The 22-year-old has been rated as highly as £2m but that hasn't put off Carlisle manager Roddy Collins who admitted this week that he would do all he could to persuade the midfielder to stay at Brunton Park on a permanent basis. But any deal may have to be put off until the summer because of Green's return to St.James's Park next week and the current transfer embargo at Brunton Park. "I need to see where I stand with Newcastle as I still think I'm good enough to do a job for them. I'm going to go back and have a chat with Bobby Robson and see how he feels because I haven't spoken to him for a while. I need to find out what plans he has for me and see if I can get a chance," said Green. Green's final game for the Cumbrians will come at Bristol Rovers on Tuesday night and after that it will be in the lap of the gods where he spends the rest of the season. The proposed takeover at United has stalled and the transfer embargo has still not been lifted, even though potential new owner John Courtenay had agreed to pay off the remaining £40,000 on the PFA loan earlier this week. Courtenay was still hopeful yesterday that everything would go through sometime next week. "Michael Knighton has been very agreeable and things have really progressed in the last couple of weeks," he said. "There is a legal document and an accountancy document left to be scrutinised before the contracts can be drawn up. I am not anticipating that either will be a problem. We will be able to proceed. I can't give a timescale, but a deal is imminent." Courtenay has to jet off to Korea in a couple of weeks on business related to his sportswear firm's sponsorship of the Ireland World Cup squad. He is desperate to wrap up the deal before that date. Picture from News & Star |
