It isn’t clear if Newcastle United will make a signing over the ultimate week of the January switch window, even as soon as money is available in for Miguel Almiron’s imminent transfer to Atlanta United.
What is evident, nonetheless, is that sporting director Paul Mitchell is pushing the membership to recruit younger gems capable of signal for modest charges and turn into high quality first-team gamers below Eddie Howe.
Usher in the suitable ones and it’s a sensible method to work inside PSR restrictions, particularly if these are signed alongside confirmed gamers capable of instantly enhance our beginning 11.
Based on claims within the Turkish press, Newcastle United are displaying a serious curiosity in Besiktas’ 19-year-old ahead Semih Kılıçsoy.
The Chronicle reported on the hyperlinks final week, claiming Besiktas had been in touch over a deal, however hyperlinks have intensified to the four-times-capped Turkish worldwide over the previous 48 hours.
A charge of £16m had been bandied about by varied shops and Turkish paper Milliyet now report that Newcastle are ‘keen to pay €19m’ (£16m in GBP) for Kılıçsoy.
This means the teenage ahead could be very a lot on Newcastle United’s radar, however it’s unclear whether or not we need to make a transfer this winter or summer season switch window.
On paper the lad ticks lots of bins: his worth, his age and expertise all level to a footballer who has a protracted method to go however may supply one thing within the right here and now as he’s already acting at an honest degree.
Kılıçsoy can also be capable of play on the left wing and United do want to organize for Callum Wilson’s possible exit later this yr. He seems to very a lot be a Paul Mitchell kind signing.
Others who’ve scouted Kılıçsoy spotlight his: dynamic and clever motion, his technical potential with each ft, and his nice stability and alter of route. He’s very a lot a dribbler/creator/goalscoring hybrid.
Aston Villa have been credited with an curiosity within the participant 12 months in the past and he’s beforehand been in comparison with Aguero for his stocky construct, low centre of gravity and eye for objective.
For the report, Kılıçsoy’s stats for his first full season at Beşiktaş learn: 23 video games, 11 targets, 4 assists. He has additionally scored 43 targets in 72 youth video games prior to creating his senior debut final season at simply 18-years-old.