Newcastle Chase Deportivo's Coloccini

The People reports that Manchester City and Newcastle United are battling it out to sign the 26-year-old former AC Milan defender.

The Magpies were said to have been interested in the player when Sam Allardyce was in charge, and it appears now that new boss Kevin Keegan wants to bring the commanding Argentine to the Premiership.

Collocini is 6′0″ tall and has appeared 105 times in La Liga for Deportivo, as well as amassing over 25 caps times for Argentina.

The news comes shortly after confirmation from Tyneside that Emre Bolozoglu has been sold to Turkish side Fenerbahce in a $5.5m deal.

It also spells doom for Czech Republic International David Rozehnal, a $2.7m signing from Paris-Saint-Germain, who was loaned out to Lazio last season by Magpies boss Kevin Keegan.

The Czech defender is currently on EURO 2008 duty, but with new blood coming through, it is expected that he will be sold once the transfer window reopens.


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