Source: Northern_Echo
Gosling agrees to Newcastle United transfer
DAN GOSLING has agreed to join Newcastle United, but the midfielder's future might not be formally resolved for another two weeks.[LNB] Having talked to at least four Premier League clubs in the last seven days, Gosling has verbally agreed to move to St James' Park.[LNB] The England Under-21 international, who is currently nursing a cruciate injury that will sideline him until late November at the earliest, held face-to-face talks in the North-East last Friday.[LNB] Newcastle officials have offered him a four-year deal worth around £25,000-a-week, and despite competing interest from Bolton, West Ham and Sunderland, Gosling has expressed a desire to join the Magpies.[LNB] However, his move to Tyneside is complicated by the events that led to him becoming a free agent at the end of last month.[LNB] Gosling's former employers, Everton, verbally offered him a new deal, but failed to table a written offer before a Premier League deadline expired.[LNB] As a result, a Premier League tribunal ruled that Gosling was entitled to a free transfer once his previous contract at Goodison Park expired.[LNB] Everton have 14 days from last Friday in which to appeal against the ruling, and while they have not yet done so, the Merseyside club are expected to lodge a formal appeal with the Premier League.[LNB] If that appeal was to be upheld, Newcastle would have to pay compensation in order to secure Gosling's services, and given the midfielder's record with the England Under-21 side, that bill would almost certainly exceed the £1m mark.[LNB] Everton paid £2m to sign Gosling from Plymouth Argyle in January 2008, and the youngster has subsequently scored six goals in 37 senior appearances for David Moyes' side.[LNB] Newcastle are understood to have pledged to carry through their commitment to sign Gosling, even if a Premier League appeal committee was to rule in Everton's favour, but they may be unable to confirm the 20-yearold's arrival until the situation is resolved.[LNB] Despite technically being a free agent, Gosling's player registration forms have not yet passed to St James' Park.[LNB] Chris Hughton has been monitoring the situation closely, despite spending last weekend in Ireland at Newcastle's Carton House training camp.[LNB] The Magpies are due to return to England on Thursday, before playing their opening pre-season game at Carlisle United on Saturday.[LNB] Hughton is expected to include a number of youngsters in his line-up at Brunton Park, with the likes of Haris Vuckic, Fraser Forster, Phil Airey, Stephen Folan and Kazenga Lua Lua all having worked with the senior squad this week.[LNB] Vuckic, in particular, is expected to feature in the first team next season, and Hughton is hoping the highly- rated Slovenian is not the only young player to step up to the next level.[LNB] Haris has trained with the first team and will do so again next season, said the Newcastle boss. We'll be seeing more of him.[LNB] Then you have a batch of players who were successful in the FA Youth Cup and are now part of what we call the development squad the link between the Academy and first team.[LNB] They'll be based with us at the first-team base. We value them very highly, but do I see them coming into the first team soon That will be up to them.[LNB] Former Newcastle favourite Nolberto Solano has signed a one-year deal with Championship side Hull City.[LNB]
