Another day, another transfer link.....

It was bound to happen, and as sure as night follows day, it has happened.

Newcastle United are being linked with players on a daily basis at the minute, although the unfortunate thing is that the vast majority, if not all, of these links will be rubbish. However there is a semi-purpose in me covering the bases and looking at each bit of gossip as it arrives, and it isn't just to get hits as quite frankly the blog isn't set up for that and remains a relative secret amongst the blogging fraternity. My reasoning is that I would like to count just how many different players we end up being linked with over the next few months.

Step forward Moussa Sow who has today become the latest player that Newcastle are apparently watching. Now it's from the Daily Mail, but whilst you are all baulking and scoffing and getting ready to tell me how full of crap that particular paper is, please bear in mind that the Daily Mail is statistically the most accurate paper for transfer stories. Yes, I was also shocked.

Anyway, it is claimed that Sow is interesting both Sunderland and Newcastle, and we know that the club have scouts in France so this is probably where it has come from. The 25-year-old is the top scorer in the French league at the moment having scored 17 goals in 26 games so far this season and is currently valued at around £7 million.

Now I tend to discount most of the rumours that I read in the press, so I'm going to chalk this one off as yet more wild speculation. There does seem to be an overwhelming French theme developing with regard to inbound transfer links though, so could a bit of Gallic flair, in some form or other, actually be on the cards after all?

Possibly, but whether or not it is this particular player remains to be seen. He seems to have had a good season, but looking at the stats it would appear that this has been his only good season to date. He was signed by Lille last summer on a free transfer after scoring only 18 goals in 102 appearances for his previous two clubs. That doesn't fill me with confidence to be honest.

What do you reckon?