Newcastle likely to see £50m bid accepted to sign new CM

Newcastle United’s pre-season schedule is up and working.

On Saturday, in a behind-closed-doors match on the coaching floor, Eddie Howe’s workforce smashed Carlisle United 4-0; Sean Longstaff, Joelinton, Jacob Murphy and teenager Ben Parkinson all on course.

Subsequent up on Saturday, accompanied by 10,000 Geordies, the Magpies will tackle Scottish Premiership champions Celtic at Parkhead, which guarantees to be a barely extra high-profile affair.

Earlier than then, will the Toon Military have one other new signing to get enthusiastic about?

Newcastle trying to bolster their midfield

To date this summer season, Newcastle have signed Anthony Elanga from Nottingham Forest, costing a reported charge of £55m.

This makes him the second-most costly signing within the membership’s total historical past, behind solely fellow Swede Alexander Isak, however is actually an thrilling addition, contemplating solely two gamers registered extra assists within the Premier League final season than Elanga.

Now, based on a report by Pete O’Rourke of Soccer Insider, Newcastle ‘have been instructed’ {that a} £50m bid for Conor Gallagher could be accepted by Atlético Madrid.

They add that los Colchoneros ‘are usually not actively trying to promote’ the England worldwide, however would do a deal on the proper value, simply 12 months after he arrived within the Spanish capital from Chelsea for a reported charge of £34m.

Gallagher made 50 appearances for Atleti, solely 27 of which have been begins, scoring 4 objectives, most notably on course in the course of the Champions League derbi Madrileño in March, as his aspect have been dumped out on penalties by Actual Madrid on the Metropolitano.

Now, may Gallagher be on his means again to England?

How Conor Gallagher would slot in at Newcastle

Gallagher didn’t set up himself as an every-game starter at Atlético Madrid, however actually made an impression final season, because the desk beneath paperwork.

Regardless of considerably restricted alternatives, Gallagher ranked extremely for all kinds of metrics at Atlético Madrid final season and the truth that the England worldwide ended up within the prime ten by way of photographs, assists, passing accuracy, tackles, blocks, interceptions and ball recoveries underlines that he’s an all-action, well-rounded midfield participant.

Talking on Sky Sports activities’ Monday Night time Soccer, former Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Čech asserted that he has “particular talents to be a frontrunner”, whereas present supervisor Diego Simeone praised his “vitality and depth”, including “he brings lots” each out and in of possession.

So, the query stays, how would he slot in at Newcastle?

The Magpies’ most-used midfield trio final season was Bruno Guimarães alongside Joelinton and Sandro Tonali, so let’s assess how Gallagher compares to that tried-and-trusted triumvirate.

The very abbreviated abstract of the admittedly gigantic desk above is that Gallagher would match into Newcastle’s workforce completely.

His statistics are similar to these of Guimarães, Joelinton and Tonali just about throughout the board, notably in terms of duels contested and touches per 90, with Gallagher popping out on prime for passing accuracy, tackles and interceptions.

The England worldwide’s out-of-possession skill and work-rate would see him seamlessly slot into Howe’s workforce, even when he’d must work to earn a beginning spot, with Luke Edwards of the Telegraph asserting that the present trio is the very best within the Premier League.

Nonetheless, again within the Champions League, which implies a extra hectic schedule, Newcastle would require depth, and Gallagher may very well be simply the person they require to get the very best out of Guimarães, with the Englishman capable of do extra of the soiled work, permitting the Brazilian to be deployed greater up the pitch the place he can do harm.

Because the numbers counsel, the previous Chelsea participant has all the instruments to allow that to occur.