Martins is main Magpies target

Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder has turned to Inter Milan striker Obafemi Martins after being warned off Germany forward Miroslav Klose.

The Magpies are understood to have opened negotiations with the Italian club for the Nigerian after receiving assurances about his age. But the move comes after Werder Bremen told the Tyneside club to forget trying to land World Cup star Klose.

Roeder said: "Werder Bremen are in the Champions League again this season, and they have made it clear that Klose is not for sale."