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Regardless of solely arriving on Tyneside over the summer time, there are stories right now of a shock bid for Newcastle United defender Lloyd Kelly.
Kelly arrived from Bournemouth in June final 12 months, arriving on a free switch after failing to agree a brand new deal on the Vitality.
Thus far, he’s began only one Premier League sport since September, struggling to impress both at left-back or centre-back.
In line with stories in Turkey, Fenerbahce have made a transfer for Lloyd Kelly as Jose Mourinho seems to be to usher in a left-sided defender this month.
This comes from Tremendous Lig journalist Sercan Hamzaoglu, who stories that the Fenerbahce have entered talks over a price for the 26-year-old.
He even states that an official supply is on the desk for Kelly, as he matches the profile Mourinho desires this month, presumably interesting as somebody who can play at centre-back or left-back.
Fenerbahce have been in talks to signal Aston Villa’s Diego Carlos – a participant beforehand linked with Newcastle throughout his time at Sevilla – so it’ll be attention-grabbing to see if that is them transferring on or pushing Villa to decrease their calls for.
Time will inform if there’s any fact to this ‘bid’ – it’s the form of hearsay that may very well be shot down by the native media inside minutes – nevertheless it’s honest to say Kelly’s first-team prospects don’t look nice after falling down the pecking order in each of his favoured positions.
Kelly arrived as a free-agent squad signing, however his path to begins isn’t wanting nice for a few causes.
Not solely has he struggled to impress up to now, he’s behind Dan Burn within the pecking order after the Blyth-born defender’s constant show as a left-sided centre-back.
Sven Botman can be match once more and the membership are anticipated to signal anothr younger centre-half in 2025, which may cut back his minutes even additional.
The identical could be mentioned at left-back, the place Lewis Corridor has nailed down that position in Howe’s first XI and turn into among the best gamers in his place throughout the Premier League.
There’s little question we nonetheless want cowl at LCB and LB and I doubt Howe would entertain a transfer so quickly after his arrival, however with PSR a relentless barrier to spending, will probably be attention-grabbing to see what the membership do IF Fenerbahce actually have come ahead with a bid.
