Newcastle on the trail of £19.2 million Belgian?

Some rather fanciful transfer news now as it has emerged that NUFC are mulling over making a bid of around £19.2 million for Belgian Wonderkid, Romelu Lukaku.

Two words: No chance!

Whilst, at 17-years-old, Lukaku would no doubt fit in with this 'building for the future' gig that we've got going on at the moment, I really can't see one of Europe's hottest prospects - a prospect that has been coveted by teams such as Chelsea an AC Milan - turning up at St James' Park with a ball underneath his arm.

In fact I can't see Newcastle spending nigh on £20 million on any individual player for the forseeable. This doesn't really bother me as long as we continue progressing on the pitch. If we can do that by signing free agents it wouldn't concern me one bit, unlike some who seem to be clamouring for the club to spend a fortune again. All that matters to me is that the team and squad improve.

So where does this latest link come from? The Metro. The very same paper that has linked us with Emmanuel Adebayor over the last few days. I'm struggling to get the point to be honest. Are they trying to play on our deluded reputation? From where I'm sitting it is they who are coming across as the deluded ones!

I have no doubt that much of our business will be done cloak and dagger style over the summer, as it has been over the last couple of windows. There may well be some tentative rumours from 'sources' and in the press, and some of them may turn out to be correct, but many of them will be incorrect, much like this one to be fair.

It doesn't stop us speculating though as most of us love to discuss the various merits of a particular player before rubbishing them. It's nice to dream eh?

As we are speculating transfer news I may aswell reveal that I've decided on a date to start my big database of transfer links over the summer, and I've kind of fudged a way of doing it to give you as much information as possible including dates, links, sources and so on. The date it starts will be Monday, 30th May.

I'm hoping that it will turn into a kind of reference tool for people, although my main motivation is to see just how much rubbish is spouted about us over the summer. I'm guessing it will be quite a lot...

So back to Lukaku, it would be absolutely superb if it ever came off, but I can't see it to be honest. Mind you, the lad does want guaranteed first-team football and would more than likely be able to be sold on for profit so I can see some business sense behind it.

On the flipside of that though, you could also view it as a huge gamble. It would be like laying all of your eggs in one basket, or betting all of your money on red.

Unfortunately for those who would like to see a big money move in the summer, I feel that we will be spread-betting in the transfer market and laying little amounts here and there on the Roulette table that is the transfer window.

Ah well, keep the faith I guess.