It has today been rumoured that Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce is set to make January moves for out of favour Villareal star Juan Roman Riquelme and Russian captain Andrei Arshavin. Riquelme has fallen out with Villareal boss and has hardly played any first team football this season and is almost certain to leave the Spanish side come January.Riqueleme has been linked with many Premier League sides in recent months including Man City and Tottenham but Newcastle are set to challenge for the players signature. Arshavin's domestic season ends at the weekend and has said that he may leave his club, Zenit St. Petersburg if they win the title.
Both are very attacking players with Riqueleme an attacking midfielder and Arshavin is a striker. The talk is that Newcastle will have to cough up £8 million for both players and that sounds like reasonable value to me. Newcastle have in my view struggled up front this season and with the unpredictability of Michael Owen (injuries) and the lack of pace from Mark Viduka I'm not surprised Allardyce is showing interest in attacking players.
