Newcastle United are set to overlook out on one other switch goal as Benjamin Sesko appears certain for Manchester United. Each Premier League sides had submitted bids to RB Leipzig, but it surely now appears obvious that the Slovenia worldwide’s desired vacation spot is Manchester.
That is the most recent in plenty of failed switch sagas for the Magpies after quite a few different gamers opted for strikes to different golf equipment, with Sesko reportedly agreeing private phrases at Outdated Trafford because the Pink Devils shut in on a deal.
The largest optimistic for Eddie Howe’s facet this window has been the arrival of Anthony Elanga from Nottingham Forest. The Swedish winger arrived in July, and since then, it has been clear that Howe desires extra attackers to affix him.
In addition to Ekitike, Liverpool have additionally tried to deliver Newcastle’s personal Alexander Isak to Merseyside after providing a determine simply shy of £120 million. Whereas Newcastle rebuffed the primary bid, the potential for Isak to agitate for a transfer has solely made their have to signal a striker stronger.
Newcastle United enter talks for Chelsea star
Regardless of their disappointments within the switch market thus far this summer time, Newcastle have added a brand new goal to their striker shortlist with Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson. Journalist Ben Jacobs has reported that Jackson was featured on their hanging shortlist alongside Sesko, and that the curiosity has progressed to the purpose the place the 2 golf equipment have entered “club-to-club talks”.
Jackson has performed towards Newcastle 5 occasions, making them his joint-highest confronted opposition. Throughout these 5 appearances, followers have witnessed the nice and the dangerous that Jackson can deliver to the membership, as he has scored towards the Magpies twice but additionally acquired a straight pink card in the direction of the tip of final season.
In the identical publish, Jacobs talked about that Brentford’s Yoane Wissa remains to be a goal and that the participant is actively pushing to get the deal executed.
Jackson could be the simpler of the 2 offers to finish nevertheless, as Chelsea have plenty of ahead gamers on the membership and think about the Senegalese striker as surplus to necessities, whereas Brentford have been stripped of plenty of their administration staff and star gamers this summer time, so they might be extra reluctant to let one other participant go.
Jackson is inside Newcastle’s finances
Because it appears possible that their bid for Sesko can be unsuccessful, it’s cheap to imagine that the £70 million plus add-ons they have been prepared to spend is now obtainable for different transfers.
Striker Newcastle have missed out on | New Membership |
|---|---|
Liam Delap | Chelsea |
Hugo Ekitike | Liverpool |
Joao Pedro | Chelsea |
Bryan Mbeumo | Man Utd |
Benjamin Sesko* | Man Utd* |
In July, Sky Sports activities reported that Chelsea needed between £80 – £100 million for Jackson following Ekitike’s transfer to Liverpool and a perception from the Chelsea board that Jackson was the higher participant and thus ought to command the next payment. That price ticket seems to have dropped considerably, with the i stating that Chelsea’s new analysis of Jackson is round £65 million.
Even when the Sesko bid was all that was left of their finances, which could be very unlikely contemplating the low variety of incoming gamers that Newcastle have presently signed this summer time, they might be capable to match Chelsea’s latest analysis for Jackson.
