Premiership Trio line up Kanouté Bid

Newcastle, Portsmouth and Bolton are all keen on bringing Sevilla striker Fredi Kanoute back to the Premiership.

The 29-year-old wants to quit La Liga after two years in Spain and his agent Christophe Magoui told BBC Sport Kanoute wants to move back to England.

Magoui said: "We have interest from the three Premiership clubs but have not had a firm bid from any as of yet.

"But Fredi wants to leave Sevilla and his first choice destination in England and the Premiership."

Kanoute left England in August 2005 after successful spells with West Ham and Tottenham.

He struggled at first in Spain but has just enjoyed a fabulous season at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, scoring 21 goals in the league as Sevilla finished third and retained the Uefa Cup.

Magoui says Kanoute will not stay in Spain and could link up with his former Hammers boss Harry Redknapp at Portsmouth.

"Would Fredi want to link up again with Harry? Sure, why not?" added Magoui.

"No clubs in Spain have registered any interest in Fredi but he has made up his mind that he wants to return to England anyway.

"The cost to sign Fredi will be £6.7m, but so far it is just interest."

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Bolton IMO do not need a striker, unless of course they have plans to sell Anelka.

The same is also true of Newcastle - it would make the signing of Viduka somewhat obsolete.

Pompey definately need someone like Kanouté though, although for £6.5m, I'm surprised that Liverpool aren't interested - just for a stop gap until they could possibly sign Villa next summer.

Is this also somewaht bizarre? that he wants to leave Sevilla I mean And he seems to be finding La Liga a breeze! Maybe he wants a new challenge, though to quit just before playing in the CL with Sevilla seems a bad decision in my books

Sevilla is very beautiful town! And the football is better there as well!!! Why would he leave!!! That would be retarded.

And Bolton!!! How dare a team like Bolton to show interest in him, its insulting for Kanoute, I hate Bolton.

Fey wrote:Sevilla is very beautiful town! And the football is better there as well!!! Why would he leave!!! That would be retarded.

And Bolton!!! How dare a team like Bolton to show interest in him, its insulting for Kanoute, I hate Bolton.

Of the three interested teams Bolton have actually shown the most consistency over the last three or so seasons.

I just saw that apparently Juventus want to buy Martins so maybe Newcastle plan on moving Martins on and bringing in Kanouté - would seem a ridiculous move though.

Bolton may well switch to a flat 4-4-2 under Lee: an anelka-Kanoute partnership on paper, looks frigging sweet!

If Owen or Martins leave, a striker does make sense. Also Big Sam does like a big striker.

Kanoute -- Viduka -- Owen/Martins would be excellent.


Though it'd mean not buying Smith.

Kanouté would be so fucking good, then we could drop Anelka into midfield!!!

Kanoute would be a great signing for the bigger clubs like liverpool, manu etc especially for 6.7 Million so why are only newcastle, bolton and portsmouth interested.

torres for 25 million or kanoute for 7 million?

@FF

Why would you want to drop Anelka into midfield?

@ parky

I can't see allardyce playing 4-3-3 with this Newcastle squad - Owen is horribly unsuited to it and Kanouté would have to play the same role as Viduka is he is to be fully effective.

Tweedle wrote:@FF

Why would you want to drop Anelka into midfield?

@ parky

I can't see allardyce playing 4-3-3 with this Newcastle squad - Owen is horribly unsuited to it and Kanouté would have to play the same role as Viduka is he is to be fully effective.

Still be 4-4-2, just they would be rotated.

Tweedle wrote:@FF

Why would you want to drop Anelka into midfield?

Because I think he'd be awesome there, if we could play him in a Zidane like role. And nobody could accuse us of being boring if we play this:


-------------Teymourian---Diagne-Faye
---------------------Anelka

-------Diouf---------Davies-------Kanouté



That would just rip apart any defence. PLease let Leee have this brainwave.

You're fucking mad FF!

Has anelka EVER played there?!

He's famously lazy and pretty selfish to boot, it would be a disaster!

He can come back to us, he always said he'd like to.

Come on Curbs get in there for him!

Tweedle wrote:You're fucking mad FF!

Has anelka EVER played there?!

He's famously lazy and pretty selfish to boot, it would be a disaster!

Indeed he's mad, what's more he's dropped their captain from midfield...

theflyingfrenchman wrote:

Tweedle wrote:@FF

Why would you want to drop Anelka into midfield?

Because I think he'd be awesome there, if we could play him in a Zidane like role. And nobody could accuse us of being boring if we play this:


-------------Teymourian---Diagne-Faye
---------------------Anelka

-------Diouf---------Davies-------Kanouté



That would just rip apart any defence. PLease let Leee have this brainwave.

don't forget about cisse FF

kanoute out
ramos out

=

alves to liverpool

Kanoute>Henry

Tweedle wrote:You're fucking mad FF!

Has anelka EVER played there?!

He's famously lazy and pretty selfish to boot, it would be a disaster!

He's got the vision and the skill to play there. I'd be proved right.

ballack wrote:Kanoute>Henry

@ what ???

COTR wrote:

ballack wrote:Kanoute>Henry

@ what ???

My name's ballack, not 'what ???'

Kanoute has more goals in finals and has shown his talent in a wider range of leagues. Ergo, he's better. Henry has never been particularly good outside of home games for Arsenal against poor EPL opposition. International record is mediocre, European record is uninspiring, has no goals in finals, etc. etc.


You must know the drill by now.

MOTM in Euro 2000 final.

So there, he has performed once.

theflyingfrenchman wrote:MOTM in Euro 2000 final.

So there, he has performed once.

Two words - Tony Yeboah...

Season Apps Goals
France
1997-98 9 3
1998-99 2 -
1999-00 10 5
2000-01 8 2
2001-02 9 2
2002-03 13 10
2003-04 12 5
2004-05 8 2
2005-06 13* 8
Total 91 39



hardly terrible is it

Two goals away from equaling Michel Platini's all time French goalscoring record.

Getting back to the topic, I think Kanoute would make a brilliant signing for all the Englsih sides listed above, particulary Newcastle who could do with an extra option upfront, Martins and Owen as short but very quick and direct whilst Viduka is more of a player that can link up the play. It is only press talk and I can't see why he would give up Champions League football, after all he has never experienced it.

COTR wrote:Season Apps Goals
France
1997-98 9 3
1998-99 2 -
1999-00 10 5
2000-01 8 2
2001-02 9 2
2002-03 13 10
2003-04 12 5
2004-05 8 2
2005-06 13* 8
Total 91 39



hardly terrible is it

I said it was mediocre - how many of those goals came against teams like Saudi Arabia or San Marino? How many of them came in international tournament knock-out games?

Keep trying, Cotter, but you won't win this one.

Cesc wrote:

Two goals away from equaling Michel Platini's all time French goalscoring record.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - if anyone can argue for Henry being an amazing player WITHOUT resorting to statistics then I'll be very impressed.

Every day we're linked to strikers, Kanoute, Diouf, Anelka, Smith, Bellamy, Rigters, Babel. Despite Sam saying that he is happy with his strikeforce and is now looking at defenders.

Cesc wrote:

Two goals away from equaling Michel Platini's all time French goalscoring record.

Getting back to the topic, I think Kanoute would make a brilliant signing for all the Englsih sides listed above, particulary Newcastle who could do with an extra option upfront, Martins and Owen as short but very quick and direct whilst Viduka is more of a player that can link up the play. It is only press talk and I can't see why he would give up Champions League football, after all he has never experienced it.

Viduka/Ameobi/Carroll
Martins/Owen/Dyer

Do we really need more options upfront.

ballack wrote:

Kanoute has more goals in finals and has shown his talent in a wider range of leagues. Ergo, he's better. Henry has never been particularly good outside of home games for Arsenal against poor EPL opposition. International record is mediocre, European record is uninspiring, has no goals in finals, etc. etc.


You must know the drill by now.

So over 30 international goals in mediocre and now fourth highest top scorer in the CL is mediocre as well.

Henry showed his talent at Monaco - he even managed 7 goals in 8 CL games there, as a left winger.

Kanouté has never shown anything like the ability of Henry and he's never scored anything like the amount of goals

ballack wrote: I've said it before and I'll say it again - if anyone can argue for Henry being an amazing player WITHOUT resorting to statistics then I'll be very impressed.

Well you started using statistics to say that he wasn't.

But since you ask -

I don't care what the statistics say Henry is an amazing player.

You may record how impressed you are at your leisure.

Tweedle wrote:

ballack wrote:

Kanoute has more goals in finals and has shown his talent in a wider range of leagues. Ergo, he's better. Henry has never been particularly good outside of home games for Arsenal against poor EPL opposition. International record is mediocre, European record is uninspiring, has no goals in finals, etc. etc.


You must know the drill by now.

So over 30 international goals in mediocre and now fourth highest top scorer in the CL is mediocre as well.

Me, already wrote:I said it was mediocre - how many of those goals came against teams like Saudi Arabia or San Marino? How many of them came in international tournament knock-out games?

Try answering the fucking counter-argument rather than just repeating your own position over and over and over and over and over and over.

One is called debate. The other is called a child sticking their fingers in their ears and shouting 'LALALALALALALA'

Henry showed his talent at Monaco - he even managed 7 goals in 8 CL games there, as a left winger.

Kanouté has never shown anything like the ability of Henry and he's never scored anything like the amount of goals

me, already wrote:I've said it before and I'll say it again - if anyone can argue for Henry being an amazing player WITHOUT resorting to statistics then I'll be very impressed.

Despite that, Henry's record reads 7 finals, 0 goals. Even Rooney has a better record than that...

Tweedle wrote:

ballack wrote:

Kanoute has more goals in finals and has shown his talent in a wider range of leagues. Ergo, he's better. Henry has never been particularly good outside of home games for Arsenal against poor EPL opposition. International record is mediocre, European record is uninspiring, has no goals in finals, etc. etc.


You must know the drill by now.

So over 30 international goals in mediocre and now fourth highest top scorer in the CL is mediocre as well.

Henry showed his talent at Monaco - he even managed 7 goals in 8 CL games there, as a left winger.

Kanouté has never shown anything like the ability of Henry and he's never scored anything like the amount of goals

Kanouté waited until he was 25 to declare himself for Mali, hoping all the time for a France call up that never came. And it never came because he isn't as good as Henry, Or Trezeguet, or Saha or Anelka.

Roger Hunt wrote:

ballack wrote: I've said it before and I'll say it again - if anyone can argue for Henry being an amazing player WITHOUT resorting to statistics then I'll be very impressed.

Well you started using statistics to say that he wasn't.

Yeah, I 'started' this whole debate, didn't I?

The point is that I have made NUMEROUS criticisms of Henry that aren't based on stats, yet the ONLY argument in favour of his reputation is statistical.

But since you ask -

I don't care what the statistics say Henry is an amazing player.

You may record how impressed you are at your leisure.

One assertion isn't an argument. You may embarass yourself again at your leisure...