Portuguese newspaper A Bola link Newcastle United with William Carvalho again this weekend, and it’s becoming a transfer rumour which keeps popping up.
Carvalho’s buyout clause is €45m and the whole thing was twisted into Newcastle United being prepared to pay a ‘stunning’ £39m, which we pointed out was quite clearly nonsense.
Scrubbing all of that, the claims of interest were still there in Portugal, and are again. A Bola say Rafael Benitez ‘wants to construct a team’ good enough to make sure that 
Newcastle won’t struggle next season.
The last thing the Spaniard wants is to spend a season trying to keep his club’s head above the bottom three. Targeting footballers the calibre of Euro 2016 winner Carvalho is a way to go about that.
A Bola say Sporting will listen to interesting offers.
