It’s a world of cold wars in soccer fraternity where every big club seems to be snatching what other clubs remain dreaming of. This is exactly what is being done by Queens Park Rangers to Newcastle who was long eyeing on Marseille’s Loïc Rémy, but at the end of the day, striker signed his contract deal with the Hoops at £8m price tag. Striker is further required to undergo a medical test in England before he could set his journey to Loftus Road. There is one more player under Harry Redknapp’s watchful eyes, i.e., he can also target Rennes midfielder Yann M’Vila in similar fashion. French international has played for his national team seventeen times, but despite his reasonable performances in the ground; he was little used this season. His nonappearance is caused by his last season’s desire to leave the club, and since then, there were many speculations for the striker to leave very soon. In fact, Tottenham Hotspur’s manager has since been in talk with Rémy for his probable makeshift, but the fees asked by him that time was not in Spurs favor.
This time, Redknapp himself traveled a long way to French to have a look at the player and probably sign a contract deal, but at a reduced price than what he had asked from Tottenham Hotspur, and he succeeded in signing him at much discounted £8m figure.
Actually, whatever happened was not less than a Hollywood script, coz Newcastle have almost signed the player at his demanded figure and even they have discussed all the terms with club, player, and his representative, but all of a sudden, QPR came into the play and places its own bid, something undisclosed happened in the backdrop, and player’s representative along with Marseille’s officials flew to London to finalize the deal with QPR and it concluded in a dramatic way. It is a major blow for Newcastle manager who had a dream to see Rémy plays for Toon Army. Anyways, it is not the end of the world for Alan Pardew, coz he can always look around to find an alternative target.
Performance wise, Newcastle, who has lost 11 out of 15 past played matches, is now eyeing on his winger Hatem Ben Arfa who is going through his torn hamstring and getting treated at Clairefontaine. Overall, it is all about how imposingly you place your bid for a player and only then a club can dream of signing someone who is in the eyes of other clubs too.