Newcastle United Takeover January Transfer Specials

According to the Telegraph, Newcastle are set to be given a £190m transfer budget to spend in the January transfer window, as the St James’ Park club will be desperate to consolidate their place in the Premier League this season and move away from the relegation zone, having managed just three points via three draws in their opening seven matches.

With Steve Bruce looking on the verge of being the next manager to leave the Premier League following their takeover by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund and coaches such as Antonio Conte, Graham Potter and Zinedine Zidane being on the shortlist of candidates to replace the former Aston Villa manager, there is every chance that they will want to build their own squad.

Newcastle are priced at 6/4 to sign the most players in the January Transfer Window.

Jesse Lingard is priced at 9/2 to join Newcastle in the January transfer window as the Manchester United midfielder’s contract expires at the end of the current season, meaning that he could be available on a cut-price fee.
The 28-year-old has scored two goals in just 45 minutes of Premier League action this season versus the Magpies and West Ham and showed his capability whilst on loan at the latter mentioned side last season where he found the back of the net nine times and created five assists in 16 games.

Lingard would offer more goals and creativity to a Newcastle side that have often been goal-shy and this would be an exciting opportunity for the United man to be part of the new project at St James’ Park.

Juventus midfield Aaron Ramsey is set to be surplus to requirements in the January transfer window, having played just 106 minutes for Juventus this season, as well as featuring 30 times across all competitions last campaign, managing two goals and five assists in 1543 minutes.

The Welshman would arrive with bags of experience and provide a more high-quality player in the middle of the pitch than any of their current playing staff, having regularly shown for his country on the international stage of late that he still has a lot to offer despite being towards the back end of his career.

Newcastle are priced at 7/1 to sign Aaron Ramsey in January - click on the link to claim this bet in your bet slip!<br/>

Fellow United midfielder Donny van de Beek is also on this list having been short of game time ever since he arrived at the Red Devils in the summer of 2020.

The former Ajax youth academy product has played just 141 minutes of football so far this season with 90 of these being in his side’s 1-0 League Cup defeat at home to West Ham United. Last campaign the 24-year-old managed 36 appearances which equated to just 1456 minutes out on the pitch where he managed one goal and two assists and there is a feeling that he might never fit in at Old Trafford.

Van de Beek has shown in his Ajax days that there is a capable footballer there and with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer so reluctant to use the Dutch midfielder, there is every chance that he will depart the Red Devils, especially after his public discontent with the Norwegian when he wasn’t subbed on versus Villarreal in the Champions League, as well as the persistent provocative comments his agent has been making in the press.

Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho is the next player on this list, as the Nou Camp club are commonly known to be cash-strapped at present due to the current financial climate, as well as previous debts and losses, hence why the likes of Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann departed the club last summer.

The 29-year-old Brazilian has been somewhat surplus to requirements ever since the end of the 2018/19 season, having been loaned out to Bayern Munich on a season-long loan the following campaign, despite the Catalonian club paying £142m for the Brazilian’s service from Liverpool.

Coutinho has played just 251 minutes for Barca this season despite their struggles, on top of the 792 he managed last campaign. The Brazilian playmaker showed in his time at Liverpool that he is a high-quality player, as in his final full campaign at Anfield in 2016/17, he scored 13 goals and seven assists in 31 league matches.

The Magpies are priced at 7/1 to sign Coutinho in the January Transfer Window.

Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas is next on this list and is priced at 9/1 to move to St James’ Park in January.

It feels almost inevitable that the 34-year-old will be shifted aside for Euro 2020 winner Gianluigi Donnarumma at the Parc des Princes, following the Italian’s signature from AC Milan on a free transfer in the summer and with Newcastle persistently having trouble with goalkeeper injuries, as Martin Dubravka missed 14 of last season’s league campaign with injury, whilst being dropped for the other 11 games he didn’t feature in and so far this season, the 32-year-old shot-stopper has yet to feature due to another injury problem.

Navas is a high-reputation player who has won three Champions League’s in his time at Real Madrid prior to PSG and with Donnarumma on the books, it is likely that PSG will entertain offers for the Costa Rican.

Raheem Sterling is the next player to feature on this list having publicly been offered to the likes of Tottenham Hotspur in the summer transfer window in an attempt to sign England captain Harry Kane.

Since the summer, the 26-year-old has played just 461 minutes of the season, scoring one and creating one assist in 10 matches and the Sky Blues may look to offload the England winger in an attempt to afford the likes of Kane once again in January. Especially if Sterling’s form for the Citizens doesn’t improve having had a below-par season last time out for the lofty standards that he has set.

Anthony Martial has also been linked with a move to Newcastle in January having struggled for form at Old Trafford. The 25-year-old has scored once in seven matches for the Red Devils this season, on top of the measly tally of seven in 36 last time out.

The Frenchman managed 23 goals and 12 assists in 48 appearances for United in the 2019/20 campaign in what was largely an underrated season for the former AS Monaco man and with news emerging that Newcastle have been in contact with the Old Trafford club for the 25-year-old, there is every chance that he could depart, with Marcus Rashford set for a return from injury, as well as the signature of Jadon Sancho last summer.

Martial is priced at 11/1 to sign for Newcastle before 3rd February. <br/>

The final player on this list is France’s 2018 World Cup winning striker Kylian Mbappe whose contract finishes at the end of the current season.

It is well known that Mbappe is looking to leave PSG with La Liga giants Real Madrid being the favourites, but, Newcastle would certainly have the power to outbid the Spanish giants following their takeover by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund who have a wealth of £320BN, which in context is nearly £300BN more than Manchester City’s owners.

The acquisition of such a high calibre player would give the Magpies an incredible talent to build around and instantly attract other high profile players to their club, similarly like when City bought Robinho and Carlos Tevez at the start of Sheikh Mansour’s ownership of the club.

Alexander Lacazette Odds - 12/1

Declan Rice Odds - 20/1

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Antoine Griezmann Odds - 25/1

Paulo Dybala Odds - 25/1

Erling Haaland Odds - 33/1

Lionel Messi Odds - 33/1

Neymar Odds - 33/1

Paul Pogba Odds - 33/1