Yes it's a terrible headline. Newcastle announced today that they have agreed a deal with Spurs for Stephen Carr. We have been linked with several world class right backs over the summer, and now we've bought Carr. To be fair he's an international but many fans, myself included to some extent, will be disappointed that he's hardly a name on the world stage. He is better than what we have however (no offense to Hughes but he never has looked a right back). And �2 million seems quite a fair price. It doesn't give the impression that our defence is suddenly going to be so much tighter though, which is what we wanted.
The dealing for the summer seems to be done. We've brought in a couple of world class names, but both Kluivert and Butt can hardly be described as in form. Will it move us forward (or rather upward)? It gives us a fighting chance of fourth place, but it would be a surprise to everyone if it got us any higher. Sadly yet again our best chance of actually winning anything seems the semi-lottery of a cup, competitions we notoriously trip over in.
The season is less than a week away (assuming enough players are free of the conjunctivitis symptoms in time for kick off). Haway the lads.
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