With the hands of time ticking towards the last day of the month, transfer deadline day to you and I, Newcastle are still tracking a much needed striker to both score goals and attempt to fill the shoes of Alan Shearer.
Les Ferdinand recently told the Chronicle that United can search “the world and even the universe� to find the man to replace Shearer and they could still fail.
Sir Les of course is spot on. But we still need to find somebody and quickly.
I’m sure that most fans are becoming anxious as other clubs around Europe, most recently Inter Milan who snapped up Zlatan Ibrahimovic yesterday, boost their striking options.
But at the same time they may appreciate the calm approach of Glenn Roeder in the transfer market - a man who seems determined to sign somebody right for Newcastle United.
Ruud van Nistelrooy was probably one of those names that Roeder would loved to have signed but some of targets that have been mentioned have so far proved to be wide of the mark.
Dirk Kuyt, Francesco Tavano, Ronaldo, Jermaine Defoe, Juan Pablo Angel, James Beattie, Nicolas Anelka, Marlon Harewood and even little James Brown at Hartlepool have all been mentioned by various media sources and a hat full of others - but still we wait.
Some of the above have moved on, some remain in limbo.
The latest name to come our way is that of Obafemi Martins of Inter Milan - one of the fastest players in Europe no less!
But would the Nigerian be enough to satisfy the fans?
Shola Ameobi, who has been in good form in pre-season, cannot do the job alone and Albert Luque has much to prove regardless of whether your bottle of San Miguel is half full or half empty!
And when Shola went down in a heap last night against Ventspils, my heart sank - where would be without him at the minute?
It can’t be easy finding somebody who is going to do a Shearer, can it?
But then again it is a mission that has to be successful.
Roeder though has told us United are very close to signing two or three players within the next 10 days.
In that case I’m counting those days down like a kid at Christmas.
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