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In keeping with a brand new report, Newcastle United plan to ‘step up their curiosity’ in highly-rated Sporting Lisbon winger Geovany Quenda.
This comes from CaughtOffisde, who declare that Newcastle are ‘planning to make a transfer’ for the 17-year-old sensation who has caught the attention of a number of high European sides following his performances in Portugal.
The appropriate-winger is believed to have admirers at Chelsea and Manchester United, with the latter more likely to be nicely conscious of his capability now former Lisbon boss Ruben Amorim has arrived at Previous Trafford.
Newcastle’s want for an additional right-sided attacker is well-documented following hyperlinks to Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo and our failure to strengthen on this division over the summer time, though any transfer for {the teenager} is more likely to be a ‘venture signing’ like Yankuba Minteh or Will Osula; not somebody anticipated to return straight into Eddie Howe’s first staff.
Quenda has already acquired a call-up to the Portuguese nationwide aspect after impressing at U17 and U21 stage for his nation, though he’s but to make his first look below Roberto Martínez.
At membership stage, he’s featured in all 4 of Sporting Lisbon’s Champions League video games this season and grabbed an help of their emphatic 4-1 win over Man Metropolis earlier this month.
It’s additionally been a breakthrough season for Quenda within the league, the place he’s began 9 of their opening 11 video games, bagging a aim and an help within the course of. Right here’s the teen in motion:
