Apaprently he wasn't trying to escape Ruud Gullit when he came back to Toon early: it was for a "minor knee operation". Blimey. Anyway, the Times says that we are signing Craig Bellamy this week, after having been linked with Mpenza and others".

-- Anonymous, July 04, 2000

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Peversely, but entirely normally, the Ronnie says we are actively trying to push through the signing of Mpenze, with Carl Cort being BR's alternate.

They suggest any deal for his third choice, Craig Bellamy, has gone on the back burner - they say that while Bellamy is desperate to play in the PL, prospective buyers are looking for an installment deal because of the serious cruciate knee ligament injury he is recovering from.

Why for once don't we just look at players who haven't suffered a career-threatening injury?

-- Anonymous, July 04, 2000