Newcastle
... with Birmingham that he wouldn't join them if they lost their Premiership status. Therefore the midfielder would return to us if he wasn't able to secure a deal elsewhere - his Toon deal running to 2008. Other ailments: Lazaridis (hamstring), Gray (knee) Dunn (calf), Clemence (calf), Izzet (Achilles), Nafti (knee) Melchiot (knee). Jermaine Pennant's inclusion is in doubt after he was sent home from training on Monday, having appeared to be suffering from the effects of one or two sherries. Ref: Mike Dean - the man from the Wirral made two appearances in Toon last season - and we lost them both (Spurs and Man U). He was due to take charge of the Bolton home game in February, but was replaced after being suspended over his undeclared involvement in a horseracing syndicate - a breach of the Professional Game Match Officials Ltd r...