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Newcastle United have scouted a Celtic star because the watchlist of sporting director Paul Mitchell continues to increase.
Chief scout Steve Nickson not too long ago went to look at key Toon goal Bryan Mbeumo at Brentford Gtech Group Stadium, whereas a separate Newcastle scout travelled to look at Sporting Lisbon centre-back Ousmane Diomande, in accordance with reviews in Portugal.
The inexperienced aspect of Glasgow is the most recent port of name for the Magpies, with Mitchell regarded as eager to bolster our scouting community in Scotland.
In response to The Chronicle’s Lee Ryder, Newcastle not too long ago despatched ‘senior scouts’ to keep watch over Celtic’s proper wing star Nicolas Kuhn.
The German has 16 objectives and 11 assists this season to ship Brendan Rogers’ aspect flying to the highest of the Scottish Premier League. He’s additionally impressed within the Champions League, bagging a brace in a 3-1 win over RB Leipzig.
The 25-year-old is contracted with Parkhead till 2029 and is regarded as accessible for £20-25m, becoming a member of the listing of ‘ones to look at’ in 2025 after current hyperlinks to the likes of Tyler Dibling, Johan Bakayoko and Antoine Semenyo, to call a couple of.
Ryder additionally states: ‘Newcastle try to beef up their scouting community in Scotland however have despatched senior scouts to Parkhead this time period with Kuhn the stand out performer.’
If Newcastle had made gross sales early within the January switch window then I consider a few of that will have been reinvested into the primary crew.
Nevertheless, as this stage it sounds more and more doubtless that the membership will decide in opposition to recruiting this month, with the main focus anticipated to be on a wave of arrivals after the upcoming PSR deadline on June thirtieth.
The upcoming sale of Miguel Almiron might make funds accessible, but the likes of Sean Longstaff, Kieran Trippier and Harvey Barnes had been additionally linked with winter strikes that haven’t come to fruition, with affords for Lloyd Kelly additionally coming in effectively beneath the membership’s asking worth.
There felt an out of doors probability that the well-scouted Tyler Dibling might arrive to bolster our attacking choices when Miggy departs, however a current ankle damage to the 18-year-old ruling him out for 4-6 weeks makes this an more and more unlikely chance.
With not less than 90 minutes watching Kuhn in particular person then maybe a deal might be reached earlier than the top of the month, however our fundamental targets of Johan Bakayoko, Bryan Mbeumo and Dibling should await the summer time.
