A document in Spain claims Newcastle United are prepared to pay what it takes to signal Barcelona goalkeeper Marc Andre Ter Stegen in the January transfer window.
The Magpies are actually critical players inside the market after the takeover through a Saudi-led consortium. Unsurprisingly, they have been connected with many top gamers but have yet to call Steve Bruce’s alternative. Bruce become sacked following the takeover, with Unai Emery ‘rejecting’ the north-east membership’s overtures.
Eddie Howe is the today's preferred, with rumours he can be unveiled this week. And the previous Bournemouth boss’s first activity might be to maintain the Tynesiders inside the Premier League.
They are presently nineteenth inside the standings and haven't begun to win a pinnacle-flight suit in 2021-2022. Building from the lower back may be key, to try to stem the avalanche of goals being conceded.
They have shipped 23 to this point, scoring most effective 11. Karl Darlow and Freddie Woodman had been sharing goalkeeping responsibilities inside the league.
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But El Nacional (via Sport Witness) are suggesting the new proprietors want to trap Ter Stegen from Barca in the wintry weather window. The file provides that Newcastle are ‘geared up to pay’ €55m to signal the 29-12 months-old but will ‘go higher’ if essential.
And additionally they state that the St James’ Park club have already ‘tempted’ the Catalans into negotiations. They are stated to have an ‘limitless price range’ and want to get Ter Stegen on board ‘at all prices’.
It seems inconceivable that a club with Newcastle’s wealth could drop into the Championship. But any new supervisor can be beginning from a perilous role within the table. January signings will surely help but it is getting the right type of player that will be key.
El Nacional trust that convincing the Germany international might be the ‘most complex’ issue in any negotiations. He is stated to be satisfied on the Nou Camp and will best entertain a pass again to Germany.
