A collage picture of Arne Slot and Eddie Howe. (Picture by Carl Recine/Getty Photographs and Richard Pelham/Getty Photographs.)
Newcastle shall be trying to strengthen their squad this winter however are going through difficulties in making an attempt to land PSV’s sensible proper winger, Johan Bakayoko.
Based on CaughtOffside sources, the Magpies have been quietly monitoring the 21-year-old for a while, nevertheless, Liverpool have now entered the image and are believed to be in a greater monetary place than their Premier League rivals.
Newcastle have to promote earlier than they will purchase Johan Bakayoko
That shall be essential on condition that the Eredivisie outfit are reported to need at the least €60m for the participant’s providers and to get everybody across the desk.
On condition that he’s already plundered 9 targets and assists in 21 video games this season (transfermarkt), one can perceive the Dutch large’s causes for eager to play exhausting ball.
Johan Bakayoko of PSV through the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Section MD5 match towards Shakhtar Donetsk. (Picture by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Photographs)
The opposite benefit that Liverpool have in fact is Arne Slot’s data of and respect for Dutch soccer.
Having presided over a implausible Feyenoord aspect, the 46-year-old and his means of working shall be well-known to Bakayoko.
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With former Liverpool supervisor, Jurgen Klopp, prone to cease his successor transferring for Xavi Simons, Slot received’t wish to lose out on Bakayoko.
Sources additional advance that PSV are detest to promote the participant in January, however concede that will probably be a risk if any membership presents their asking worth.
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At current, all of Bayern Munich, Nottingham Forest, Al Hilal, Paris Saint Germain, RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund are additionally following Bakayoko, however theirs is a watching temporary at current as they wait and see how issues pan out over the following few weeks.
Newcastle know that in the event that they wish to land the participant, that they might want to promote earlier than they will purchase, and that might probably clarify why they’re making one 27-year-old accessible on the market.