By Liam FitzGibbon
November 7th 2009 @ 3:54am
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Don’t make me a million-dollar man, says Griffiths
Returned A-League striker Joel Griffiths has urged Newcastle to drop the million-dollar price tag on his head in the hope of eventually returning to Chinese club Beijing Guoan.
Griffiths arrived back in Australia on Friday following a successful loan stint with the Chinese Super League champions and confirmed he would return playing for the Jets in [...]
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David said | November 9th 2009 @ 10:27am | Report comment
1 million $ is a fair asking price considering they won the league and he played so well for them