Newcastle land Bazoumana Touré, eye £51m midfield fix
Newcastle near a £23m deal for Ajax’s 18-year-old midfielder Sean Steur, widely hyped as the Amsterdam club’s brightest emerging midfield talent since Frenkie de Jong. He would compete with Lewis Miley to fill Sandro Tonali’s old central midfield role as Howe rebuilds following Anthony Gordon and Tonali exits.
Newcastle and Manchester United lead the race for Dortmund’s Felix Nmecha, but BILD say he will cost €120m this summer, with an €80m clause next year. No offers at that level yet.
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Teen winger Antonio Cordero chooses a return to Cádiz on loan, rejecting richer options. Newcastle will cover a significant part of wages, aiming for regular minutes to aid his development.
Ivory Coast winger Bazoumana Touré, 20, joins from Hoffenheim for a reported £43m, saying he chose Newcastle over many teams and will give ‘one hundred per cent’ as pre-season nears.
Arsenal prepare a new bid for Bruno Guimarães after an initial sub-£60m offer was rejected. A report claims he is ‘souring’ on staying at Newcastle after recent high-profile sales and is tempted by Champions League football, with Real Madrid and Manchester City also interested.
Newcastle assess a £51m target as they reshape midfield following Sandro Tonali’s sale to Tottenham.
Dan Burn’s rise from Asda shelf-stacker to Newcastle mainstay is capped by England heroics off the bench at the Azteca, helping a 10-man side see out a 3-2 win and reach the World Cup quarter-final.
Newcastle are monitoring Darwin Núñez as he nears an Al-Hilal exit. No bid yet. Howe seeks attacking reinforcements after Gordon and Tonali departures, with Nick Woltemade’s role under review.
Newcastle enquired about Cologne winger Jakub Kaminski after selling Anthony Gordon, but Benfica have convinced him to sign a five-year deal, beating Brighton and RB Leipzig.
