Kevin Keegan has been linked with FIVE Tottenham players in recent weeks ... all players the North London side can do without.
But I can tell you KK has Tottenham in his sights as the club he wants to get ahead of in the Premiership race.
The top four could be split this season, and KK knows Spurs are favourites to do it.
Juande Ramos is a top class, respected manager with an ambition to match those of Fergie and Wenger, and Keegan knows if we get ahead of Spurs this coming campaign we will be where we crave to be.
You don't do that by taking Juande Ramos's cast-offs!
Winger Aaron Lennon is the latest Spurs player linked with the Toon, probably because of Dennis Wise's Leeds United links, Lennon's previous club.
United's manager wants Turkey's attacking midfielder Arda and Russia's Andrei Arshavin, but due to whatever reason, they are still no closer to coming to St James's Park.
Having missed out on Croatian midfielder Luka Modric back in May when the youngster elected to join Tottenham Hotspur, Keegan is desperate to bring more creativity to his midfield and believes Arda and Arshavin have the qualities needed to spark his new-look side into life.
Mike Ashley was given KK's wish list four weeks ago, but the Toon owner failed to land either Arda or Arshavin before the start of Euro 2008 ... or perhaps in truth ... he didn't try!
It remains to be seen whether Newcastle have the financial clout to land such highly-rated players with Galatasaray believed to have raised the asking price for Arda to £15m, while Zenit St Petersburg are rumoured to be seeking as much as £20m for Arshavin.
Lennon, 21, was regarded as one of the most exciting young players in the country when he left Leeds ... but is not in the same league as Arshavin.