The rumors that circulate during the transfer window can go from the predictable to the ridiculous, but a move has actually been pre-empted in some circles.
If you read the profile of Daniel Sturridge on Wikipedia, it reads that he is, “an English footballer who plays for Newcastle United FC”. Wikipedia is infamously unreliable and is discredited as a source of information, but is this a sign of things to come. The Geordie faithful, including yours truly, have been angered at how little the £35 million funds off the back of Andy Carrol has not seen any big signings. Cabaye, Marveux and Demba Ba show intent at best, but where is this ten-million-plus signing going to come from. If Sturridge was to sign, it would only be on loan, but the potential for the future is seriously significant.
On loan at Bolton last year, he was not given regular first team football, despite returning a record greater than one goal a game. With the U21’s crash out of the Europeans this summer, the Chelsea striker hasn’t been in the limelight as much as he would have wanted, but a move to Newcastle would move him from being a small fish in Abramovich’s big pond, to Pardew and Ashley’s smaller, mid-table pond. Is he the twenty-goal-plus striker the Magpies are striving for.
A concluding note, he is said to have the Number ‘9’ shirt at St James’. From Shearer to a loan player…seemingly unlikely.
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