'I have some news' - Transfer expert reveals Newcastle summer interest in £83.3m-rated 'engine'

A transfer expert has now revealed some interest from Newcastle United in signing Victor Osimhen in the summer.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) consortium already seem to be planning ahead for the summer transfer window, in spite of fears that the Magpies could get relegated from the Premier League. Of course, should that fate be sealed, then their list of targets suddenly becomes very different.

However, with the likes of Darwin Nunez and Sven Botman being linked with summer moves to St James’ Park already, it seems as if the new owners still have the ambition to make more statements with the Tyneside club’s new-found wealth.

Speaking to 7 Gold (via CalcioNapoli1926), transfer expert Fabio Santini has revealed that Newcastle are now interested in signing Osimhen in the summer, but are warned that they must pay at least €100m (£83.3m) to land him. The journalist outlined:

“I have some news about Aurelio De Laurentiis’ Napoli. First of all, I can confirm Newcastle’s interest in striker Victor Osimhen. 

“But the president of the Campania association has already made it known that for the player he wants a figure of not less than one hundred million euros.”

Even though money is not an object to the new owners at Newcastle, £83.3m is simply too much to pay for Osimhen.

Despite playing for some of Europe’s best clubs, he has never scored more than 13 goals in a single league season, and this term alone Osimhen has only managed five goals in Serie A for Napoli so far (Transfermarkt).

Described as an ‘engine’ who ‘opens the game’ and ‘really strong’ by Bologna manager Sinisa Mihajlovic (Sports Ration), the Nigeria international does have certain aspects of his game which are to be admired.

However, at 23 years of age, the