Newcastle have been linked with prolific Dutch striker Myron Boadu since this past February. The 19-year-old has had a breakout season for AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie bagging 20 goals in all competitions while adding 13 assists.
In March, just before the coronavirus brought football to a screeching halt, a report claimed that Alkmaar would allow Boadu to leave if they received an offer of £18m.
A report from Italy claims that the Boadu’s agent, the infamous Mino Raiola, is shopping the striker around for an even lower fee of between £13.5-16.5m.
According to the report, Raiola is trying to tempt AC Milan into launching a bid for the Dutch international, who still has three years left on his contract with Alkmaar.
AC Milan are reportedly close to appointing former RB Leipzig manager Ralf Rangnick to replace Stefano Pioli this summer.
Milan will be looking to bring in a striker or two with Zlatan Ibrahimovic only contracted until June. No decision on the Swede’s future has been made yet.
Milan also sold former Newcastle target Krzysztof Piatek to Hertha Berlin in January. So if Ibrahimovic ends up elsewhere, they’ll only have Rafael Leao on the books from this year’s squad though they do have several strikers out on loan currently.
There’s a lot of upheaval going on in Milan at the moment so it may not be the best landing spot for the up and coming striker.
So if our prospective new ownership group rate Boadu, hopefully, they’ll have a chance to move for him this summer.
183 comments so far
Kevin Vegan
May 22, 2020 at 3:41 PM
Comment #161Jail, not sure I’ve seen enough from Joelinton to warrant making him a priority. He could still grow given the right guidance and the right combination of players around him, but he’s really not someone I’d want to build my team around so personally I’d rather we flog him than try to force ways of making him effective. And again I’d say there are plenty of younger prospects at an equivalent standard.
yogz69
May 22, 2020 at 3:42 PM
Comment #162Jewish capaldi
Swlabr
May 22, 2020 at 3:43 PM
Comment #163Ron Knee….good’n. Possibly been a barometer of poster’s tastes in music.
Swlabr
May 22, 2020 at 3:43 PM
Comment #164…..or maybe not.
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 3:44 PM
Comment #165Jail well it cant be homemade soup unless you took your Thermo’s Flask with you , Did you …
😀
Moonraker15
May 22, 2020 at 3:44 PM
Comment #166JfA
Joelinton’s days are numbered!
Can you imaginings playing for Man City? No? Not me; our ambition starts with a striker who knows how to score goals; and he ain’t it!
# bin
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 3:45 PM
Comment #167MOONRAKER …
is that not the same as what was said yesterday mate ? …
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 3:47 PM
Comment #168Moonraker this is off yesterday …
https://www.footballinsider247.com/saudis-confirm-newcastle-united-takeover-is-complete/
Dondatta13
May 22, 2020 at 3:47 PM
Comment #16950 Cent…. Can U see it?
Moonraker15
May 22, 2020 at 3:50 PM
Comment #170Tom
You mean re the takeover?
Yeah I just know in my mind it’s done so had to post it!
Thinking of KK’s words “one day you’ll have your club back……” and just thinking I didn’t think it would take 13 years.
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 3:51 PM
Comment #171Moonraker ..
i’m saying nowt till the fat lady/bloke sings mate …
Moonraker15
May 22, 2020 at 3:52 PM
Comment #172ToM @ 168
Bloody fantastic isn’t it !
I can hardly believe it’s happening to us !
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 3:52 PM
Comment #173but …
i’m still confident about the takeover happening at our club …
Moonraker15
May 22, 2020 at 3:53 PM
Comment #174Tom
Your optimism was crucial with all the neggers on here!
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 3:55 PM
Comment #175Moonraker …
i just wish they would hurry up lets us all know then we can get the cans# out mate …
about time we had some good luck …
fantastic yep deffo …
Kevin Vegan
May 22, 2020 at 3:56 PM
Comment #176RobLeenio
Willems was looking like the best of the bunch for sure, but he’s also not likely to progress much from where he is. Would’ve been a decent signing for mid-table ambitions, but if we want to take on the big boys I think we need to be more ambitious.
Lazaro and Bentaleb obviously didn’t play a great deal, but these are “let’s try not to get relegated” options for me, and neither added anything other than a bit more squad depth.
Danny Rose has beem struggling for games in the prem for a while, and he’s beyond the age where I think it’s worth waiting to see if the rust comes off with enough scrubbing.
I’d have liked the scouting team to have spent the last few months working from home watching last season’s games from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, Serbia, Ukriane, etc. Get ready to load up on genuine world-class prospects at an affordable price, and integrate them with the core of competent experienced players we already have in the side.
onmeedsun
May 22, 2020 at 4:00 PM
Comment #177Staveley’s effing magic, she wears a magic hat
She tried to buy off Ashley, but he said no eff that
She went away to Saudi, to tell them Mike was tight
And when we win the Premiership, we’ll sing this song all night
DubaiMicky
May 22, 2020 at 4:02 PM
Comment #178Wasn’t it 13 years ago today ashLIE bought Sir John’s shares?
onmeedsun
May 22, 2020 at 4:06 PM
Comment #179Moonraker 166#
I agree we need better strikers, but I would keep JoeLinton to see if he can improve as a squad player. There would be less pressure on him if he’s coming off the bench with games won. He is young and could still come good, and we would get eff all for him now. Give it another year and we either keep a better player or sell from a bigger team. But we can’t rely upon him, that’s for sure.
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 4:07 PM
Comment #180Moonraker …
from when it first broke about the Saudi’s amanda the ruebens it just had a different feel about it , not like the last time , it seemed more credible the more i read into it the more confidence it gave me that it was/is FOR REAL this time mate , not bothered about the neggers to be honest in away i could see where they where coming from after what had happened in the past , even though people said i was just like toon 22 ( repetitive ) which i have been but i believed it was true this time thats what kept me going mate …
Hal
May 22, 2020 at 4:10 PM
Comment #181@ GeordieTom
Heres one for you when its announced mate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QGMCSCFoKA
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 4:14 PM
Comment #182Hal …
good pick , when its announced us Geordies will be like 50 / 60 / 70 thousand bats out of hell mate …
Moonraker15
May 22, 2020 at 5:10 PM
Comment #183Onmeeedsun
Joelinton’s nowhere near what you need for top6 or top4 which is where the Saudis will want us to be, as we do.
Compare with Aguero, Jesus, Mane, Salah, Kane! This is what the standard is to get the goals to get us up the prem.
only 4 or 5 of the current squad will be good enough for the second half of next season. Our owners are the richest people in the world and want to be better than City! We need to think of how KK was ruthless with players and he didn’t have a bottomless pit of money!
Good times though!