While Newcastle United are often linked with big transfers these days thanks to their newfound money, the Magpies are also likely to do some smart business during the summer market.
Targeting players out of favour at their current clubs, meaning their prices will be a bit lower, to bolster Eddie Howe’s squad and add some depth, could go a long way, which is where someone like Jordan Veretout comes in.
The Frenchman hasn’t had the best season under José Mourinho at AS Roma, at least on a personal level, and talk of an exit has been circulating since the January transfer window.
Newcastle were linked as an interested party then, and they appear to remain so to this day, with Corriere della Sera’s Rome edition bringing the latest.
Looking at the potential renewals set to be handed out in Rome following the Conference League success, the newspaper point out there is ‘little chance’ of Veretout being handed one, with the midfielder more likely to be ‘sacrificed’ to gather funds.
That’s when Newcastle come in, with it said the former Aston Villa man is of interest to the Magpies, even if the player himself would ‘prefer to return to France, at Marseille’.
His price? AS Roma ‘value him at €10m’.
That’s cheap for a player of his quality, and certainly someone Newcastle should keep an eye on if they need to save some money for more expensive areas of the pitch, such as the striker position.
