'Cautious optimism' Newcastle will strike club-record deal by weekend as Prem transfer 'edges closer'
Newcastle United are presently ‘bordering better’ to securing a club-record provision for Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi, according to Sky Sports reporter Keith Downie.
The Magpies have rendered 5 signings so much this summertime with Lewis Hall, Odysseas Vlachodimos, Will undoubtedly Osula, Lloyd Kelly and also John Ruddy with one voice completing moves to St James’ Park, while Elliot Anderson and also Yankuba Minteh are the two players that have abandoned the club for prices over the summertime.
And presently Eddie Howe and also his Newcastle recruitment crew are glancing to have a brand-new centre-earlier to the side with Crystal Palace’s Guehi ending up their list of targets.
Guehi attracted in the Premier League last period and also starred for England at Euro 2024 in the absence of Manchester United centre-earlier Harry Maguire.
Although Newcastle are still pondering Bayer Leverkusen’s Edmond Tapsoba and also Chelsea’s Axel Disasi as potential options, Sky Sports reporter Downie urges there is “heedful optimism” that a provision can be struck in days gone by the weekend break for Guehi.
Downie built on X: “Newcastle are this morning bordering better to recovering to arrangement with Crystal Palace for Marc Guéhi. There is heedful optimism a provision can be struck by the weekend break with Palace privately accepting it would undoubtedly be remunerative to silver in presently while Guehi’s worth is high.
“Further talks were clutched over the last 24 hours, and also a package of £65m + have-ons is imaginable to go to a provision struck. This would undoubtedly connote a club-record for #NUFC Newcastle perpetuate to dissect options, such as Tapsoba & Disasi — in husk Guehi activity falls short.”
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Crystal Palace chairman Steve Church said last week that it would undoubtedly steal “super celebrity silver” to enable Guehi to disown this summertime.
Church said: “Zero one has got to the consultation yet. If you pine a super celebrity player you need to compensation super celebrity silver.
“It’s not foreseeable the determinant whereby we have to gain a verdict. We love owning him and also would undoubtedly love to retain him.
“If a man else wants to have him they need to gain it actually arduous for us. He’s a generational talent.”
And Crystal Palace supervisor Oliver Glasner was storing his cards chummy to his upper body in floater of their opening day loss to Brentford last weekend break.
“Nicely, of training course, Marc trained today with us, we talked together,” Glasner told a press meeting.
“I have zero unlike other information, I have to sort at my fiscal campus account to go to if something has come in yet it doesn’t sort prefer (it) so we tactic (for the gallery) with Marc.
“He’s our player, he’s our captain and also I can’t tell you anything else.”
Once rated to him that £65m can be too a lot to rotate down for Guehi, Glasner reacted: “I don’t realise how the chairman identifies super celebrity silver so it’s a irritate you have to ask the chairman.”
