GLENN Roeder faces a battle to hang on to Obafemi Martins
after Valencia set their sights on Newcastles top scorer. The
Spanish club have targeted the 17-goal striker to replace
£20million-rated David Villa, who is set
to join Liverpool in the summer. 
(Pool beat Chelsea to Villa)?
That would leave Valencia with money to test Newcastles resolve
with a £13m bid for a player Roeder paid £10m for only nine months
ago. Martins has expressed a desire to play in Spain during his
career, and he is certain to be interested in Valencias ability to
offer European football.
Despite speculation over his future, Roeder is planning his summer
recruitment drive and is ready to scrap his transfer policy of
targeting younger players by making a renewed bid for Sol Campbell.
Newcastle missed out on Campbell last summer when he opted to join
Portsmouth, who are desperate to hang on to the former Arsenal
centre-back after his role in helping them to the verge of a UEFA
Cup place this season.
Roeder, though, wants to strengthen his backline by pairing
Campbell, 32, with the highly rated Steven Taylor. He said: I
would like a central defender this side of 26 and an experienced
one over 30 with a big CV and successful playing career.
