Heart set on pace

To the right is the man I want to see in the black and white of Newcastle. Arouna Kone. He tore us apart when we played PSV in preseason and had a major part in all of their attacks. This guy has a real talent and he so fast, I think he'd do the same to any defence in the world. Roeder commented yesterday that so far 'everyone had got it wrong' about the pacey striker we are close to signing which shows there is hope we could be welcoming this star man although its unknown whether he'd leave the Dutch champions. If there is such a thing.

The Ivorian is just one of the names mentioned of my list in the post below. Nicolas Anelka is continually linked with moves away Fenerbahce and part of his game is his pace, Glenn may think he can tame the Frenchmann. Jermain Defoe isn't the world's slowest striker and nor is Klaas Jan Hunterlaar from Holland. Miroslav Klose has a burst of pace and its widely known that our target Obafemi Martins is handy when it comes to acceleration. Hopefully we will see over the next week.

Reports today are saying that Arsenal have offered Newcastle Ashley Cole. These will of course turn out to be false. Even if we have the money to spend on England's first choice left-back, it would be better spent on some strikers. There would probably be enough change leftover for a decent left fullback too.