An intriguing transfer update has emerged from the i’s Mark Douglas today, who’s issued an update on Marc Guehi and revealed that Newcastle are also in talks with another unnamed centre-back.
Starting with Guehi, he insists that our interest in the Crystal Palace defender is ‘very real’ and reveals that the 24-year-old is ‘very much open’ to a move to the North East, suggesting he’d swap Selhurst Park for St James’ if a fee could be agreed.
That could be the tricky part, as it’s understood no deal has been agreed after ongoing conversations with the Eagles, who are demanding “north of £65m” for the England international after his impressive displays at Euro 2024.
Newcastle retain an interest in AC Milan’s Malick Thiaw, but it’s believed a third centre-back option is being seriously looked at, with iNews claiming that talks have been taking place over a mystery defender in parallel with our Guehi negotiation.
Who could it be, I wonder? In terms of other young, right-sided centre-backs who have been linked in the past and are yet to move, there’s Sporting Lisbon’s Ousmane Diomande, Antionio Silva of Benfica and Nice’s Jean-Clair Todibo, although it seems the latter is likely to join Juventus.
Palace’s Joachim Andersen was a leading target last summer and profiles very similarly to Fabian Schar, but Newcastle may prefer a younger and slightly more mobile alternative to the 28-year-old Dane.
With Newcastle’s wait for a major summer signing dragging on, Douglas also shares a line he received from unnamed and ‘unruffled’ Newcastle executive, who said: “We’re waiting for the right opportunities and it’s not easy to get the best players in a market that’s pretty flat.”
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Author : Olly Hawkins
Publish date : 2024-08-05 13:56:00
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