rangers". I still think it would be the best for all involved, including him, if he left though. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maineflyer 0 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I wouldn't be too surprised to hear Ferguson was the main target for Newcastle and not Bougherra. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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