Newcastle United will make a formal offer soon for Barcelona winger Raphinha with the Catalan side under pressure to sell, according to reports.
The Geordies have already made four signings this summer with Lewis Hall, Lloyd Kelly, John Ruddy and Odysseas Vlachodimos all arriving in the first month of the transfer window.
have also seen Elliot Anderson and Yankuba Minteh depart for Nottingham Forest and Brighton respectively but their next incoming may not be far away.
It is believed that Eddie Howe and the Newcastle recruitment department are looking for a new attacker this summer too with former Leeds United star Raphinha continuing to be linked with a move for St James’ Park.
There have been a number of reports insisting that Barcelona may choose to sacrifice Raphinha as they look to bring in some fresh faces over the summer.
Reports in Spain claim Barcelona could be forced to sell some of their players this summer and that Newcastle s attempts to sign the Brazilian could end Barca s money problems .
It is understood that Newcastle are willing to pay a fortune for a player who is completely dispensable to Hansi Flick despite Raphinha s decent record of 15 goal contributions in 28 La Liga matches last term.
Bringing in cash from sales is proving to be much more complicated than expected, due to the refusal of some of the discards to pack their bags, and the lack of firm offers .
And Newcastle can become an important ally as they have not forgotten about Raphinha with Barcelona already making it clear that the former Leeds winger can leave.
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Barcelona will not settle for less than 60 million euros , which is the price they paid Leeds for his services two years ago, and the Magpies could now save the day.
