Newcastle United target Serhou Guirassy has turned down a potential move to Saudi Arabia, because he dreams of playing in the Premier League.
That’s according to BILD, who say the transfer race for the Bundesliga’s new phenomenon is getting ‘wilder and wilder’.
They explain that while Guirassy was away in Africa playing for Guinea in this international break, behind the scenes the courtship for his signature was getting under.
He can leave Stuttgart for a bargain fee of €17.5m in the January transfer window via a release clause, something which attracts ‘many interested parties’.
Newcastle United, AC Milan and Atletico Madrid are all keen on a potential deal and the Magpies may have a toe ahead of the competition.
That’s because a move to St James Park would mean Guirassy could ‘fulfill his dream’ of playing in the Premier League, something Atletico and AC Milan obviously could not offer him.
This dream of playing in England’s top flight has already seen him turn down clubs from Saudi Arabia, who also made it clear they want him in the January window. The striker said no to that proposal as he wants to carry on playing at the top level, which in Europe means the Premier League.
He turned down these offers despite the fact he could have ‘earned significantly more’ from the transfer than he currently does in Stuttgart.
He’s happy where he is for the time being but has made it clear in public statements that anything can happen and BILD insist that the Premier League is very much in his eyeline.
That should give Newcastle an advantage if their interest is as strong as stated, although for now neither they nor the other two clubs have officially approached his club, but rather gone through consultants who are ‘sounding out the market’.
