“Newcastle was very shut” – Agent confirms membership simply missed out on £34m deal

It’s been a troublesome January switch window up to now, with incomings showing more and more unlikely as we edge in direction of the February third deadline.

Outgoings appear to be the main focus, however we’ve additionally seen just a few targets signal elsewhere, with former Lens centre-back Abdukodir Khusanov ending up at Man Metropolis after critical curiosity from Newcastle.

New particulars have come to mild relating to the defender’s £34m transfer to Man Metropolis – and it makes irritating studying for Newcastle United followers.

In line with Gairat Khasbiullin, the participant’s agent, Newcastle had been “very shut” to agreeing a deal for the Uzbekistan worldwide earlier than he sealed a January transfer to the Etihad.

Chatting with Championat, Khasbiullin hints that PSR was a think about Newcastle’s failed pursuit, saying ‘monetary truthful play had an affect’, however he additionally hints that we took too lengthy to make a suggestion for the 20-year-old.

“Newcastle was very near the deal. They even remained one of many favourites, after which was the final to depart the race with Metropolis,” he mentioned.

“So far as I perceive, monetary truthful play additionally had an affect. Nicely, they didn’t have sufficient time. Maybe if that they had made a suggestion earlier, they might have had time to come back to an settlement.

“Then Metropolis put a lot strain on Lens that it was troublesome to make a comparable provide. It was additionally influenced by the truth that the French wanted this cash.”

After bidding £60m+ for Marc Guehi in August and signing nobody since, it will sum up PSR if monetary guidelines stopped us making an earlier bid for Khusanov; who has ended up at a membership with 115 prices to cope with.

If lacking out on Khusanov to Man Metropolis wasn’t sufficient, it appears one other of our centre-back targets is all set to hitch the Champions as a substitute.

Fabrizio Romano studies that Juma Bah is because of signal for Pep Guardiola’s aspect, who plan to ship the enormous Sierra Leone star to Lens on mortgage.

This comes after The Athletic reported earlier this month that Newcastle had been taking an in depth take a look at Bah following his spectacular mortgage spell with La Liga aspect Actual Valladolid.

His change to Man Metropolis could possibly be difficult, nevertheless, as Actual Valladolid have launched a press release accusing Metropolis of tapping up the 18-year-old.