We do have an amazing tendency to get ourselves in these kinds of situations. Didn't take a risk on a free transfer Demba Ba (how many games has he missed with his knee injury and how many goals as he scored?!), so can't see us budging much on this. Then again signed Gibson and Mirallas who have missed more games than they've played - what is it with our medicals?
Did we not offer Ba a contract but Newcastle offered better terms?