The Daily Telegraph reported that Newcastle's search for a new striker is still not going well this summer. Although Visa seems to have removed Brentford on personal social media and deleted related content, Newcastle believes that the prospect...
The Daily Telegraph reported that Newcastle's search for a new striker is still not going well this summer. Although Visa seems to have removed Brentford on personal social media and deleted related content, Newcastle believes that the prospect of signing Visa is not optimistic.
It is reported that Visa appears to have deleted all the content mentioned by Brentford and photos of himself wearing the Bee Legion jersey on Instagram to protest the club's refusal to let him transfer to Newcastle. Despite constant rumors from the outside world that Newcastle is about to sign Visa, some senior executives in Newcastle have been pessimistic about completing the deal for at least two weeks. This situation is exactly the same as Newcastle's own Isaac incident, which is trying to force the club to allow him to transfer to Liverpool by refusing to play for the team. Like Brentford's attitude, Newcastle refused to bow to the pressure of strong opponents, who insisted that Isaac was a non-sale product all summer.
If Newcastle considers letting Isaac go, it will need to sign two strikers within the remaining two weeks of the transfer window, and Liverpool will need to match the £150 million transfer fee they set for Isaac.
coach Eddie Howe said in the past two press conferences that Newcastle is working hard to sign a striker before the transfer deadline, but he stressed that this is to replace Wilson, who joined West Ham United last month.
As for the current situation, it is difficult for Newcastle to sign even one striker, let alone two. Visa has been the target of Newcastle since losing to Liverpool in the Ekitic scramble, but negotiations have made little progress in more than a month. Visa himself is eager to transfer to St. James Park, and he has been training alone before the new season. He did not make the appearance last weekend when Brentford lost 1-3 to Nottingham Forest.
Brentford has a firm stand on the potential transfer, insisting that he will not be allowed to leave the team until the replacement is signed, and their asking price for the 28-year-old is much higher than the £30 million given by Newcastle, with Visa's current contract being only one year left.
Although Brentford has signed forward Ouatar from Bournemouth with a club record of £42.5 million, they see the Burkina Faso international as a replacement for Mbemo, who joined Manchester United earlier this summer. Therefore, negotiations on Visa remained deadlocked. While Newcastle still wants to sign him, the Magpies won’t pay too much for it.
Newcastle's scout team has discussed Chelsea striker Jackson, but has concerns about signing the Senegal international. Porto's Aghova is also highly appreciated, but the outside world questioned whether he is ready to compete in the Premier League, and the other party's asking price is also very high.
Eddie Howe warned last Friday that there are not many suitable strikers in the transfer market, and Newcastle has lost one after another this summer in the battle between Drapp Jr., Joao Pedro, Ekitic and Cesco.
