Looking to keep their momentum going after winning the Carabao Cup and ending their long wait for silverware, Newcastle United are now reportedly racing to sign a Serie A winner this summer.
Newcastle eyeing key defensive addition
After 70 long years, Newcastle finally got their hands on a major trophy last weekend - defeating Liverpool 2-1 at Wembley to carve their names into the history books once and for all. It was the perfect day for those in Tyneside, who saw one of their own head home the opening goal when Dan Burn rose highest before Alexander Isak wheeled away in celebration soon after.
It's a victory that the Magpies will be desperate to build on in the Premier League as they set their sights on qualifying for the Champions League this season. It's with that place among Europe's elite that they could attract the fresh faces Eddie Howe has been crying out for at times, too.
Names such as Semih Kilicsoy have already threatened to steal the headlines in recent weeks, but before the young Besiktas star, it could be a defensive reinforcement that arrives.
According to MilanLive, Newcastle are now racing to sign Fikayo Tomori this summer in a deal that would be worth just €25m (£21m). After losing his place at the San Siro throughout the current campaign, the defender looks destined to depart and could find himself on his way back to the Premier League for the first time since leaving Chelsea in 2021.
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Losing him would be a major blow for the Magpies.
Amid competition from Nottingham Forest in the race to sign the former Chelsea man, Champions League qualification is likely to be all-important for Newcastle this summer.
Given how they've been forced to form makeshift backlines in the last two seasons, welcoming Tomori should be among Newcastle's priorities when the summer transfer window swings open.
"Intelligent" Tomori would solve Newcastle problem
On paper, Fabian Schar and Sven Botman form one of the most impressive centre-back partnerships in the Premier League. They were near-perfect together when Newcastle last qualified for the Champions League in the 2022/23 campaign. However, the reality is that neither have been able to avoid injury issues to rediscover their form of two seasons ago and Newcastle must sign a solution.
That's where Tomori should come in. The Milan man may have lost his starting place this season but it wasn't so long ago that he was helping his side to Serie A glory and pocketing Isak in the Champions League.
AC Milan's Fikayo Tomori and Slovan Bratislava's Idjessi Metoko react
Keeping the Swede quiet at the San Siro in a 0-0 draw last season, Tomori made 11 defensive actions and was not dribbled past once against the Magpies. Isak, meanwhile, failed to have a touch in Milan's box and lost half of his duels.
Previously dubbed "intelligent" by Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand, the Premier League is calling Tomori's name once again in what could see him complete a summer return.