Toon Linked WIth Nedum Onuoha - Player Profile
By Tyne-Talk
May 29 2010
Newcastle United manager Chris Hughton is rumoured to be very keen on signing Manchester City defender Nedum Onuohu. The 23 year old has been tracked by Hughton as well as Sunderland and Aston Villa after giving a critical interview about manager Roberto Mancini and being cast aside as Joleon Lescott and Kolo Toure were brought into the side.
Nigerian born Onuohu is Manchester City's longest serving first team player, having joined the club at thirteen years of age and progressed through the ranks before making his debut in 2004.
Despite being selected for England's under 20's squad followed by selection in the under 21's squad during the 2005/06 season where he has become a regular he hasn't ruled out playing for Nigeria.
Earlier this month the Nigerian Football Federation announced publically that Onuohu had rejected a World Cup call up, causing outrage amongst the nation; however the player himself has justified the rejection by insisting that he would rather become a permanent fixture in a first team before embarking on his national career. This could mean he leaves Manchester City in order to fulfil both his club and career ambitions.
Hughton who is spending on a budget this season to bring his Championship winning side back into Premier League contention, will need to persuade Manchester City to reduce the valuation for Onuohu. Hughton was expected to be looking to spend £3.5M on the defender, but City expect to receive nearer £6-7M.
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17 |
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Quote:Nigerian born Onuoha is Manchester City's longest serving first team player
F00king squad full of mercenaries...
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Could depend on the Taylor saga. We might get more for Taylor than it would cost for him so could bank a little.
Read somewhere that he is not interested in coming here ifg Barton is still playing for us but Im sure thats just the papers stirring it up.
Quote:nathan robinson
If he's available for 3.5mil then we have to go for him, he's a good player with the potential to be a quality defender, though I'd play him at RB not CB.
Defo, he will be better than Simpson, and then we have our back up incase of an injury