The Magpies had been linked with the £5million-rated German international, but Shepherd told the Newcastle Evening Chronicle: "There is no truth in talk we want Huth."
Boro have apparently priced Wigan and Aston Villa out of the market for Huth with a lucrative contract, and they hope to complete a deal soon. And it was the £50,000 a week wage demands that apparently ruled out Newcastle. Although, it doesn't take a football genius to say he would be a better signing than the fellow who is currently away on World Cup duty with France ... Jean-Alain Boumsong.