Cheick Tiote (Newcastle United)

Liverpool join chase for Toon star

Published 23:01 17/12/11
By Brian McNally

Liverpool have joined the chase for Newcastle’s £25million-rated ­midfielder Cheick Tiote.

Kenny Dalglish sent a scouting mission to St James’ Park yesterday as the Ivorian, 25, played his first game since October 22, against ­Swansea.

Chelsea are favourites to land him, but Liverpool have now entered a chase that also includes ­Manchester United.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/transfer-news/Liverpool-join-chase-for-Newcastle-star-Cheick-Tiote-article844200.html

£25M

If we pay £25M for Tiote, I'll start to believe Comolli's mission is to make Newcastle the richest club in England

I would love him here.

One of the best midfield players in the league and could be just the player we need after Lucas injury.

I'd love him here, but 25 million?
F**k off!

Pay a 3rd of the price and get Diame in.

Been injured for quite a while now + he goes off to the African cup of nations for a month.

Might be worth a punt in Summer, but they're talking about ridiculous money there

I'd take him, Cabaye and Ba for 25 million

Been injured for quite a while now + he goes off to the African cup of nations for a month.

Might be worth a punt in Summer, but they're talking about ridiculous money there

I forgot about the Nations Cup.

No thanks.

Off to African Cup of Nations probably soon and Lucas is better than him anyway so he won't play when he's fit.

Good player though.

We"ll have to employ a witch doctor if he signs.

25 million is a piss take. Surely to Jaysus we learnt our lesson with Carroll. They bought tiote for three and a half million last season. The lad at max is worth ten million

25 million is a piss take. Surely to Jaysus we learnt our lesson with Carroll. They bought tiote for three and a half million last season. The lad at max is worth ten million

Mike Ashley can hold on to him Corbs, Macred is gone crazy thrown up every name he hears.

Mike Ashley can hold on to him Corbs, Macred is gone crazy, throwing up every name he hears aggregates from the oh-so reliable 'media'.

Corrected.   

Joke 25 million for a player that cost 3 million a year ago,F**k off Newcastle as said above he will be off to the African cup so no chance!!

£25M

If we pay £25M for Tiote, I'll start to believe Comolli's mission is to make Newcastle the richest club in England

Nice one.

And yea not a hope of 25mill you can get 95% of noteworthy players in his position for that, and he's not better than a lot of them.

Good player but not worth that money.

A couple of folks on RAWK with supposed sources say we are looking at Tiote:

"We're apparently close to agreeing a £14m fee (rising to £22m with add ons) for Tiote from Newcastle, we want it wrapped up before he heads off to the African Cup of nations. Also spoke to scott about it who says he hasn't heard anything but he does know that we're looking at Tiote"

If he's off to the African tourney for Ivory Coast, we wouldn't be able to use him as a Lucas replacement until afterward. 

Anyone here heard anything reliable? 

To be fair mate.

These are just a couple of so called "in the knows", where hundreds of bullshitters claim to be one but in  fact they know nothing more then us and make up bullshit for attention.

I really wouldn't listen too heartily to what anyone who claims to have inside information about our transfer dealings.

It's most likely to be fantasy mate.

Well the reason I brought it up is because RAWK mods allows unlocked transfer threads about specific players once every lunar eclipse, and they're allowing Tiote's. So perhaps there's some truth to it.  Scott has been credible on a couple of items in the past.

Just wanted to put the feelers out. 

As much as I think he's a decent player, that's such a ridiculous price, I refuse to believe he's the best we can find for that sum

As much as I think he's a decent player, that's such a ridiculous price, I refuse to believe he's the best we can find for that sum

In that price range, we could probably get Yann M'Vila.

In that price range, we could probably get Yann M'Vila.

Don't watch much of the French league in all honesty but he seems to be a better option

Don't rate the lad. Just goes around fouling every f**ker in sight.