回帖︰轉會窗仲有三日，路達話要三日簽多三個球員
ROEDER: I WANT THREE MORE PLAYERS
By Dylan Younger
Date: 28/8/2006
GLENN ROEDER is looking to sign three players in three days for Newcastle. The United boss - honest enough to admit that his team's display in a 2-0 defeat at Aston Villa yesterday was simply not good enough - is determined to strengthen again.
Good news at least came with the revelation that £10 million new boy Obafemi Martins - stretchered off in the second half at Villa Park - has merely suffered a dead leg.
And Roeder, who has not ruled out a loan deal on another striker, insists there will be more positive bulletins on the transfer market for the Toon Army ahead of Thursday's transfer deadline.
He said: "With Jean-Alain Boumsong having left the club, that's an area of the team that I hope we can strengthen before Thursday," he said. "We're working on a couple of options as we speak.
"We still need to strengthen the squad a bit more before the window closes and, if I can get what I want, I will be happy to attack the rest of the season with this squad.
"If I can get the three players I want, I will take my chances and be very pleased. Until the ink dries on a contract, you never know, but I think we are in pole position with them."
Meanwhile, a striker partner for Martins is also on the shopping list, with doubts remaining over Shola Ameobi's long-term hip problem.
"I can see he needs a special striker to play alongside him, someone with a physical presence to help him," said Roeder.
"We didn't create opportunities for him and he didn't get the chance to open up and really show his pace.
"Having seen him on the training ground, I think he is the quickest player I have ever worked with."
Wayne Bridge, Robert Huth and Thomas Gravesen remain on the shopping list - but the latter is also attracting strong interest from four other clubs, including Celtic.
As for Martins' injury, Roeder insists it will not prevent him lining up for the Magpies in their next Premiership match, at home to Fulham on September 9.
"Oba has suffered a dead leg," said the United boss.
"It's quite a heavy dead leg, it has bled into the muscle, he took a nasty smack on it. I was very concerned when the stretcher came on, I thought it might be a really nasty injury.
"Thankfully it's not and I expect him to be fit for the game against Fulham. It's a let-off."