Newcastle United are available in the market for a brand new centre-back to ultimately substitute Fabian Schar and there’s a sure Ligue 1 expertise who has been linked on multiple event over the previous few weeks.
That’s Lens star Abdukodir Khusanov; the 20-year-old defender who moved to the Ligue 1 outfit in 2023 from Belarus membership FC Energetik-BGU Minsk, costing simply €100k on the time.
He’s gone on to turn into an everyday for the French facet regardless of his younger age and AreaNapoli journalist Gianluca Vitale stories that each Newcastle and Wolverhampton Wanderers have been supplied the possibility to signal him.
This follows final week’s story from The Telegraph, which revealed that each Newcastle and Spurs had been displaying curiosity within the centre-back heading into 2025 after sending scouts to look at him.
However this latest story has divulged some additional element, revealing that super-agent Jorge Mendes has been given a mandate to promote Khusanov. Whereas the Uzbek isn’t technically a shopper of Gestifute – the company ran by Mendes – he’ll be capable to provide the participant to golf equipment throughout Europe, utilizing his huge community of connections.
It’s reported that Paris Saint-Germain, Napoli and Actual Madrid are the opposite golf equipment which have been notified about Khusanov, who will probably be out there to depart his present membership for €20-25m. Mendes would get round 10% of any service price from the transaction, it’s thought.
Khusanov unlikely to reach in January?
Khusanov’s contract is up at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in June 2027, and it’s not clear whether or not the intention is for him to be bought within the forthcoming January switch window or in the summertime.
From Newcastle’s perspective, the precedence is bringing in a right-winger in the course of the winter window. It’s a place that has been uncared for and in dire want of enchancment – with Miguel Almiron now effectively previous his prime.
PSR has restricted Newcastle so funds will unlikely go in the direction of a centre-back subsequent month a minimum of, notably with Jamaal Lascelles and Sven Botman set for a return within the coming months.