Newcastle are ready to spend £12million on Chelsea winger
Florent Malouda if Stamford Bridge boss Luiz Felipe Scolari signs
Robinho from Real Madrid.
And Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has sanctioned a late transfer
window spree which could bring in Malouda and up to three more
players.
When ex-Chelsea captain Dennis Wise, Newcastle's executive
director (football), approached his former club about Malouda, he
was told that the France star would be allowed to leave only if a
deal for Robinho was completed.
Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon gave conflicting signals
last night, in one breath accusing Robinho of disrespect for trying
to secure a move so close to the start of the Spanish season, and
with the next insisting that Real have no desire to keep players
who want to leave.
Chelsea are believed to have offered about £20m for the Brazil
forward. Newcastle, meanwhile, have also targeted Arsenal defender
Philippe Senderos, Wigan winger Antonio Valencia and the Czech
Republic pair, Michal Kadlec of Sparta Prague and Marek Jankulovski
of AC Milan.