Newcastle United’s pursuit for Bas Dost continues, and the updates from Jornal de Notícias this morning are quite impressive.
With a headline saying the Magpies are ‘on the edge of madness’, the newspaper claims the club is now closer to activating the Dutchman’s €60m release clause.
They say that the talks between Newcastle and Sporting have been happening by email, and it’s expected that in the next negotiation rounds, there will be an offer the Portuguese club can’t refuse.
If the €60m bid arrives, then it would be up to Bas Dost to decide. Jornal de Notícias claim he’s happy at Sporting and focused on winning the league title this season.
It’s fair to recall that Jornal de Notícias were the first to claim Newcastle’s €40m offer a few days ago, and two other outlets confirmed it the day after.
Could it be Sporting just leaking information to make the player sound more valuable? Of course, as always.
But this story is starting to get very curious.
