Newcastle sign Jose Enrique

<h1>Sam snaps up &pound;6.3m defender Enrique</h1>

Newcastle have completed the signing of Spanish left-back Jose Enrique from Villarreal for &pound;6.3million.</p>

The 21-year-old, who has signed a five-year deal with the club, becomes Sam Allardyce's seventh signing of the summer.</p>

Enrique, who will wear the number three shirt at St James' Park, said: 'I believe very much in the manager at Newcastle United and I believe they are going to be one of the top teams.'</p>

The Spanish club announced on Saturday they had reached an agreement with the Magpies for the transfer of the Spain Under-21 international.</p>

And Enrique told his new club's official website that Allardyce helped make his mind up. </p>

He explained: 'I met Sam for dinner and I was very happy to listen to his plans for Newcastle United.</p>

'He treated me very well and he understands me. He knows I have to get used to a lot of new things, like changes in culture and language, but he says he is going to help me adapt to that. </p>

'He says it will make me stronger and he will have patience with me. I am really happy to hear that. </p>

'I know Newcastle already have players with a lot of character and players who are used to winning many things and playing in Europe like Michael Owen, Mark Viduka, Alan Smith and Obafemi Martins.</p>

'It will also help me to have people like Nolberto Solano and Albert Luque to speak to. Albert says he is going to take care of me at Newcastle.' </p>

Enrique joins Mark Viduka, Joey Barton, David Rozehnal, Geremi, Alan Smith and Claudio Cacapa as Allardyce recruits this summer.</p>

Meanwhile, West Ham will not budge on their &pound;6million offer for Kieron Dyer - but the England midfielder's transfer could be revived if Newcastle accept a compromise deal. </p>

Dyer had been on the point of moving to Upton Park after the clubs agreed a fee of &pound;5million up front plus a further &pound;1million depending on appearances.</p>

Newcastle then decided they had under-valued the player and demanded a further &pound;2million causing West Ham to pull out of the move. </p>

It is understood the Hammers are still interested in Dyer, who has already passed a medical, but will not go above &pound;6million. They may, however, be willing to pay all the money up front.</p>

Dyer himself has been left in limbo with Newcastle making it clear they were happy for the midfielder to leave. </p>

West Ham were furious with the sudden price hike - they had been given written confirmation of the acceptance of their offer until Newcastle's change of mind.</p>

The club are also keen to make a point that they will not pay over the odds for any player - they want to stress that the Icelandic consortium who own the club will not spend unnecessarily. </p>

Allardyce has defended the club's decision to block Dyer's move, while West Ham boss Alan Curbishley has insisted the deal was now 'definitely off'.</p>

Allardyce said: 'If Curbs started it, then we are more upset than they are, that is a fact. </p>

'Why? That is confidential. He is not as upset as we are about West Ham. 'In the end, we decided he was under-valued. We escalated the valuation to what we thought was realistic and West Ham did not want to roll with it.</p>

'Kieron is back with us, a top player with a squad who are growing. </p>

'Will it be difficult for Kieron? It's life, isn't it? He has got a contract. You sign it. The length of the contract means you are employed by an employer, something happens, it doesn't work, you come back and get on with it. </p>

'If anything else happens in terms of West Ham increasing their offer, then great. If they don't then clearly they don't value him as highly as we do.'</p>

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Good signing, the Toons have been pretty quiet this offseason

 

we will sign mint players now we have got big sam