Newcastle set to bid £50m for “electric” Elanga alternative

It is set to be a busy summer season switch window at Newcastle United.

Forward of the Toon Military’s Champions League return, Eddie Howe will wish to bolster his squad, to keep away from the mass damage disaster he endured in the course of the Magpies’ final continental marketing campaign two seasons in the past.

James Trafford is poised to reach from Burnley for £40m, thereby seemingly taking on from Nick Pope because the primary goalkeeper, however may Newcastle be about to make some attacking additions too?

Newcastle focusing on a brand new right-winger

As reported by David Ornstein of the Athletic, Newcastle have had a £45m bid rejected by Nottingham Forest for winger Anthony Elanga.

Meantime, talking on the Completely Soccer Present, Daniel Storey outlines how Newcastle really bid £5m extra for the Swedish worldwide final summer season, who has since loved a “actually good season”, and that proprietor Evangelos Marinakis “can have completely none of that”, believing that the “confirmed, younger” winger is value nearer to £60m.

So, with this deal seemingly unlikely to come back to fruition, Steve Kay of Soccer Transfers claims that the Magpies are able to submit a bid value £50m to West Ham for winger Mohammed Kudus.

They add that Howe has recognized the Ghanaian as a ‘key goal’ amidst his ‘unsure future’ in East London.

Meantime, Jacob Steinberg and Will Unwin of the Guardian be aware that Kudus’ contract accommodates an £85m launch clause, though he might be obtainable for nearer to £60m, given the Hammers’ ongoing considerations surrounding Profitability & Sustainability guidelines, with Tottenham additionally trying to do a take care of their fierce rivals.

So, may Kudus swap the East Finish for the North East?

Why Mohammed Kudus could be successful at Newcastle

Since becoming a member of West Ham from Ajax for a reported payment of £37m two summers in the past, Kudus has scored 19 targets and offered 13 assists in 80 appearances for the Irons.

His performances have are available for widespread reward, with host Dan Woffenden labelling him “electrical”, whereas Ben Mattinson of Breaking the Strains describes him as an “explosive, skilful participant”, including that he possesses a “nice burst of acceleration”, whereas his direct dribbling means he has the potential to turn into a “world-class winger”.

Adam Scully of Complete Soccer Evaluation agrees, asserting that Kudus’ major attribute is ‘undoubtedly his dribbling means’, impressed by his ‘luxurious skills and low centre of gravity’.

Nicely, statistics from the Premier League because the Ghanaian’s arrival definitely again up these observations.

Because the desk outlines, since arriving within the Premier League, Kudus has topped the charts for tried take-ons each seasons, whereas solely Jérémy Doku, Eberechi Eze and Matheus Cunha have additionally featured within the high ten each occasions.

This objective in opposition to Freiburg within the Europa League is slightly paying homage to former Newcastle United hero Hatem Ben Arfa.

Throughout his time on Tyneside, the Frenchman scored 14 targets in 86 appearances, however his occasional flashes of brilliance made him, as famous by Louise Taylor of the Guardian, ‘the type of footballer followers adore’, praising his ‘beautiful contact… superior imaginative and prescient, good stability and elusive motion’.

Meantime, Jean-Baptiste Caillet of Opta’s the Analyst asserted that he was ‘France’s greatest dribbler since Zinédine Zidane’, whereas Peter McVitie of Aim will at all times bear in mind his ‘dazzling firepower’ and ‘superior shows of ability’.

All of Ben Arfa’s expertise was by no means made extra abundantly clear than throughout this objective in opposition to Bolton Wanderers in April 2012.

Honest to say, Kudus and Ben Arfa – each left-footers who can operately centrally or on the flanks – share comparable traits. Each might be described as precocious skills, who’re sometimes unstoppable however typically lack consistency.

Thus, if Elanga proves unattainable, Newcastle ought to do all they will to snap up Kudus, on condition that the Ghanaian would get Geordie supporters off their seats, if nothing else!