Newcastle United plotting to hijack 23-year-old Tottenham Hotspur January transfer target

Newcastle United ‘ready’ to bid for £10m World Cup striker as manager admits likely exit

Newcastle United are ‘ready’ to make a bid for Borussia Monchengladbach striker Marcus Thuram. The 25-year-old is currently away with France at the World Cup in Qatar after coming off the bench in Australia’s 4-1 win on Tuesday night.

Thuram’s contract expires at the end of the 2022-23 season, allowing him to leave on a cut-price deal in January or sign a pre-contract agreement to sign on a free transfer at the end of the season.

France striker Marcus Thuram watches the ball during a training session at the Jassim-bin-Hamad Stadium in Doha on November 20, 2022, ahead of the Qatar 2022 World Cup soccer tournament. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)

According to Tutto Juve, United will look to make a move for the Italian-born striker in January. Thuram has scored 13 goals in 17 games for Monchengladbach this campaign and the Bundesliga club appear resigned to losing the striker.

The German club’s assistant manager, Oliver Neuville, told Radio Sportiva: “I think it will be difficult for him to stay at Gladbach because if he continues to score so many goals, he will surely have many offers in Italy, Spain or England.

“You also have to be a bit realistic. I hope he stays here at Monchengladbach, but now he has also been called up by the French national team for the World Cup.

“It will be difficult for him to extend his contract, I hope so, but the chances are slim.”

Newcastle United have joined Tottenham Hotspur and Inter Milan in the race to sign Eintracht Frankfurt defender Evan Ndicka.

The Daily Express claim the 23-year-old is one of Spurs’ top transfer targets, while Newcastle are monitoring the defender with a view to hijacking a potential deal. The 6ft 4in centre-back is out of contract at the end of the season as clubs circle in a battle to win his signature and secure a potential bargain transfer.

The former Newcastle United and Leeds United winger is leaving the Premier League rivals after eight years

Scott Sellars has left his role as technical director at Wolverhampton Wanderers, the Premier League club have confirmed.

The 56-year-old, who played for Newcastle United between 1993 and 1995, spent eight years at Wolves in various roles.

And following his departure, Wolves chairman Jeff Shi said: “Scott has been a huge influence at Wolves during my time at the club, and you can see from his rise through different departments and roles like we think of him

“A footballer’s person, with exceptional experience of the game as a player and coach, Scott took that with him to work every day and used it to improve the next generation of young footballers.

“On behalf of everyone at the club, I would like to thank Scott and wish him the best of luck for the future.”

Sellars is perhaps best known for his match-winning free-kick against rivals Sunderland that effectively secured Newcastle’s promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 1993.

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