Dutch Star Set To Turn Down Newcastle
By Nu Mad
Updated Monday, 2nd July 2007
Maceo Rigters looks to be at the centre of a four-way battle for his services with Celtic, Blackburn, Newcastle and Norwich all interested. But reports from Holland suggest the competition for a first team place at Newcastle will rule them out.
According to the Daily Mirror Rovers boss Mark Hughes is leading the race for the highly-rated 23-year-old, who is available for around £350,000 from NAC Breda.
They the chance to play in the UEFA Cup has put Rovers ahead of Newcastle in the race for his signature, but the player knows he will be hard pushed for a regular first team place with Michael Owen, Oba Martins and Mark Viduka already fighting for two places.
However, the Daily Record reckons Scottish champions
Celtic are at the front of the queue to sign Rigters and claim the player's representatives will arrive in Glasgow early this week for talks over a possible move.
