Newcastle & Middlesbrough go head to head

[boro_boy]

Skysports.com can reveal that Middlesbrough and Newcastle are set for a fresh transfer battle as they both head the race for Gokdeniz Karadeniz.

Recent months have seen the North East rivals go head-to-head for Jonathan Woodgate and Mark Viduka, with each side claiming a success, and they are now preparing for another face-off.

Boro are already in Turkey after sealing the signing of Fenerbahce’s Tuncay Sanli and they are now trying to sign his fellow countryman Karadeniz.

Karadeniz, though, is already on the radar of a number of clubs including Newcastle and manager Sam Allardyce is believed to have made a move for the Trabzonspor winger.

The 27-year-old has spent his whole career with Trabzon and is one of the most highly-rated midfielders in his homeland, and has over 30 international caps to his name.

Skysports.com can now reveal that Boro, Newcastle and Blackburn — who all now have Turkish players in their squad - are keen.

“He wants to go, every player from Turkey wants to test himself and there is no bigger stage than the Premier League,� his agent Serdar Fafal told skysports.com.

“There is interest from Middlesbrough, Newcastle and Blackburn, there are many teams looking at him.

“But he has a contract with Trabzon, so at the moment we will have to see what talks happen.�

I've not heard of him, but any victory over Newcastle is a good one!!

[westboy]

You may have won the battle, but you have to wait to see if he is any good to find out whether you've won the war! (If you get my analogy!)