Newcastle United ‘shut in’ on second goal regardless of late Manchester United curiosity

Newcastle United are closing in on the signing of Sven Botman from Lille, regardless of curiosity from AC Milan and a late method from Manchester United.

That’s in accordance with English outlet the Telegraph, who declare that Botman may very well be Eddie Howe’s second signing of the summer time after he failed to finish the deal in January regardless of sustained curiosity.

LILLE – Sven Botman of Lille OSC suffers a hamstring pressure throughout the UEFA Champions League match between Lille OSC and Chelsea FC at Stade Pierre Mauroy on March 16, 2022 in Lille, France. ANP | Dutch Top | Gerrit van Keulen (Photograph by ANP through Getty Photos)

Within the time since, it has appeared as if Italy and AC Milan could be his vacation spot, however that is trying much less probably because the weeks drag on, and the report means that it may very well be a matter of time earlier than he’s in black and white stripes this summer time.

‘The battle between Newcastle and the newly topped champions of Italy has not but been gained – and officers in Milan may but transfer once more to scupper the plan – however there’s a rising sense of confidence inside St James’ Park that the centre-back will determine to modify from France to Tyneside’, they declare.

Botman would change into the second addition to the Magpies following the everlasting signing of Matt Targett, who spent the second half of final season on mortgage with the Tyneside outfit.

They’re additionally anticipated so as to add a striker and central midfielder, whereas they’ve been linked with a goalkeeper within the form of Dean Henderson too.

Manchester United: Too little, too late?

Stories of curiosity from Manchester United got here to the fore earlier this week, with the Pink Devils seemingly stumped on defensive reinforcements because the hearsay mill continues to whirl at Outdated Trafford.

Jurrien Timber appears set to stay at Ajax, and whereas the likes of Pau Torres and Goncalo Inacio have been linked, there’s little concrete in both deal as of now. Ideas of curiosity in Botman couldn’t be far extensive of the mark then, with the defender having attracted curiosity of prime golf equipment beforehand and having come via the ranks at Ajax earlier than his Lille swap.

Nevertheless, provided that the 2 different sides within the race have been engaged on a deal for months, they could have left any method too late.

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#	Crew	MP	D	P
1	Manchester Metropolis	38	73	93
2	Liverpool FC	38	68	92
3	Chelsea FC	38	43	74
4	Tottenham Hotspur	38	29	71
5	Arsenal FC	38	13	69
6	Manchester United	38	0	58
7	West Ham United	38	9	56
8	Leicester Metropolis	38	3	52
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	-2	51
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	-5	51
11	Newcastle United	38	-18	49
12	Crystal Palace	38	4	48
13	Brentford FC	38	-8	46
14	Aston Villa	38	-2	45
15	Southampton FC	38	-24	40
16	Everton FC	38	-23	39
17	Leeds United	38	-37	38
18	Burnley FC	38	-19	35
19	Watford FC	38	-43	23
20	Norwich Metropolis	38	-61	22

Participant	Crew	Targets
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	23
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	23
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	18
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	17
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	16
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester Metropolis	15
Jota, Diogo	Liverpool FC	15
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester Metropolis	15
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace	14
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester Metropolis	13
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	12
Maddison, James	Leicester Metropolis	12
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	12
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	11
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	11
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester Metropolis	11
Richarlison	Everton FC	11
Pukki, Teemu	Norwich Metropolis	11
Raphinha	Leeds United	11
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa	11

Participant	Crew	Pink Playing cards	Yellow Playing cards
Mings, Tyrone	Aston Villa	0	11
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	10
Tarkowski, James	Burnley FC	0	11
Firpo, Junior	Leeds United	0	11
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	0	10
Gallagher, Conor	Crystal Palace	0	10
Brownhill, Josh	Burnley FC	0	10
Bednarek, Jan	Southampton FC	0	10
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	10
Moreno, Rodrigo	Leeds United	0	9
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	9
Romeu, Oriol	Southampton FC	0	9
Rudiger, Antonio	Chelsea FC	0	9
Mctominay, Scott	Manchester United	0	9
Salisu, Mohammed	Southampton FC	0	8
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	0	8
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	0	8
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	0	7
Richarlison	Everton FC	0	8
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	1	7

Participant	Crew	Assists
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	13
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	12
Barnes, Harvey	Leicester Metropolis	11
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	10
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	10
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	10
Robertson, Andy	Liverpool FC	10
Maddison, James	Leicester Metropolis	9
James, Reece	Chelsea FC	9
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	9
Cancelo, Joao	Manchester Metropolis	9
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester Metropolis	8
Jesus, Gabriel	Manchester Metropolis	8
Kulusevski, Dejan	Tottenham Hotspur	8
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	7
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	7
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	7
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	7
Mbeumo, Bryan	Brentford FC	7
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	6