Source: Daily_Mail
Werder Bremen use £6.6m of Mesut Ozil funds to hijack Newcastle swoop for Hatem Ben Arfa
Not Arfa bad: The France playmaker has attracted interest from Newcastle and Werder Bremen[LNB]Newcastle look set to miss out on France playmaker Hatem Ben Arfa after Werder Bremen moved to make him their replacement for Mesut Ozil. [LNB]The German side have lodged a £6.6million bid for the Marseille player after bagging £12.5m from Ozil's sale to Real Madrid. [LNB]Unhappy Ben Arfa has gone on strike at the French champions and had been keen on moving to St James' Park, but Bremen's bid is much more attractive to Marseille. [LNB]Newcastle wanted the 23-year-old on a season-long loan and were prepared to pay £650,000 up front, with a view to making the signing permanent for £4.5m next summer. [LNB]The Germans are also offering £70,000 a week to a player who needs to get his career back on track after failing to fulfil the promise that once saw him named the brightest prospect in French football. [LNB]Marseille are also waiting to see if AC Milan formalise their interest. Reports in Italy say that the Serie A giants are prepared to offer Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in exchange for Ben Arfa, which would fulfil Marseille's priority of signing a world class striker. [LNB] Newcastle edge closer to Ben Arfa deal as Marseille omit ace from squadSign up to our FREE Fantasy Football game - with £40,000 in prize money up for grabsNORTHERN EXPOSURE: Newcastle brought back down with a bumpMartin Samuel: Carroll had his chance and blew it at Old Trafford[LNB]
