Deadline day has often been a quiet one on Tyneside in recent summer windows – but today couldn’t be any further from that as THREE big-money moves are all in play.
Alexander Isak is on Merseyside and set to join Liverpool for £130m, while Yoane Wissa is currently in Newcastle finalising a medical ahead of his £50m-plus switch from Brentford.
But the bombshell news on Monday lunchtime centred around Will Osula, with Craig Hope revealing that Frankfurt are ‘on the verge’ of signing the Newcastle striker for £30m.
Another twist has emerged, however, as the North East reporter reveals that Aston Villa had also agreed a deal with Newcastle for the 22-year-old forward – only for UEFA spending rules to complicate a deal.
Writing for The Mail’s live blog, Hope said: ‘Aston Villa had also agreed a fee with Newcastle for William Osula, but the move was complicated by UEFA spending rules.’
As a result, it looks like Osula’s switch to Bundesliga side Frankfurt will now go ahead, where he could ironically be replacing Liverpool star and former Toon target Hugo Ekitike!
Osula signed from Sheffield United in a £10m deal rising to £15m last summer and it’s claimed his proposed switch to Germany will include a buy-back clause for Newcastle, where he has scored three goals in 22 games.
Elsewhere at Villa, they are set for a busy day, with Man Utd’s Jadon Sancho and Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott closing in on moves to Unai Emery’s side, who are yet to score three games into the new season.
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