Newcastle have made a proper bid to RB Leipzig for striker Benjamin Sesko.
Sky Sports activities Information understands the provide is €75m (£65.5m) plus €5m (£4.3m) in add-ons – which matches Leipzig’s valuation.
Newcastle have introduced their imaginative and prescient to the Slovenian striker and need the deal to occur.
Sesko is contemplating his choices with Manchester United additionally on the desk. The participant is open to each initiatives.
The bid comes with Newcastle braced for a second provide from Liverpool for Alexander Isak.
What’s the newest on Man Utd’s Sesko pursuit?
Sesko stays a prime goal for Manchester United. It was thought Man Utd must make gross sales as a way to usher in a striker.
Whereas the precedence is to dump gamers, it’s understood Man Utd should buy earlier than promoting offered there are gross sales earlier than the window closes.
It’s understood RB Leipzig are all in favour of Man Utd striker Rasmus Hojlund and have explored the situations of a mortgage.
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Hojlund scored in Manchester United’s 4-1 pre-season win over Bournemouth
What now for Liverpool’s Isak pursuit?
Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe confirmed the membership rejected bid from Liverpool for Isak, however is not sure on what is going to occur subsequent.
Sky Sports activities Information understands Liverpool’s opening provide for Isak was £110m plus add-ons. Nevertheless, the full provide didn’t attain £120m. Newcastle are braced for a second provide.
“From my situation I am very much removed from what was happening back home,” Howe mentioned in a press convention forward of dealing with Tottenham on Sunday in South Korea.
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Eddie Howe spoke in regards to the state of affairs surrounding striker Alexander Isak
“I was made aware of a bid yesterday and that bid was turned down all before I even heard about it. People back in England are dealing with the situation.
“I actually do not know what occurs subsequent. From our perspective, we nonetheless help Alex in each means, and my want is that we see him in a Newcastle shirt once more.
“It is difficult because you don’t know what is going to happen. There can be all sorts of talk and hypothetical situations but then you are dealing with reality.
“The fact is we had the primary bid from Liverpool yesterday. I consider that was turned down, from this level onwards let’s have a look at what occurs.
“I have no idea to try to predict that. In terms of trying to upset players, from my perspective, we can only talk about us, we try to do things the right way, signing players is always complex, we just try to do what we think is right. I can’t talk about other clubs, that is not for me to say.”
Howe: We solely need the perfect targets
Howe has added Newcastle are solely “looking for the best” when it comes to switch targets amid a difficult window for the membership.
Not solely have the Magpies been hit with Isak’s need to go away, however they’ve additionally missed out on numerous switch targets to rivals, together with Liam Delap, Joao Pedro, Hugo Ekitike and James Trafford.
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Sky Sports activities Information’ Mark McAdam breaks down how ‘switch video games’ between Liverpool and Newcastle are unfolding for Swedish ahead Alexander Isak
Newcastle have additionally hit a roadblock of their pursuit of Brentford ahead Yoane Wissa. With Callum Wilson departing earlier this summer time, it leaves simply Will Osula as their solely recognised first-team striker on their pre-season tour of Asia.
“We’re looking for the best players that we can get,” mentioned Howe. “Whatever our target position is, we’re looking for the best so I see all situations open and available to us.
“I really feel that is the one means that we’ll get to the place we need to go, which is to maximise, and it is high quality over amount. It at all times has been. That is at all times been the best way that we attempt to work and the best way that we attempt to recruit, and I feel we have executed it fairly nicely thus far.
“It’s been a challenging summer, because we’ve missed out on various targets for loads of different reasons, but we’re still very competitive, and we’re still in there trying to bring very good players to the club – and that won’t change til the window shuts.”
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