As you might have heard, there was an attempt from Newcastle United to sign Fabián Ruiz from Napoli in the January transfer window.
Corriere dello Sport have an article on the Spaniard’s future beyond the current season, with his sale now almost expected in the summer.
A number of clubs are likely to be interested, including Newcastle if they stay up in the Premier League.
He will have one year left on his contract, and ‘will find a crowd wielding the Union Jack’, where the Magpies will be at the forefront.
In fact, Eddie Howe’s side have ‘gone straight to the heart of the discussion’ already for the midfielder, as Corriere explain the midfielder has a ‘top player value’, and the ‘£40m that Newcastle would have wanted to pay immediately, already in recent days, will not be enough’.
This suggests the bid from the Magpies was £40m, but that’s a fee, even with just one year left on his contract, that will need to be upped in the summer when the Premier League side are expected to make even bigger moves.
