Will Toon Write Off £5.7m Flop?

Last updated : 22 June 2012 By Footy Mad - Editor

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Xisco was signed on the advice of controversial former transfer chief Dennis Wise and his arrival marked the final straw for manager Kevin Keegan.

It is well documented that Xisco’s £50,000 per week wage packet has been a major burden for Newcastle

The £5.7m striker is scheduled to report for training again with Newcastle on July 5.

Leon Best, Peter Løvenkrands and Nile Ranger will move on, and Ashley would love Xisco off his hands too.

The 26 helped Deportivo to promotion from Spain’s Segunda Division last year during his loan deal (which expires on June 30) and he will again become a Toon player.

Depor would take him back, but the Majorca-born centre-forward’s wages continue to prove a huge stumbling block.

Depor only paid a percentage of his salary last season.

Xisco: “You always dream of these things (playing in La Liga). But the reality of it is another thing.

“I have helped take Deportivo back where they belong to La Liga. It is a dream fulfilled.”

EURO 2012

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GROUP STAGES

 Friday June 8 

Poland 1 Greece 1
POLAND: Szczesny, Piszczek, Wasilewski, Perquis, Boenisch, Murawski, Polanski, Blaszczykowski, Obraniak, Rybus (Tyton 69), Lewandowski.
Goal: Lewandowski 17.
GREECE: Chalkias, Torosidis, Papastathopoulos, Avraam Papadopoulos (Kyriakos Papadopoulos 36), Holebas, Maniatis, Katsouranis, Karagounis, Ninis (Salpingidis 46), Gekas (Fortounis 68), Samaras.
Goal: Salpingidis 51.

Russia 4 Czech Republic 1
RUSSIA: Malafeev, Aniukov, Berezutsky, Ignashevich, Zhirkov, Shirokov, Denisov, Zyryanov, Dzagoev (Kokorin 84), Kerzhakov (Pavlyuchenko 73), Arshavin.
Goals: Dzagoev 15, Shirokov 24, Dzagoev 79, Pavlyuchenko 82.
CZECH REP: Cech, Gebre Selassie, Hubnik, Sivok, Kadlec, Plasil, Jiracek (Petrzela 75), Pilar, Rosicky, Rezek (Hubschman 46), Baros (Lafata 85).
Goal: Pilar 52.

 Saturday June 9 

Holland 0 Denmark 1
HOLLAND: Stekelenburg, Van Der Wiel (Kuyt 84), Heitinga, Vlaar, Willems, Van Bommel, Nigel De Jong (Van der Vaart 71), Robben, Sneijder, Afellay (Huntelaar 71), van Persie.
DENMARK: Andersen, Jacobsen, Kjaer, Agger, Simon Poulsen, Kvist Jorgensen, Zimling, Rommedahl (Mikkelsen 83), Eriksen (Schone 74), Krohn-Delhi, Bendtner.
Goal: Krohn-Delhi 24.

Germany 1 Portugal 0
GERMANY: Neuer, Boateng, Hummels, Badstuber, Lahm, Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Muller (Bender 90), Ozil (Kroos 87), Podolski, Gomez (Klose 80).
Goal: Gomez 72.
PORUGAL: Rui Patricio, Joao Pereira, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Fabio Coentrao, Meireles (Varela 80), Veloso, Joao Moutinho, Nani, Postiga (Nelson Oliveira 70), Ronaldo.

 Sunday June 10 

Republic of Ireland 1 Croatia 3
 
REP IRELAND: Given, O'Shea, St. Ledger, Dunne, Ward, McGeady (Cox 54), Whelan, Andrews, Duff, Doyle (Walters 53), Keane (Long 75).
Goal: St. Ledger 19.
CROATIA: Pletikosa, Srna, Corluka, Schildenfeld, Strinic, Vukojevic, Rakitic (Dujmovic 90), Modric, Perisic (Eduardo 89), Mandzukic, Jelavic (Kranjcar 72).
Goals: Mandzukic 3, Jelavic 43, Given 49 og.

Spain 1 Italy 1

SPAIN: Casillas, Arbeloa, Pique, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba, Xavi, Busquets, Alonso, Silva (Jesus Navas 65), Fabregas (Torres 74), Iniesta.
Goal: Fabregas 64.
ITALY: Buffon, Chiellini, De Rossi, Bonucci, Giaccherni, Marchisio, Pirlo, Thiago Motta (Nocerino 89), Maggio, Cassano (Giovinco 65), Balotelli (Di Natale 56).
Goal: Di Natale 60.

 Monday June 11 

France 1 England 1

FRANCE: Lloris, Debuchy, Rami, Mexes, Evra, Nasri, Cabaye (Ben Arfa 84), Diarra, Malouda (Martin 84), Ribery, Benzema.
Goal: Nasri 39.
ENGLAND: Hart, Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Cole, Milner, Gerrard, Parker (Henderson 77), Oxlade-Chamberlain (Defoe 77), Young, Welbeck (Walcott 90).
Goal: Lescott 30.

Ukraine 2 Sweden 1

UKRAINE: Pyatov, Gusev, Mykhalyk, Khacheridi, Selin, Yarmolenko, Tymoschuk, Konoplianka (Devic 90), Nazarenko, Voronin (Rotan 84), Shevchenko (Milevskiy 81).
Goals: Shevchenko 55, 62.
SWEDEN: Isaksson, Lustig, Mellberg, Granqvist, Martin Olsson, Elm, Kallstrom, Larsson (Wilhelmsson 69), Ibrahimovic, Toivonen (Svensson 63), Rosenberg (Elmander 71).
Goal: Ibrahimovic 52.

 Tuesday June 12 

Greece 1 Czech Republic 2

GREECE: Chalkias (Sifakis 23), Torosidis, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Katsouranis, Holebas, Fotakis (Gekas 46), Maniatis, Karagounis, Salpingidis, Samaras, Fortounis (Mitroglou 71).
Goal: Gekas 53.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Cech, Gebre Selassie, Sivok, Kadlec, Limbersky, Hubschman, Plasil, Jiracek, Rosicky (Kolar 46), Pilar, Baros (Pekhart 64), Kolar (Rajtoral 90).
Goals: Jiracek 3, Pilar 6.

Poland 1 Russia 1

POLAND: Tyton, Piszczek, Wasilewski, Perquis, Boenisch, Dudka (Mierzejewski 73), Polanski (Matuszczyk 84), Blaszczykowski, Murawski, Obraniak (Brozek 90), Lewandowski.
Goal: Blaszczykowski 57.
RUSSIA: Malafeev, Aniukov, Berezutsky, Ignashevich, Zhirkov, Shirokov, Denisov, Zyryanov, Dzagoev (Izmailov 79), Kerzhakov (Pavlyuchenko 70), Arshavin.
Goals: Dzagoev 37.

 Wednesday June 13 

Portugal 3 Denmark 2

DENMARK:k Andersen, Jacobsen, Kjaer, Agger, Simon Poulsen, Kvist Jorgensen, Zimling (Jakob Poulsen 17), Rommedahl (Mikkelsen 60), Eriksen, Krohn-Delhi (Schone 90), Bendtner.
Goals: Bendtner 41, 80.
PORTUGAL: Rui Patricio, Joao Pereira, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Fabio Coentrao, Meireles (Varela 84), Veloso, Joao Moutinho, Nani (Rolando 89), Postiga (Nelson Oliveira 64), Ronaldo.
Goals: Pepe 24, Postiga 36, Varela 87.

Holland 1 Germany 2

HOLLAND: Stekelenburg, Van Der Wiel, Heitinga, Mathijsen, Willems, Nigel De Jong, Van Bommel (Van der Vaart 46), Robben (Kuyt 83), Sneijder, Afellay (Huntelaar 46), van Persie.
Goal: van Persie 73.
GERMANY: Neuer, Boateng, Hummels, Badstuber, Lahm, Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Muller (Bender 90), Ozil (Kroos 81), Podolski, Gomez (Klose 72).
Goals: Gomez 24, 38.

 Thursday June 14 

Italy 1 Croatia 1

ITALY: Buffon, Bonucci, De Rossi, Chiellini, Maggio, Marchisio, Pirlo, Thiago Motta (Montolivo 62), Giaccherni, Balotelli (Di Natale 69), Cassano (Giovinco 83).
Goal: Pirlo 39.
CROATIA: Pletikosa, Srna, Corluka, Schildenfeld, Strinic, Rakitic, Vukojevic, Modric, Perisic (Pranjic 68), Jelavic (Eduardo 83), Mandzukic (Kranjcar 90).
Goal: Mandzukic 72.

Spain 4 Republic of Ireland 0

SPAIN: Casillas, Arbeloa, Pique, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba, Xavi, Busquets, Alonso (Javi Martinez 65), Silva, Torres (Fabregas 74), Iniesta (Santi Cazorla 79).
Goals: Torres 4, Silva 49, Torres 70, Fabregas 83.
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Given, O'Shea, St. Ledger, Dunne, Ward, Duff (McClean 76), Andrews, Whelan (Green 80), McGeady, Cox (Walters 46), Keane.

 Friday June 15

Ukraine 0 France 2

UKRAINE: Pyatov, Gusev, Mykhalyk, Khacheridi, Selin, Yarmolenko (Aliev 68), Tymoschuk, Nazarenko (Milevskiy 60), Konoplianka, Shevchenko, Voronin (Devic 46).
FRANCE: Lloris, Debuchy, Rami, Mexes, Clichy, Diarra, Cabaye (M'Vila 68), Menez (Martin 73), Nasri, Ribery, Benzema (Giroud 75).
Goals: Menez 53, Cabaye 56.

Sweden 2 England 3
 
SWEDEN:  Isaksson, Granqvist (Lustig 66), Mellberg, Jonas Olsson, Martin Olsson, Larsson, Svensson, Kallstrom, Elm (Wilhelmsson 81), Ibrahimovic, Elmander (Rosenberg 79).
Goals: Mellberg 49, 59.
ENGLAND: Hart, Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Cole, Milner (Walcott 60), Parker, Gerrard, Young, Carroll, Welbeck (Oxlade-Chamberlain 89).
Goals: Carroll 23, Walcott 64, Welbeck 78.

 Saturday June 16 

Czech Republic 1 Poland 0

CZECH REPUBLIC: Cech, Gebre Selassie, Sivok, Kadlec, Limbersky, Hubschman, Plasil, Jiracek (Rajtoral 83), Kolar, Pilar (Rezek 87), Baros (Pekhart 90).
Goal: Jiracek 72.
POLAND: Tyton, Piszczek, Wasilewski, Perquis, Boenisch, Dudka, Polanski (Grosicki 56), Blaszczykowski, Murawski (Mierzejewski 73), Obraniak (Brozek 73), Lewandowski.

Greece 1 Russia 0

GREECE: Sifakis, Torosidis, Papastathopoulos, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Tzavelas, Katsouranis, Maniatis, Salpingidis (Ninis 82), Karagounis (Makos 67), Samaras, Gekas (Holebas 64).
Goal: Karagounis 45.
RUSSIA: Malafeev, Aniukov (Izmailov 81), Berezutsky, Ignashevich, Zhirkov, Shirokov, Denisov, Glushakov (Pogrebnyak 72), Dzagoev, Kerzhakov (Pavlyuchenko 46), Arshavin.

 Sunday June 17 

Portugal 2 Holland 1

PORTUGAL: Rui Patricio, Joao Pereira, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Fabio Coentrao, Meireles (Custodio 72), Veloso, Joao Moutinho, Nani (Rolando 87), Postiga (Nelson Oliveira 64), Ronaldo.
Goals: Ronaldo 28, 74.
HOLLAND: Stekelenburg, Willems (Afellay 67), Mathijsen, Vlaar, Van Der Wiel, Van der Vaart, Nigel De Jong, Sneijder, van Persie, Robben, Huntelaar.
Goal: Van der Vaart 11.

Denmark 1 Germany 2

DENMARK: Andersen, Jacobsen, Kjaer, Agger, Simon Poulsen, Kvist Jorgensen, Eriksen, Jakob Poulsen (Mikkelsen 82), Zimling (Christian Poulsen 78), Krohn-Delhi, Bendtner.
Goal: Krohn-Delhi 25.
GERMANY: Neuer, Bender, Hummels, Badstuber, Lahm, Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Muller (Kroos 84), Ozil, Podolski (Schurrle 64), Gomez (Klose 74).
Goals: Podolski 19, Bender 80.

 Monday June 18 

Italy 2 Republic of Ireland 0

ITALY: Buffon, Abate, Barzagli, Chiellini (Bonucci 57), Balzaretti, Pirlo, Marchisio, Thiago Motta, De Rossi, Di Natale (Balotelli 74), Cassano (Diamanti 62).
Goals: Cassano 36, Balotelli 90.
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Given, O'Shea, Dunne, St. Ledger, Ward, McGeady (Long 65), Whelan, Andrews, Duff, Keane (Cox 86), Doyle (Walters 76).

Croatia 0 Spain 1

CROATIA: Pletikosa, Vida (Jelavic 66), Corluka, Schildenfeld, Strinic, Vukojevic (Eduardo 81), Rakitic, Srna, Modric, Pranjic (Perisic 66), Mandzukic.
SPAIN: Casillas, Arbeloa, Pique, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba, Xavi (Negredo 89), Busquets, Alonso, Silva (Fabregas 73), Torres (Jesus Navas 60), Iniesta.
Goal: Jesus Navas 88.

 Tuesday June 19 

Sweden 2 France 0

SWEDEN: Isaksson, Granqvist, Mellberg, J Olsson, M Olsson,  Svensson (Holmen 77), Kallstrom, Larsson, Ibrahimovic, Bajrami (Wilhelmsson 45), Toivonen (Wernbloom 77).
Scores: Ibrahimovic 54, Larsson 90+1

FRANCE: Lloris; Debuchy, Rami, Mexes, Clichy; Nasri (Menez 77), Diarra , M’Vila (Giroud 83), Ben Arfa

England 1 Ukraine 0

ENGLAND: Hart, Johnson, Cole, Terry, Lescott, Gerrard, Young, Milner (Walcott 70′), Parker, Rooney (Oxlade-Chamberlain 87′), Welbeck (Carroll 82′)
Goal: Rooney 48

UKRAINE: Pyatov, Selin, Hacherydy, Rakitskiy, Husyev, Tymoshchuk, Harmash (Nazarenko 78′), Yarmolenko, Konoplyanka, Milevskiy (Butko 77′), Dević (Shevchenko 70)

 QUARTER-FINALS

 Thursday June 21 

Czech Republic 0 Portugal 1

CZECH REPUBLIC: Cech, Gebre Selassie, Sivok, Kadlec, Limbersky, Hubschman (Pekhart 86), Plasil, Jiracek, Darida (Rezek 61), Pilar, Baros.

PORTUGAL: Rui Patricio, Joao Pereira, Pepe, Bruno Alves, Fabio Coentrao, Meireles (Rolando 88), Veloso, Joao Moutinho, Nani (Custodio 84), Postiga (Almeida 39), Ronaldo.
Goal: Ronaldo 79

 Friday June 22
Gdansk, QF2: GERMANY v GREECE (1945)

 Saturday June 23
Donetsk, QF3: SPAIN v FRANCE (1945)

 Sunday June 24
Kiev, QF4: ENGLAND v ITALY (1945)

 SEMI-FINALS

 Wednesday June 27
Donetsk, SF1: CZECH REPUBLIC or PORTUGAL v SPAIN or FRANCE (1945)

 Thursday June 28
Warsaw, SF2: GERMANY or GREECE v ENGLAND or ITALY (1945)

 FINAL

 Sunday July 1
Kiev: Winner SF1 v Winner SF2 (1945)