Emerton Update - Newcastle Need to UP Bid...


By Matthew Jones
June 6 2003

Newcastle United have been told that they need to offer more money for Brett Emerton. A recent bid of £3 Million was not enough to land the player, as Emerton's agent explains... Brett Emerton's agent, Simon Konstantinidis has claimed that Newcastle need to improve thier bid if they wish to land him. A recent Magpie bid of £3 million, falls short of Feyenoord's valuation of the player.

The Dutch club are said to be holding out for £5 million, but whether the Magpies will up their bid is another matter.

"As I understand it the asking price of Feyenoord is still too high and I'm not sure Newcastle are prepared to pay it," said Konstantinidis.

"I have not yet become involved in any talks with Newcastle so it's fair to say that any deal is looking some way off.

"There is certainly no agreement between the two clubs yet, as I understand things.

"There's only 12 months of the player's contract to go and I don't think any club would be prepared to pay the kind of money that Feyenoord are asking.

"It was £8 million last year and now, as I understand it, the asking price is around £5 million."

Birmington City today claimed that they are willing to pay £2.5M for the player.

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