Source: Team_Talk
Hughton will not spend silly money
The Magpies were more than interested to learn of striker Jermaine Beckford's decision to hand in a transfer request last week, which was finally confirmed by his club Leeds on Wednesday night.[LNB]That news came just hours after Matthew Kilgallon's agent revealed that the defender, who has also been linked with a move to St James' Park, had decided to stay at Sheffield United.[LNB]With Leeds understood to have rebuffed Newcastle's advances for Beckford to date, manager Hughton indicated his club would not be dragged into a bidding war for the man whose goal dumped Manchester United out of the FA Cup on Sunday.[LNB]Hughton said: "What I have been told is I will be backed very much at board level.[LNB]"But of course what I am conscious of is that any player you bring in has a value and I have to work within the parameters that way. But that's normal and that's the way to do our business."[LNB]Newcastle would prefer to do their business early, but Hughton accepts that may not be possible.[LNB]He said: "The ideal scenario is to get your players in as quickly as you can, but what you find is that over a period of time, players become available who you didn't think were going to be available, and that will always come into the equation as well."[LNB]Asked specifically about Beckford, Hughton said: "There's no doubt he is a good player - that's shown by his goalscoring record and what he has achieved at Leeds.[LNB]"But there are numerous good players who have been linked to us and until something is done or something is confirmed, they are all speculation."[LNB]Hughton, who is also working to retain the services of on-loan Manchester United defender Danny Simpson, also acknowledged his interest in Kilgallon.[LNB]He said: "Yes, he [Kilgallon] would be one of a few players we would have had an interest in.[LNB]"We are still making decisions about which way we are going to go.[LNB]"One thing we have stressed is that we feel we have got a good squad and it is just the additions to the squad we need.[LNB]"We have lost two players we had on loan and we feel we need to replace in those areas, but certainly there won't be a lot of players coming in, it will just be the additions we need to the squad."[LNB]Hughton also confirmed that midfielder Geremi remains a Newcastle player, for the time being at least, after Turkish club Ankaragucu claimed to have signed him earlier this week.[LNB]He said: "We were as surprised as anybody. At this stage, he is still very much a Newcastle United player."[LNB][LNB]
