Newcastle United have reportedly sent officials to Lisbon in order to negotiate the purchase of the Sporting CP defender Ruben Semedo.
Newspaper A Bola has a story today saying the first offer has already been made, but it wasn’t enough for the Magpies to convince the Lions to sell.
Ruben Semedo has a €45m release clause, but according to the newspaper, Sporting will accept to sell him for a more reasonable price.
This story can be backed up by one Record published on Wednesday. They said Newcastle were indeed the first club to 
bid for Semedo, offering €12m plus €3m in bonuses.
Record also claimed that the offer wasn’t enough, and Sporting were expecting Southampton to bid, as Claude Puel’s side would be ready to put forward €20m for the defender.
But after these two articles, it makes us wonder: are Southampton really in this race or is Bruno de Carvalho using them to make Newcastle raise their offer?
