Eddie Howe snubbed the prospect to signal Chelsea’s Axel Disasi through the summer season switch window, a brand new report from The Mail’s Craig Hope has claimed.
After failing to clinch a cope with Marc Guehi, with Crystal Palace rejecting quite a few gives for the England worldwide, Sky Sports activities reported over the summer season that Disasi was into account on Tynesid together with Bayer Leverkusen’s Edson Tapsoba.
The French centre-back joined Chelsea in 2023 for a reported €45m earlier than making 44 appearances throughout all competitions in his debut season at Stamford Bridge.
Regardless of displaying early promise at Chelsea, Disasi was not included in France’s Euro 2024 squad. There have been query marks round him ever since he moved to West London from Monaco.
He had joined the French membership when Paul Mitchell was in cost and was a standout performer for the Ligue 1 outfit. It could seem as if the Magpies sporting director felt that he could be a superb purchase for the membership however that Howe had different concepts, based on Craig Hope of the Every day Mail.
Beginning at right-back, Disasi delivered a sub-par show mid-week in Newcastle’s 2-0 win over Chelsea within the League Cup. He scored an own-goal and had a troublesome time in opposition to Joelinton and Joe Willock because the Toon progressed to the quarterfinals.
Going into the January switch window, Newcastle have reportedly turned their consideration to a right-winger. Centre-backs Jaamal Lascelles and Sven Botman are set to make a return to motion, whereas the appropriate flank wants desperately upgrading with Jacob Murphy and Miguel Almiron occupying these positions.