Newcastle United CEO David Hopkinson has admitted he has ‘no idea’ whether or not the likes of Liverpool were presented with the chance to sign Sandro Tonali by the midfielder’s agent during the January transfer window.
LIVERPOOL were heavily linked with alot of players over the course of the January window, as many felt that Arne Slot needed to add an enforcer like Tonali to the midfield, and the Italian was a player that could have reportedly left Newcastle in the window.
Reports claimed that his representatives supposedly indicating to ARSENAL that a move could be negotiated, but in the end, the big Italian International obviously stayed put and now the clubs CEO has responded to the reported news.
In an interview with talkSPORT, Hopkinson was asked whether there was any truth in stories claiming Tonali’s agent was behind this recent transfer speculation.
“I have no idea. That’s our answer,” he replied. “Eddie [Howe] got it right, he doesn’t know, I don’t know. Here’s what I do know: he’s a superstar player, he’s under contract here.
“He’s not the only player we had that other clubs would covet, so I think if we get a situation where people aren’t trying to muck about and sew some chaos into the marketplace in order to dislodge our players then we’ve got a real problem.
“Sandro has been a wonderful player, a smile’s on every day I see him, I believe he’s happy here and we’re certainly happy with him.”
IcFootballnews Says…
Tonali could have left Newcastle in the winter window, and it would have been a massive loss for the Toon to lose such a massive player, especially as they wants to get back into the Champions LEAGUE for next season.
LIVERPOOL and Arsenal will be interested again in the summer window, but will they want to pay that massive £100 million asking price?
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