Newcastle given fresh hope of signing £45m difference-making midfielder in blockbuster summer deal

Newcastle are reportedly are lining up a fresh £45million summer swoop for Crystal Palace’s exciting playmaker Eberechi Eze.

Eddie Howe’s men were said to have offered the Eagles £5m in the January transfer window to take their playmaker on loan for the rest of the season with a view to a £35m permanent switch at the end of the season.

However, that offer was unsurprisingly snubbed by Palace. They did not want to offload one of their best players to a rival mid-season.

But Newcastle, with more cash to splash this summer after their Saudi takeover last year, are confident they can still land Eze – as reported in The Sun.

Whatsmore, The Sun adds that Palace may even be tempted to double the £17m they splashed out to sign Eze from QPR in the summer of 2020.

The 23-year-old scored four times in 34 Premier League games last season. However, he suffered an Achilles injury late in the campaign.

That injury has restricted him to just one Premier League start so far this term. And he was an unused sub in the recent 0-0 draw with Brentford. Michael Olise was instead preferred coming off the bench in that game.

Eze still has three-and-a-half years left to run on his contract. But the report adds that with Palace playing well without him, they could decide to cash in and strengthen other areas of Patrick Vieira’s team.

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Meanwhile, Crystal Palace are fearing the worst as one of their most influential players, Wilfried Zaha, could reportedly leave the club for free next year.

Zaha has been one of Palace’s best players over the past few years. Indeed, since returning from a tough spell with Manchester United he has found his feet again in south London.

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