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July 2: "I've spoken to Newcastle's manager Chris Hughton numerous times but we'll have to wait and see," said Lambert. "We can't do anything if other teams come in for him - there's millions of things that can go wrong and as it stands he's Newcastle's player." "I can't leave it much long that's for sure. You can't just concentrate on one thing because he's not even our player - but there's loads of factors that could come into it," said Lambert.

July 6: Lambert told BBC Look East: "Finances dictate a lot of things, we probably (INTERESTING THAT HE DOESN'T APPEAR TO KNOW) couldn't do it because of that.
"It wasn't for the lack of trying. We tried up until a few days ago and you have to move on at certain times."

Posted By: jayson blair, Aug 24, 13:35:23