Newcastle United transfers: Five players the Magpies could be targeting this summer

Money-rich Newcastle United ended the 2021-22 Premier League season in high quality type, and so they’ll little doubt be wanting throughout the continent this summer season with a view to buying a few of their prime targets.

Eddie Howe’s group has picked up 38 factors in 19 matches throughout the the calendar yr 2022, which factors to an outstanding second-half of the marketing campaign after the membership’s disastrous begin to 2021-22. The storm clouds have effectively and really been changed by rainbows of optimism for subsequent season. Here is who the Magpies could possibly be focusing on as a way to take the membership to the following stage and problem for a European place. 

Victor Osimhen

 Bodily imposing centre ahead

Chris Wooden hasn’t precisely set the world on hearth after his transfer to St. James’ Park from Burnley. Eddie Howe’s group is crying out for somebody with good motion and tempo and sure, Callum Wilson is already on the membership, however one other participant in his mould would possibly simply assist to unlock the trickery and unpredictability of Allan Saint-Maximin. 

Napoli and Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen is understood for his rangy working of the channels and dribbling skill. He did value Napoli €75m although, and on the belief that they would not need to make a loss on the deal, the 23-year-old would not come low cost. Think about how cellular a possible attacking trio of Osimhem Wilson and Saint-Maximin could be? There would possibly, nevertheless, be issues about its skill to retain the ball in tight areas.

Lucas Paquetá

Versatile attacking midfielder

If Newcastle prefers to pursue a right-sided attacker that’s good in possession, they need to look no additional than Lyon and Brazil playmaker Lucas Paquetá. Nonetheless solely 24, he is already obtained expertise of Serie A below his belt throughout his stint with Milan and he is now the wearer of Lyon’s quantity 10 jersey.

Do not forget that he is buddies with Bruno after the pair performed collectively at Lyon. Paqueta is a ball-player moderately than a runner, possessing the flexibility to play in quite a few attacking midfield roles, and his left-footedness would make him a chief candidate as an improve on Miguel Almiron as an inverted playmaker from that flank. Paqueta actually has the pedigree and high quality to trigger a stir in North East England. Like Osimhen, Paquetá would value a reasonably penny. 

Fabian Ruiz

Midfield normal

Bruno Guimaraes has been a revelation since his big-money transfer from Lyon after a slowish begin to life in England. Bruno scores objectives, he makes objectives and he usually simply bosses proceedings together with his proactive strategy to midfield play. Now, the Newcastle engine room simply wants a “pure 6” or defensive midfielder alongside the Brazilian to stability issues out. 

To that impact, they have been linked with yet one more Napoli participant, Spanish schemer Fabian Ruiz. He is a daily within the coronary heart of midfield for membership and nation, and though he is way over only a midfield destroyer, he is tremendous snug working from deep-lying areas and dictating the tempo of matches.

Sven Botman

Commanding centre-back

Dan Burn’s first season at Newcastle has been a giant success, however Eddie Howe will need another commanding centre-back to compete for a spot with Burn, Fabian Schär and membership skipper Jamaal Lascelles. Left-footed Sven Botman has been linked with Newcastle already this yr and it is even been alleged that they failed with a bid for the Dutchman, nevertheless it would not be an enormous shock in the event that they returned to Lille with an improved proposal for the gifted 22-year-old. Botman is fantastically snug on the ball, a high quality has alerted curiosity from round Europe. 

Kieran Tierney

Marauding left-back

Arsenal’s Scottish left-back is being primed for the captaincy in North London, however it will be fascinating to see how they might reply to a 50m supply from a cash-rich membership like Newcastle, when you take into account his patchy harm file that is already turning into a giant concern for Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta. Matt Targett’s mortgage spell from Aston Villa is over and the Magpies want a giant signing on this place. 

Who could be in your buying listing, Newcastle followers?