There are reports in France that Newcastle are interested in 17 year-old midfielder Haykeul Chikhaoui, who is currently on the books of Sochaux, and can play as an attacking midfielder or on the wing.
Haykeul Chikhaoui – Newcastle interested in 17 year-old
Haykeul was born in Marseilles, and is of Tunisian descent and the youngster has been quoted in the French press as saying that both Newcastle and Manchester City are interested in him:
“From what I know, Newcastle United and Manchester City follow me but my agent takes care of all that. I am focused on FC Sochaux and i have recently joined the first team squad and with who I want to play.”
The word on the youngster is that he is one of the best French players of his age playing in France, although he has yet to feature in the Sochaux first team, but he’s only just been promoted to the first team squad.
When he was only five he joined Burel FC, and stayed there until he turned 14, when he joined Sochaux.
His idol is French great Zinedine Zidane, but when asked who is his favorite player currently playing he said it was Hatem Ben Arfa – that’s good news because Hatem doesn’t play for Manchester City. :D.
And of course Newcastle are aways looking to bring in top young players to the club, and it may not be in January, but watch for this lad arriving on Tyneside in the summer.
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122 comments so far
ONLINE GUY
Jan 19, 2014 at 1:52 AM
Comment #121Ciaran
Got that. .Half asleep here ..Ibiza is kicking around ..its afternoon in the sunshine state.. nite lad’s and lasses.
Ben3arfa
Jan 19, 2014 at 7:36 AM
Comment #122Fresh the Montpelier coach saying “we’re not big enough” when hes coached some of the most average teams over his pathetic career.