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Article: GORAN NOT THE MAN FOR GLENN.
- Article from:
- Shields Gazette (South Shields, England)
- Article date:
- January 25, 2007
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GLENN Roeder has ended his interest in Serbia defender Goran Gavrancic.
The Gazette yesterday revealed Roeder was close to bringing an unnamed international centre half to Newcastle United.
But the United boss has pulled the plug on a deal he had hoped to have pushed through by the weekend, with the Dynamo Kiev man having been on standby to fly to Newcastle.
Roeder said: "I've conducted my own investigations into Gavrancic and decided he's not a player we'll be signing.
"I've been told by people I respect and who know what they are talking about that he's no better than the defenders we already have at St James's Park.
"But ...