Newcastle United need to signal a brand new winger in the summertime.
The Magpies, led by English supervisor Eddie Howe, are rumoured to have a number of gamers on their shortlist, together with Leicester Metropolis’s Harvey Barnes and West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen (Telegraph).
Premier League attackers aren’t the one gamers being linked with a summer season transfer to St James’ Park although. In keeping with a number of current stories, the Geordies are eager about Barcelona’s Raphinha, who’s struggling to change into Xavi’s first-choice proper winger.
Regardless of solely arriving on the Nou Camp from Leeds United final summer season, Raphinha, 26, has been compelled to play a backup position to Ousmane Dembele, and given Barcelona’s have to adjust to Monetary Honest Play, the Brazilian is one participant who might be sacrificed on the finish of this season.
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Though linked to Arsenal and Newcastle, journalist Dean Jones isn’t satisfied the Gunners will reignite their curiosity within the ex-Leeds winger and has recommended that the participant might not desire a transfer to England’s northeast.
Curiously although, Jones claims Raphinha isn’t the one Barcelona attacker Howe has on his shortlist, with Dembele additionally extremely appreciated.
“I believe it’s extra doubtless they [Arsenal] search for somebody a bracket down from Raphinha, given he signed for £55m, and they’ll look to make greater than that on him now,” Jones advised GiveMeSport.
“Are there every other touchdown spots for him in England? Newcastle is a chance. However I additionally assume the participant would see that as fairly a step-down, given Barca was his dream transfer. And a twist to that one is that Newcastle additionally like his teammate Ousmane Dembele.”
Only a few gamers are fortunate sufficient to placed on the well-known purple and blue stripes of Barcelona so it’s apparent each Raphinha and Dembele are prime attackers, and with Newcastle now extraordinarily rich and trying to transfer to the subsequent aggressive degree, it isn’t shocking to see the membership being bold within the switch market.
Whether or not or not Howe may persuade both participant to swap purple and blue for black and white will rely virtually completely on whether or not or not the Magpies safe Champions League soccer subsequent season although.
