Newcastle United are closing successful connected the signing of Lille guardant Matias Fernandez-Pardo successful a woody worthy up to £55m.
Newcastle person been pushing to enlistee different attacker successful the last days of the transportation model aft making 7 signings to day this summer.
Fernandez-Pardo was tellingly near retired of Lille's squad for the 2-2 gully against Paris St-Germain past week and ordered to bid distant from the first-team squad until the model shuts connected Tuesday and the 21-year-old's aboriginal has been resolved.
Newcastle are present finalising a determination for Fernandez-Pardo, which could pave the mode for chap guardant Nick Woltemade to permission connected indebtedness pursuing involvement from Juventus.
The Belgium guardant has been a longstanding people of Newcastle's - dating backmost to erstwhile caput manager Eddie Howe's clip successful complaint - and fits the property scope the nine person been targeting.
Of those players aged 21 and nether crossed Europe's large 5 leagues past season, Fernandez-Pardo ranked 2nd for large chances (21), 5th for touches successful the absorption container (184) and shots connected people (30), and seventh for goals and assists combined (13).
His quality to play successful a fig of positions crossed the frontline besides made him an charismatic people arsenic manager Matthias Jaissle looked to fortify his squad.
"We cognize our needs," helium said aft the 2-0 triumph against Tottenham Hotspur connected Saturday. "Ross [Wilson, the sporting director] is doing an astonishing job.
"We person a mates of days near wherever we volition not panic and bash thing brainsick we bash not judge is the close decision.
"That's the astir important thing, and connected the absorption and enactment level that we're each aligned and each speaking the aforesaid language."
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