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The latest transfer talk from Newcastle United as the Magpies plan for the January transfer window.
Newcastle United’s bid to attract the best young talent from around Europe has reportedly led the Magpies to consider a move for a highly-rated midfielder.
After a challenging summer transfer window where the likes of Elliot Anderson and Yankuba Minteh were sold to help Newcastle avoid falling foul of the Premier League’s profit and sustainability regulations, there were suggestions there could be a change in approach in the transfer market.
After playing a reduced role following his appointment as sporting director during the close-season, Paul Mitchell is now looking to transform Eddie Howe’s playing squad and ensure the Magpies can move on from what has been a difficult first four months to their Premier League campaign.
Speaking after the summer transfer window closed, he said: “You look at a lot of the signings this summer, it is of a certain age profile, so there is things we need to assess. There are things we got wrong in our strategy for sure. Me coming in when I did probably wasn’t the best timing for the organisation but what it has done is allow me to witness a process.
“And now it allows to me to analyse that process and make sure we put the next – ultimately January, next summer, five years down the line – process in place where we can become a sustainable high performer. As custodians of this club we can’t just keep spending, spending because at some point that won’t enable the club to facilitate its goals and I don’t think any Newcastle fan wants to see this club in a place where other clubs were last season with docked points, with financial penalties because that can really affect our growth.”
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Newcastle have been linked with a whole host of young players from around Europe after the likes of Lens centre-back Abdukodir Khusanov, Club Brugge defender Joel Ordonez and Atalanta’s Giorgio Scalvini were all suggested as possible targets. However, the latest promising talent to be linked with a move to Tyneside is Hertha Berlin attacking midfielder Ibrahim Maza, who is said to have been monitored by the Magpies during the first half of the Bundesliga 2 season. The once-capped Algeria international has scored seven goals and provided four assists in 18 appearances in all competitions for the German second tier side.
As per Sport Witness, German outlet Bild have reported Newcastle and Premier League rivals Brentford have ‘been in contact’ with Maza’s representatives in recent weeks. West Ham, Fulham, Leicester, Wolves and Southampton have also been linked with the 19-year-old over the last month and Atlético Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart are also said to be keen.
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