Bid made: NUFC now want enormous 'beast' in June who is 'so big his shorts look like underwear'

Newcastle United can reportedly now sign Duvan Zapata in June after a failed bid in the January transfer window.

The St. James’ Park faithful reportedly had a first bid rejected for Zapata last month, with Atalanta demanding a fee of at least €40m (£33.8m) for his signature.

They did sign Chris Wood from Burnley, but failed in a deadline day move for Hugo Ekitike, and so another striker could be on the agenda for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) consortium in the summer, should they manage to stay up in the Premier League.

As per Corriere Bergamo (via Sport Witness), the offer that the North East club made to Atalanta was ‘inadmissible’, but talks can now take place in June over a potential transfer.

However, they may face competition from West Ham United for Zapata, who are also looking for another striker to strengthen their forward line.

Given the failure to land Ekitike, Zapata would be a great alternative option for the final striker spot on Tyneside alongside Wood and Callum Wilson.

Described as a ‘beast’ who is ‘like a train’ by former Atalanta captain Papu Gomez, who also claimed that Zapata is ‘so big his shorts look like underwear’ (Goal), the Colombia international is certainly a player that should have no problems at all coping with the physical demands of the top flight, and in fact should be able to bully defenders easily with his superior strength.

He is not just a physical specimen, but an instinctive goal poacher as well, scoring no fewer than 105 times for four different clubs in the Serie A over the course of the last nine consecutive seasons, and has also contributed a tidy 45 assists (Transfermarkt).

Nonetheless, Zapata seems perfectly made for the Premier League, and the Magpies could be the ones