Newcastle United transfers
Barton, who'll miss the start of the season, captained the side at Brunton Park — which might send shivers down the spines of traditionalists at St James’ Park. “I was very pleased with him,” Sam Allardyce said. “He is going to drag the rest of the players up to his standard.”
IN:
Paul Huntington (Leeds, Undisclosed)
Abdoulaye Faye (Bolton, Undisclosed),
Habib Beye (Marseille, Undisclosed)
Alan Smith (Manchester United, £6m), Claudio Cacapa (Lyon, free), Jose Enrique (Villarreal, £6.3m), M Viduka (Middlesbrough, free), J Barton (Manchester City, £5.8m), D Rozehnal (Paris Saint-Germain, £2.9m), Gérémi (Chelsea, free)
OUT:
Nolberto Solano (West Ham, Undisclosed),
Kieron Dyer (West Ham, £6m), Andy Carroll (Preston, Loan), S Parker (West Ham United, £7m), A O’Brien (Hibernian, tribunal), T Bramble (Wigan Athletic, free), A Sibierski (Wigan Athletic, free), O Onyewu (Standard Liãge, end of loan), C Moore, O Bernard and P Srnicek (all released).
