Newcastle add Belgium worldwide to shortlist of January targets – Report

Newcastle United are available in the market for a right-winger and one other title was linked with a possible swap to St James’ Park over the weekend in Johan Bakayoko.

Belgian outlet Foot Information report that the membership are critically contemplating a January transfer for the PSV winger, who was linked with Liverpool over the summer season and beforehand topic to a big-money bid from Brentford.

Alongside Bakayoko, Newcastle have additionally been linked with Bees star Bryan Mbeumo and Nottingham Forest’s Anthony Elanga, who was focused on deadline day over the summer season.

Nevertheless, each Foot Information and a weekend report from TBR counsel that Belgium worldwide Bakayoko seems to be a key focus, with Newcastle monitoring the 21-year-old intently because the summer season.

The skillful winger bagged 14 objectives and 14 assists in all competitions final season and has began the present marketing campaign with 5 objectives and three assists, not too long ago scoring in PSV’s 4-0 win over Girona within the UEFA Champions League.

Monetary considerations tied to Revenue and Sustainability guidelines stay a hurdle for Newcastle. They needed to sanction the gross sales of Yankuba Minteh and Elliot Anderson final summer season and they don’t seem to be out of the woods but.

At a latest fan occasion, sporting director Paul Mitchell mentioned that the membership will nonetheless have monetary restrictions within the January window. “I do know nobody desires to listen to it, however January is all the time a tough window so I don’t suppose we should always essentially go into it anticipating any totally different to another earlier January,” he mentioned.