{"id":5947,"date":"2022-01-14T15:03:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T20:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/14\/newcastle-turn-attentions-to-midfield-as-discussions-opened-over-ligue-1-standout\/"},"modified":"2022-01-14T15:03:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T20:03:20","slug":"newcastle-turn-attentions-to-midfield-as-discussions-opened-over-ligue-1-standout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/14\/newcastle-turn-attentions-to-midfield-as-discussions-opened-over-ligue-1-standout\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle turn attentions to midfield as discussions opened over Ligue 1 standout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Word stemming from the media on Friday evening suggests that Newcastle United are working towards a fresh addition to the club\u2019s midfield ranks.<\/p>\n<h2>Wood follows Trippier<\/h2>\n<p>The subject of transfers has of course proven headline news at St. James\u2019 Park over the course of the last fortnight.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as the newly-minted Magpies are finally afforded the chance to flex their financial muscle, backed by the eye-watering riches of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.<\/p>\n<p>The long-anticipated first signing of the Saudi era was made official late last week, in the form of Kieran Trippier\u2019s arrival from Spanish giants Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>The stopper, already boasting a wealth of Premier League experience owing to stints with Burnley and Tottenham, is understood to have set Newcastle back a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1478475751875878916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sum<\/a>\u00a0of around \u00a312 million, plus bonuses.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u270d\ufe0f Newcastle United are delighted to announce the signing of Kieran Trippier from Atl\u00e9tico Madrid on a two-and-a-half-year deal!<\/p>\n<p>Welcome, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trippier2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@trippier2<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\u26ab\ufe0f\u26aa\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NUFC\/status\/1479362375056863233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then, this past Thursday, the 2nd winter arrival at St. James\u2019 Park was too confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The player to have followed Trippier to Newcastle? Burnley hitman Chris Wood, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/59978551\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rumoured<\/a> \u00a325 million deal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">All Black and White. ??<\/p>\n<p>Welcome, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officialcwood?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@officialcwood<\/a>! \u26ab\ufe0f\u26aa\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NUFC\/status\/1481551655938236422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Blas eyed<\/h2>\n<p>The winter transfer business on Tyneside, however, looks far from complete.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with Eddie Howe\u2019s men of course still in the thick of the battle against relegation in the Premier League, sitting 2nd from bottom, owing to just a solitary victory across the campaign to date.<\/p>\n<p>And, as alluded to above, on Friday, a fresh insight into the efforts of the transfer team at St. James\u2019 to add further to Howe\u2019s first-team ranks has been provided.<\/p>\n<p>The info comes courtesy of journalist Jacque Talbot, who reports that Newcastle have turned their attentions towards Ligue 1, amid the pursuit of fresh blood in the middle of the park.<\/p>\n<p>This search has led the Magpies to Nantes, and more specifically midfield standout Ludovic Blas.<\/p>\n<p>24-year-old Blas has bagged a none-too-shabby eight goals across 20 appearances in all competitions thus far this season, with the Premier League\u2019s richest club, in turn, having gone as far as to open discussions with Nantes over his signing.<\/p>\n<p>The Geordies, though, have been joined by fellow relegation candidates Watford in the hunt for Blas, with the Hornets too pushing hard for a deal:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">EXCLUSIVE: Understand Newcastle and Watford are in discussions to sign Ligue 1 star Ludovic Blas.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old is talking to the Premier League relegation rivals who are set to play tomorrow, while there is also interest from Lille and in the Bundesliga. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NUFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hornets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hornets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacque Talbot (@jac_talbot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jac_talbot\/status\/1482014076872048640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/eddie-howe-provides-concerning-newcastle-transfer-update\/\">Eddie Howe provides concerning Newcastle transfer update<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/newcastle-united-offered-manchester-united-outcast-on-loan-to-help-avoid-relegation\/\">Newcastle United offered Manchester United outcast on loan to help avoid relegation<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Word stemming from the media on Friday evening suggests that Newcastle United are working towards a fresh addition to the club\u2019s midfield ranks. Wood follows Trippier The subject of transfers has of course proven headline news at St. James\u2019 Park over the course of the last fortnight. This comes as the newly-minted Magpies are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-5947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}