Newcastle United’s deal to signal Bayer Leverkusen ahead Moussa Diaby is at the moment “not superior”, in accordance with Sky Sports activities reporter Florian Plettenberg.
Is Moussa Diaby leaving Bayer Leverkusen?
The France worldwide nonetheless has one other two years remaining on his contract within the Bundesliga, however having established himself as Xabi Alonso’s top-performing offensive participant and third total with a WhoScored match ranking of seven.10, he’s been attracting curiosity from Eddie Howe at St James’ Park – although not for the primary time.
SportBILD has reported that the Magpies seemed to strike a deal for the 23-year-old again in January, however on the time, the BayArena outfit weren’t keen to sanction his exit – although that hasn’t stopped Howe from eager to take a second chunk of the cherry.
Soccer Insider claims that the north-east boss has instructed sporting director Dan Ashworth to signal the right-winger, with Italian switch professional Fabrizio Romano additionally revealing that they’ve already despatched scouts to observe him reside, however a big replace has now emerged on a possible swap to the Premier League.
Are Newcastle signing Diaby?
Taking to Twitter, Plettenberg revealed that Newcastle do maintain an curiosity in Diaby however, made it clear that nothing is predicted to come back to fruition in the course of the upcoming summer season window. He wrote:
“Information He‘s on the listing of @NUFC however perceive that it was not superior within the final months. @ManUtd is monitoring his scenario as an alternative and confirmed. Subsequent steps rely on the membership‘s possession. #MUFC Bayer‘s value valuation between €70-80m [£60-69m]. Contract till 2025. Key participant for Alonso.”
Newcastle are clearly long-term admirers of Diaby having tried to signal him in January, and while the worth tag could also be out of vary for PIF contemplating the strict Monetary Honest Play rules the membership should be cautious of this summer season, they’re probably making an enormous mistake by not even testing the waters to see if an settlement may very well be reached.
The Champions League participant has clocked up 18 objective contributions (9 objectives and assists apiece) in 32 Bundesliga appearances this season, however even when he’s not at all times on the scoresheet, the attacker is continually trying to produce moments of high quality within the last third.
The Paris native has recorded 109 shot-creating actions, 94 crosses and 76 photographs for the reason that begin of the present marketing campaign, rating highest on this workforce in all three of those areas, as per FBRef – so this, alongside the very fact he has the flexibility to function in seven numerous positions implies that he’s absolutely a participant price making one other strategy for forward of the brand new time period.





