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An odd hearsay has emerged this week relating to Newcastle’s reported ‘curiosity’ in an out-of-favour Manchester Metropolis winger.
A brand new proper winger is without doubt one of the highest priorities for Eddie Howe within the switch market, with a goalkeeper and centre-back additionally believed to be excessive on the procuring listing for PIF heading into 2025.
The newest hyperlink, nevertheless, wouldn’t clear up the present issues that Newcastle have, and would maybe trigger much more if he was to signal on Tyneside.
Man Metropolis winger linked
Some weird claims have emerged this week from Jack Gaughan; The Mail’s Northern soccer reporter overlaying Manchester Metropolis.
In his newest Mail+ piece on potential ins and outs at Man Metropolis heading into 2025, he claims that Newcastle United have joined Tottenham in ‘monitoring Jack Grealish’s state of affairs’ on the Etihad.
It’s an actual head-scratcher of a hyperlink and one which has seemingly got here out of nowhere, however different rumours in the identical report will come as no shock.
Gaughan additionally mentions that Bruno Guimaraes has been mentioned in Pep Guardiola’s seek for midfield reinforcements and states that Marc Guehi additionally has admirers at Metropolis, however is unlikely to depart Palace in January.
It’s not stunning to listen to the underperforming Grealish could also be heading out of the exit door at Manchester Metropolis in 2025, however it could be a baffling signature for Newcastle to pursue – he isn’t even a right-winger, firstly.
We now have Anthony Gordon and Harvey Barnes on the left hand facet of the entrance three which is headache sufficient for Howe, with Jacob Murphy’s purple patch on the right-hand facet seeing him make that place his personal this season.
Grealish is now 29 and could be very costly in each wages and price, although price quite a bit lower than the exorbitant price that Metropolis paid for him. If earlier studies are to be believed, he earns in extra of £200,000-per-week on the Etihad.
The mix of these three elements, and the dearth of match inside the squad, are the precise reverse of the logical blueprint we’ve been advised Paul Mitchell is making an attempt to observe. This one must be a non-starter.
