Newcastle are within the race for Evan Ferguson however face critical competitors from West Ham United, who’ve emerged as front-runners to signal the Brighton & Hove Albion striker.
It was revealed within the Telegraph late final month that the Eire worldwide is accessible on mortgage in January and, in line with CaughtOffside, Newcastle have joined various Premier League golf equipment in registering their curiosity.
Brighton are admirers of Ferguson’s expertise however he’s struggling for game-time and so they have been up to now unable to reintegrate the ahead into his beginning XI. It’s thought Seagulls boss Fabián Hurzeler expects extra consistency from Ferguson in coaching, with the participant that includes in simply 269 minutes throughout all competitions this season.
Brighton are open to loaning the striker in January, with an eventual everlasting switch potential if an acceptable supply comes. Thus far this determine is estimated at £60 million, though it stays to be seen if the membership would do a January cope with Newcastle; a membership they’re more likely to see as rivals within the battle for Europe this season.
Different names regarded as eager on Ferguson embody. Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester Metropolis, and Arsenal. However it’s West Ham’s superior discussions which have reportedly put them in pole place to safe the participant’s signature.
Newcastle just lately welcomed the return of Callum Wilson, who has been out with a long-term harm. However there are considerations that the previous England worldwide will have the ability to keep match till the top of the season, together with the very fact he’s out of contract subsequent summer season.
Apart from Will Osula, who has barely featured since signing from Sheffield United over the summer season, Alexander Isak is the one different out-and-out striker at Newcastle, who could also be clever to signal a long-term alternative for an ageing and out-of-contract Wilson.