The thing I find strange is him staying in England, he's said before that he felt homesick and it seems obvious his head was never really right, more French lads at Toon I suppose.
Obertan to Newcastle for £3m
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Not really his fault he looks like an egg
stfu and go pick strawberries!!
Best of luck to him and best for both parties. Wasn't going to make it here but he'll be a decent PL player.
The feck is wrong with you?
spastics constantly making fun of a players appearance thats what!
meh, Im sure they can handle it. "Spastics" on the other hand is a far worse thing to say.
Good luck to him. He showed flashes that he might make it at United, SAF and his coaching have a good track record of knowing when to move a player on.
I see strawberries have been taking a beating again!
Scholesy must be slitting his wrists right about now
He's now in the North East- closer to home, than if he was in Manchester.
BBC Sport - Gabriel Obertan set to move from Man Utd to Newcastle
I have heard rumours of £3m, which is a good piece of business if true.
I have heard rumours of £3m, which is a good piece of business if true.
he infuriates me......he's 6ft tall, lightenning quick...good technique, great shot, very tricky yet shit
Im glad hes gone. It will be interesting to see if he picks up his game after not doing so for us. He has the potential to do well but why he never did it at Old Trafford is beyond me.
Newcastle probably his best level imo.
Can't even see him play there regularly this season.
Can't even see him play there regularly this season.
£10m earned on transfers this Summer already, if we can sell Gibson, Kuszczak and Diouf then my prediction about net outlay will be CORRECT. 
A move which should benefit him
If he can sort himself out mentality he can become a decent player in the Premier League.
If he can sort himself out mentality he can become a decent player in the Premier League.
can u make a small analysis how u came at this result?thank you£10m earned on transfers this Summer already, if we can sell Gibson, Kuszczak and Diouf then my prediction about net outlay will be CORRECT.
It's called a guess.
Octobertan
£10m earned on transfers this Summer already, if we can sell Gibson, Kuszczak and Diouf then my prediction about net outlay will be CORRECT.
No it won't. You predicted a thirty million outlay.
Yeah, I would be interested in that, too. Is this your £20 million net guess, or your second £30 million net guess?
Twenty.
Bit disappointed in this to be honest, i thought this player had great ability when he came to united, seems like his mentality was too weak to really kick on and cement a place.
shame really
shame really
Obertan has ability, but he seems to lack the mental determination to succeed at United. Lets face it, we have tons of wingers here now too.
He always seems to play better with no pressure on him, in both this and last pre- season he's had some excellent games, however he seems to make mistakes in the competitive matches.
maybe a lesser side would suit him and improve his confidence.
maybe a lesser side would suit him and improve his confidence.
He would've never seen the light of day at OT with all of the wingers and wing-capable players we have.
£16m on Jones, £17m on De Gea and £15m on Young - £47m.
We received £6m for O'Shea and Brown, £3m for Obertan, I assume Gibson would cost £5m, Kuszczak around £4m, Diouf around £2m, so £11m more - £20m.
£47m minus £20m equals £27m, so below £30m that I predicted in that thread.
Now if we sell Berbatov...
£30m guess, although I might still be right about less than £20m.
But seriously, I'll probably be wrong about both, but I feel it'll be only marginal about £30m. :P
I don't think PIG would fetch us £4m tbh. £6m wasn't the fee for O'Shea and Brown too.
£6m was what I saw reported in most media. £2m for Brown and £4m for O'Shea. Gibson was supposed to be worth £6m for them which would add up to the widely reported £12m.
I thought the O'Shea fee was undisclosed?
The people who really needed to know have been told.
Yes, but how will he converse with the locals?
It's all overtan
Unfortunately he's just another Jonathan Greening/Chris Eagles. Just quicker. Good luck to him anyway. He can become a decent player if everything goes well for him really.
Done deal. Five year contract.
Good luck to the lad