Newcastle Ins/ Outs

INS:
Davide Santon (Inter Milan, £5m)
Yohan Cabaye (Lille, £4m)
Gabriel Obertan (Man Utd, £3m)
Mehdi Abeid (Lens, free)
Sylvain Marveaux (Rennes, free)
Demba Ba (West Ham, free)
OUTS:
Jose Enrique (Liverpool, £6m)
Kevin Nolan (West Ham, £4.5m)
Wayne Routledge (Swansea, £2m)
Joey Barton (QPR, free)
Ben Tozer (Northampton, free)
LOANS: Kazenga Lua Lua (Brighton), Fraser Forster (Celtic).

Expected Starting XI
                                    Krul
Simpson            Taylor           Coloccini         R.Taylor
                           Tiote             Cabaye
Ben Arfa                                                         Gutierrez
                           Ba                  Ameobi

Subs: Harper, Santon, Marveaux, Perch, Smith,Obertan, Best

Prediction: 11th
Top Scorer: Demba Ba
Top Player: Cheik Tiote

Newcastle have lost some BIG players over the summer in the likes of Nolan, Barton and Enrique. Looking at their squad they have struggled to attract some big names however Alan Pardew has done a magnificent job up there. A low budget squad but like Fulham, Everton and West Brom there is a special togetherness and a fully functioning team that gel's brilliantly. A more physical side that does have a lot of potential and with players like Ben Arfa coming back from injury there is no reason why they can't aim for top half.

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