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The 5th signing made by Steve Bruce in the summer following the arrival of Fraizer Campbell, Paulo Da Silva, Lorik Cana and Darren Bent to the Stadium of Light. The signing of Lee Cattermole for £6 millions added up the total spending to £24.5 millions already in this summer. The U21 England International might pertner up with another new signing Cana who take over the Captain role from the Whitehead who joined Stoke City at the central midfield during season opening match against Bolton.

Cattermole has been 1 of the regular in Wigan side last season despite the age of 21 as he has make it into starting lineup 33 time in Premier League out of total 38 matches. He has also previously hold the captain role for Middlebrough to become the youngster ever player to captain for the Boro side on 7 May 08. He is 1 of the hot prospect star for England in the future along with Lennon, Walcott, Wilshere and Huddlestone. After spending last 3 season playing regular football in Premier League, he got the experience already to begin his debut immediately.

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A gamble made by Rafael Benitez to sign Alberto Aquilani from Roma at a costs of £18m when he even know the midfielder will miss out the start of the season due to recuperating from injury? Although he was once a starlet youngster which attracted the like of Arsenal and Chelsea to be interested at him at the age of 16, and played a big role in U16, U19 and U21 for the Italy squad before. But for the past 3 season, the Italian playmaker has been plague by injury,  where he only managed to make 40 starts for Roma in all competition together.

You might defend Benitez by saying that every soccer player signing is a gamble make by the manager whereby they won;’t be confirm sure about the new signing can fit into the squad well, but to sign a player with this kind of past injury record at a hugh price, its is definitely a risky decision. Perhaps is the transfer markets being spoil by the big spending club like Man City and Real Madrid made Benitez  got to act fast without thinking twice. Whether this signing will be flop or not, it shall remain to be seen.

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1 of the regular player in Newcastle squad for the past 2 season after signing from Marseille in July 2007, and was even voted as fan “player of the season” in his debut year with Newcastle. He has make a quick return back to the Premier League following Newcastle relegation last season. The transfer of Senegal International to Villa Park was believe to be in the region of £6m fee. His joining shall give Martin O’Neill more alternative to choose from in the backline as well as a replacement for Zat Knight who left for Bolton.

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