The South African consortium interested in buying Newcastle United from Mike Ashley have today tabled a bid of £300 million for the club. Current owner, Ashley has also received an offer from a Nigerian consortium for the club and as much as six other parties are also said to be interested in purchasing the club.

Since lowering his asking price earlier this week to £300 million, Ashley now seems to be getting a lot more interest but how much will he eventually let the club go for. The South African consortium is made up of five people who claim they are keen to bring Kevin Keegan back for a third spell at the club and are willing to offer him a 5% stake in the club as an incentive.

I think it would be fantastic if this deal went through. Obviously we don’t know a great deal about the consortium but already they have made their intentions clear, they want the King back at St James’ Park and that would be enough for most Magpies fans. It is clear that the Newcastle squad is in serious need of investment and maybe now they may able to get this from the South Africans.

Liverpool defender Daniel Agger may be on his way to Real Madrid after it was rumoured that the Spanish giants were looking for a long-term replacement to defender Fabio Cannavaro. With Agger struggling for first-team football at Anfield, Madrid are thought to be monitoring the situation with a possible £10 million bid being touted.

The Danish international has fallen down the pecking order at the Merseyside club and he is understood to be growing increasingly frustrated. It was claimed that Agger had a bit of a bust-up with Reds manager Rafa Benitez following the side’s Champions League qualifying victory over Standard Liege last month.

Agger, 23, has only made two appearances for Liverpool this season and he may be tempted by first-team football at the Bernabeu. I would not be one bit surprised to see Agger leave Anfield come the January transfer window. I think a move to Real could well be possible however I wouldn’t be surprised to see several other clubs make offers for the Big Dane.

Source : Footy Latest

Barcelona midfielder Yaya Toure has today admitted he turned down a move to Premier League giants Arsenal.

The brother of Arsenal defender Kolo has today claimed both Arsene Wenger and his brother were trying to persuade him to move to England and sign for the Gunners but Yaya wasn’t interested.

The 25-year old has been at the Camp Nou for two years now since joining from French side AS Monaco.

He was seen by many as a perfect replacement for the former Gunners holding midfield player Matthieu Flamini who joined AC Milan this summer. “Both Wenger and my brother told me in the summer that I should join Arsenal, but I told them that I am very happy at Barcelona,” he said on RAC-1 radio.

I personally am a big fan of the Ivorian international. He plays in, what many people call, the Claude Makelele role just in front of the defence and I think he would of been a real hit at the Emirates.