Sheffield Wednesday ready to meet £5.5m asking price for NUFC defender - reports
Sheffield Wednesday are ready to meet Newcastle's £5.5m asking price for Grant Hanley according to the Daily Mirror today, who claim the Yorkshire side have been tracking the no nonsense centre-back for over a year now.
The Scottish International signed on Tyneside less than 12 months ago, but having went on to make just 16 appearances in all competitions last season, he has been told he can leave the club to find regular first team football after returning to pre-season training as our 4th choice centre-back.
Derby and Sheffield Wednesday were believed to have showed interest in the 25-year-old last month, however it was reported then that their £4m offers fell short of Newcastle's valuation, with us understandably wanting to recoup the £5.6m paid for him from Blackburn last summer.
Now it seems like Sheffield Wednesday are ready to pay up and get their man in a deal that would make sense for all parties, providing a decent move for Hanley, with Wednesday likely to compete for promotion once again next season.
