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Ashley was willing to smash Newcastle wage cap for Spurs ace Keane

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Mon, 09/06/2010 - 12:25

Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley was ready to smash the club’s new rigid pay structure to bring Tottenham striker Robbie Keane to St James’ Park on a season’s loan.

Newcastle still have several £60,000-a- week men in their squad from the previous regime but Ashley has installed a strict new wage policy with a limit of £30,000, says the People.

The £45,000-a-week they offered to local favourite Taylor to try and persuade him to stay on at the club was a very rare example of that policy being broken.

It is believed that Ashley was ready to make up the difference to secure Keane but in the end the Republic of Ireland skipper decided to stay at White Hart Lane – he also turned down Turkish outfit Besiktas after an £9million fee was agreed.

 
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Comments (2)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 09/07/2010 - 02:54.

IM GLAD WE DID NOT GET HIM,WE DONT NEED ANY MERCENARYS

Submitted by Cyprus-Toon (not verified) on Mon, 09/06/2010 - 13:27.

And the People are in the know about the official wage cap, which hasn't been published anywhere, not even on the 'Official' website but for some strange reason, journo's at The People know that we have a £30k/week wage cap yeah.... mmmmm

This story & that both smell of bull!!!

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