Quote Originally Posted by SenorDingDong View Post
He is a rejuvenation project of a once highly touted prospect who had offers from Inter Milan etc. For what it's worth, Newcastle fans seem to rate him and blame injuries + bad management for his decline. https://www.reddit.com/r/NUFC/commen...about_to_sign/

In a way, coming here and with Herdmann is perfect as this whole team is a rejuvenation project at the moment. Low risk high reward. Worst case hes another average player for us. Best case he succeeds and gets interest from Europe again.
But can he still go, or have injuries indeed ruined him? The fact he's bounced around league two and the SPL doesn't inspire confidence. The risk factor comes down to cap hit and if he takes an international spot, at the wrong numbers, he becomes a higher and higher risk. Low cap hit and no international spot, absolutely take a flyer, otherwise? I'm not convinced by this. He was good once, too good for us, but that isn't necessarily what we're getting now