Nigerian Oba Martins returns to the starting line-up for Newcastle United tonight, following a groin lay-off, and as expected Sebastien Bassong is brought into the side with David Edgar and Xisco both dropping down to the subs bench. The back four will be Geremi, Taylor, Coloccini and Bassong, with Duff Cacapa Butt and N'Zogbia forming [. Click to continue reading...

Sebastien Bassong has looked a good young player, since he was signed in the summer from French club Metz, and he hopes to play as many games a possible for Newcastle this season. Sebastien Bassong - likely to start at left back tomorrow Bassong played alongside Fabricio Coloccini against Coventry in central defense, and looked very accomplished [. Click to continue reading...

Chris Hughton's job as caretaker manager is already being tested by a number of injuries in the Newcastle squad. Chris Hughton - squad challenged by injuries Jonas Gutierrez will return with Fabricio Coloccini from their Argentine duties in Peru, and Jonas' shoulder injury will be assessed today, but it will be a surprise if he can play [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United new 22 year-old striker has revealed that his former team-mate at Deportivo La Coruna team-mate Fabricio Coloccini told him all about Newcastle and Tyneside, before he joined yesterday, on a £5.5M deal. Xisco - glowing report from Coloccini on Newcastle United It seems that Fabricio gave him a glowing report of things on Tyneside as [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United have completed the signing of Spain under-21 striker Francisco "Xisco" Jimenez Tejada. The 22-year-old has penned a five-year deal at St.James' Park and joins from La Liga side Deportivo La Coruna.

Xisco, who will wear the No.19 shirt, joins former Depor team-mate Fabricio Coloccini on Tyneside after the Argentine became the most expensive defender in the club's history last month. Click to continue reading...

As expected, there's going to be a mad, unruly scramble for players today. Quick take on some of the moves and potential moves:

Let's start with Newcastle, since FO were so mean to them last week. The answer to the question posed last week (who is responsible for signing the players?) -- appears to be, not Dennis Wise or Kevin Keegan. Click to continue reading...

In one of the more intriguing contests of the weekend, Arsenal are looking to rebound from a lackluster start to the season. The Gunners struggled to defeat West Brom by a single goal in their opening match and then lost to Fulham at Craven Cottage last week.

Newcastle, meanwhile, are enjoying a fine start to the 2008-09 campaign.

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The Mirror is reporting that Newcastle United, thrilled by the capture of Coloccini and Gutierrez, are now after two 20 year-olds from Argentina. Angel Di Maria - 20 year old Newcastle pursuing Argentina won the Olympic Football Gold yesterday and Tony Jimenez has been given the task of going after them. Click to continue reading...

The Mirror is reporting that Newcastle United, thrilled by the capture of Coloccini and Gutierrez, are now after two 20 year-olds from Argentina. Angel Di Maria - 20 year old Newcastle pursuing Argentina won the Olympic Football Gold yesterday and Tony Jimenez has been given the task of going after them. Click to continue reading...

Jonas Gutierrez is on his way back to Newcastle with his team-mate Fabricio Coloccini from the Argentine game against Belarus last night, which was played in Minsk, and ended up in a 0-0 draw Jonas Gutierrez - settled in at Newcastle in no time at all SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Gutierrez Settles On Tyneside In No Time At All", url: "http://nufcblog. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United gave a magnificent display of passion and pride, as they fully deserved their point at Old Trafford this afternoon. And two of our new players, Coloccini and Gutierrez were outstanding for the visiting side, as they gave as much as they got in the second half after putting up with an anxious first [. Click to continue reading...

Before the match United fans were presented with the disappointing news that Carlos Tevez was back home in Argentina because of family problems. The bright side, though, was that Wayne Rooney was healthy enough to start. In addition, young Frazier Campbell would get a chance to show how he became Hull's leading scorer last season. Click to continue reading...

Coloccini seems delighted to have finally been signed by Newcastle and he gace another interview yesterday, after penning a five year deal at the Tyneside club.  Coloccini - Italian club was also after him Click to continue reading...

Kevin Keegan has talked about our new signing Fabricio Coloccini as a player of the highest caliber after he became the most expensive defender in Newcastle United's history. Coloccini - player of the highest caliber Click to continue reading...

Kevin Keegan has talked about our new signing Fabricio Coloccini as a player of the highest caliber after he became the most expensive defender in Newcastle United's history. Coloccini - player of the highest caliber The Argentina international has joined the Magpies from Deportivo La Coruna for an undisclosed fee although the club have revealed it is [. Click to continue reading...

Here's 10th to 1st in SSN's preview of the the new EPL season. It even comes with a new added feature [also added retrospectively to yesterday's list]: 'Team Dickhead', just in case you were looking for one person to boo in every team. I was going to name the title 'Team Wanker', but for obvious reason went with 'dickhead' instead. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United have signed Argentina defender Fabricio Coloccini from Deportivo La Coruna for an undisclosed fee. The Argentine international has signed a five-year contract at St James' Park as manager Kevin Keegan continues to strengthen his defence.

Keegan has been expected to capture the 26-year-old, who played every minute for Depor in La Liga in 2007/08, for a number of weeks and has now finally got his man.

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Just as Fabricio Coloccini looks set to join the club, Newcastle United's Senegalese center-back Abdoulaye Faye, has become the subject of a £2M bid. Abdoulaye Faye - is he unsettled on Tyneside? Click to continue reading...

One of our new signings this summer, Jonas Gutierrez, thinks fellow Argentine International Coloccini will be a very good signing for Newcastle United – if we ever get the lad to sign on the dotted line.    Jonas Gutierrez - Coloccini will be very good signing for us Click to continue reading...

Argentinian defender Fabricio Coloccini has reportedly arrived in England, and will be undertaking his medical before signing for the club. Fabricio Coloccini - due to sign any day now for Newcastle Click to continue reading...

Newcastle poised to sign Fabricio Coloccini

Newcastle are poised to complete the signing of central defender Fabricio Coloccini after Deportivo La Coruna accepted a bid of £9.1 million for the Argentinian.

A statement on Depor's website has confirmed the transfer, with the fee rising to £10. Click to continue reading...

Late news tonight on the Deportivo official web-site that target Fabricio Coloccini has indeed signed for Newcastle United. Fabricio Deportive - Deportivo reports he's signed for Newcastle Click to continue reading...

The Evening Chronicle is reporting today that Fabricio Coloccini hopes to fly into Newcastle today and join Newcastle United, as we reported earlier today. Fabricio Coloccini - flying into Newcastle today Click to continue reading...

Argentine defender Fabricio Coloccini is expected to be in Newcastle today, to take his medical before he signs for Newcastle United. Fabricio Coloccini - taking medical today on Tyneside Click to continue reading...

 Newcastle United are set to complete a move for Deportivo La Coruna defender Fabricio Coloccini within the next couple of days, according to the majority of today's news - but that's also been the top news for the last three or four days - so what's taking so long?  Fabricio Coloccini - hopefully will arrive on [. Click to continue reading...

The Sunday Sun is reporting today that Fabricio Coloccini's agent Marcello Lombilla had threatened to report Deportivo President Lendoiro to FIFA, for ruining his player's career. Fabricio Coloccini - Newcastle historic with great manager Click to continue reading...

Bad news today, in that there is a report  that Spurs are now interested in another of Newcastle's transfer targets - Fabricio Coloccini. Coloccini - deadlocked on Newcastle move? Click to continue reading...

Not too much on the transfer market today, as Newcastle still try to bring Coloccini to Tyneside.  Fabricio Coloccini - not too much new news today Click to continue reading...

Setanta Sports is reporting that the agent of Fabricio Coloccini has told Newcastle they will have to look elsewhere for a new defender. Fabricio Coloccini - whoops - sorry Lionel (Messi) Click to continue reading...

The agent of Deportivo La Coruna Argentine star Fabricio Coloccini, has reported today that his player has been offered a move to Newcastle United. Fabricio Collocini - Newcastle have entered formal bid Click to continue reading...

Newcastle are considering a move for Deportivo defender Fabricio Coloccini according to reports in The Independent today.
The 26 year old joined the Spanish outfit in 2004 after spending several seasons on loan away from AC Milan. His international career took off in 2003 when he made his first appearance for Argentina, he has since added 26 more caps to his collection for the South American side. Click to continue reading...

Argentina complete their mini-tour of the United States on Sunday evening with a match against their hosts in New York, but Alfio Basile had on Saturday night still not confirmed either the formation or indeed any of the starting lineup for the match. Basile's expected to experiment and give a few fringe players the chance [. Click to continue reading...

It wasn't all doom and gloom for Argentine representatives against foreign opposition on Wednesday night. The selección kicked off against Mexico in San Diego minutes after the final whistle was blown to end Boca's Copa Libertadores campaign, and made Alfio Basile's experimental 3-4-1-2 look like the most natural system in the world as they blew [. Click to continue reading...

This is the list of 21 players who have been called up for the friendly against Australia, to be played in Melbourne (in the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground) on the 11th of September:

Goalkeepers: Roberto Abbondanzieri (Getafe, Spain), Oscar Ustari (Getafe), Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar, the Netherlands)

Fair enough, given the situation with Carrizo (which I'll touch on below). Click to continue reading...