"They had meetings with him" - Journalist reveals Newcastle have £18m-rated talent "on the list"

Newcastle United have held “meetings” with RB Salzburg midfielder Luka Sucic, according to journalist Jacque Talbot.

The journalist revealed earlier this month that Eddie Howe’s side were actively pursuing a deal for the 19-year-old Croatian, and that their interest in him dated back to last year.

It was suggested that the Tyneside club broached the subject of signing him back in the January transfer window when they met with intermediaries on behalf of German defender Nico Schlotterbeck, who shares the same representatives as Sucic.

Speaking to GIVEMESPORT, Talbot has now delivered an update on that situation, revealing that the Magpies have had meetings with the 19-year-old, and that Howe sees him as someone who fits the profile of player he wants at St James’ Park.

He said: “It’s gone a bit cold to be honest. I was told they had meetings with him and had him on the list. They wanted to bring him in. For Eddie Howe, one of the positions he wants to fill is a central midfielder who’s quite young, can come in quite cheap and be able to help build.”

Having pulled off a major in bringing Bruno Guimaraes in from Lyon back in the January transfer window, Howe is no doubt searching for the player who could be the Brazilian’s long-term partner in the Newcastle engine room.

And in Sucic, they could find exactly that man.

The Croatian has been tipped for a bright future by former Bayern Munich forward, Ivica Olic, who had this to say after the teenager’s call-up to the senior squad towards the back end of last year: “Luka had several great performances in the Champions League, he starts in the Austrian championship, he has been under our radar for a long time, and we thought about him at the last gathering.

“In that position,