Emre Picks........ From man u , arsenal, Everton and Newcastle Inter Milan's Turkish international midfielder Emre has confirmed to the media in his native Istanbul that he has agreed to become a Newcastle player - more on this to follow....
Inter Milan's Turkish international midfielder Emre has confirmed to the media in his native Turkey that he has agreed to become a Newcastle player. Istanbul-based daily newspaper Hurriyet carried quotes on Friday from the player under a headline of: "Emre Newcastle' da" in which the 24 year-old said: "I'm very happy. I'll be joining a big club with tradition." Another newspaper Sabah also carried the same story under a headline of "Adali Emre" or Island Emre - a reference to his moving to the British Isles. The player also confirmed that he'd met former Galatasary boss Souness in Istanbul to seal the deal and had turned down an offer from Fenerbache, as he didn't want to return to his homeland at this stage in his football career.
As do Boro. But we tend to go for players who don't charge extortionate wages. Javier Saviola, hopefully coming to the Riverside on a free ... £40k a week, and he'd run rings round Emre.
Newcastle have won 4 Championships, 2 Second Division Titles, 6 FA Cups, 2 Charity Shields, 1 European Trophy (Fairs/UEFA Cup) and 2 FA Youth Cups among other trophies - making it 25 pieces of Silver all in all.
Emre was one of the worlds best young players a couple of years ago then signed for one of Italy's big guns and rotted in the reserves. Italian reserves are where the great buys are to found, Italian teams are under immense pressure to succeed, so much so that players don't get a second "bad game" they are dumped immediately... far too harshly in a lot of cases. Veira, Henery and too some extent Berkamp where seen as not good enough in Serie A. Emre is handled correctly and given confidence to play could turn into one of the worlds best players again. A gamble yes but a worthwhile one IMO. Well done Souey.