Good earned praise from Magpies boss Alan Pardew who took him on a one-on-one training session before the end of the youngster's 10-day trial at Newcastle United last month.

The Newcastle manager said the 19 year old defender had "pace and presence" and the club opened  transfer negotiations with Melbourne Heart.

On Saturday the local Northern Echo newspaper claimed Good was set to be the club's first signing of the off-season when the transfer window opened in July.

But they warned that Heart were looking for up to $400,000 from United for Good.

By Tuesday, Newcastle's Evening Chronicle was reporting that United had gone cold  on the deal and the move was off.

Today though, agents Ritchie Hinton and Zeljko Susa involved in the deal insisted negotiations were still ongoing and were unaware of Newcastle pulling out of the talks.

"It's early days yet - the transfer window doesn't open until July 1," said Hinton. "There are ways to structure the deal - in payments, in sell-on clauses.

"As far as we are concerned the deal is still on and Heart and Newcastle are still in negotiations."