Newcastle now in touch with Leeds over January deal – Report

Outgoings have thus far been the main focus of a reasonably quiet January switch window on Tyneside thus far.

Miguel Almiron is about to seal an £11m transfer again to Atlanta United, Lloyd Kelly has curiosity from overseas and Sean Longstaf is considered up on the market.

Nevertheless, there’s one other Magazine who has right now been linked with a possible transfer away as we enter the ultimate seven days of the January window.

Based on The Athletic, Leeds United are eyeing up a late transfer for Newcastle United’s forgotten man Matt Targett.

Chris Waugh studies that the promotion-chasing Championship aspect have ‘enquired’ in regards to the left-back’s availability forward of subsequent Monday’s deadline.

It’s thought Targett is obtainable for switch and could possibly be one to observe over the following week, with the 29-year-old struggling for recreation time now Lewis Corridor has established himself as Eddie Howe’s first selection left-back.

Targett has 18 months left on his contract and will likely be anticipating recreation time after only one begin all season, which got here in our 3-1 win over Bromley within the FA Cup earlier this month.

This isn’t the primary time he’s been linked with a January exit, with talkSPORT lately reporting on mortgage curiosity from Bundesliga aspect Eintracht Frankfurt and Belgian giants Anderlecht.

It might appear straightforward to say in hindsight, however the membership could also be regretting their choice to signal Targett completely after a stable preliminary mortgage spell.

He did job to assist us keep up in Howe’s first half-season in cost, however the £15m everlasting transfer that adopted has not went to plan.

It rapidly grew to become clear that the membership have been striving for higher than the previous Aston Villa man, who’s regular however unspectacular, on good wages (which are probably hampering our capability to maneuver him on now) and has spent nearly all of the previous few seasons battling accidents.

Hopefully he can discover a transfer quickly, with the full-back in want of a contemporary begin after simply three Premier League appearances over the previous season and a half.