Newcastle officers noticed at Champions League sport to look at centre-back – Report

With the January switch window proper across the nook, Newcastle United are in determined want of some reinforcements everywhere in the pitch if Eddie Howe is to show his workforce’s kind round.

Alongside right-wing, we’re significantly weak within the centre-back place with Dan Burn and Fabian Schar at the moment holding down these spots whereas Sven Botman continues his restoration from an ACL damage.

Stories earlier this week hinted at a change in switch technique, with a concentrate on abroad expertise main us to Johan Bakayoko at PSV, and it appears the membership are additionally monitoring a younger defender over in Belgium.

In line with TBR Soccer, Newcastle had scouts watching over Membership Brugge’s 2-1 win in opposition to Sporting Lisbon within the Champions League, specializing in Brugge centre-back Joel Ordonez.

This isn’t the primary time we’ve been linked with a transfer for the 20-year-old who rose by means of the ranks at Ecuadorian aspect Independiente del Valle, the identical membership that produced Moises Caicedo, earlier than making the transfer to the Belgian Professional League.

Through the sport, Ordonez performed a key position in serving to to maintain Viktor Gyokeres quiet – some feat based mostly on his present kind – as they secured a giant victory in opposition to the Portuguese giants.

The defender additionally performed the total 90 minutes of their 1-0 win in opposition to Aston Villa final month, so he’s no stranger to Premier League opposition and has loads of high flight admirers, with TBR revealing that Chelsea are additionally monitoring the South American.

At 6ft 2, Ordonez is a dominant presence each on the bottom and within the air which is precisely what Newcastle want on the minute having repeatedly proven to be far too weak on the again to date this season.

Nevertheless, the Ecuadorian additionally has the power to play out from the again, fairly just like Antonio Rudiger at Actual Madrid, and may very well be completely suited to Premier League soccer underneath the best supervisor.

Ordonez sometimes performs as a right-sided centre-back, making him a possible substitute for Schar who’s now 33-years-old and a long-term accomplice for Botman.