Local reporters offer transfer update after big claims that NUFC are close to sealing £13m signing

Just hours after Turkish reports claimed we’d had a £13m bid accepted to sign Besiktas star Oğuzhan Özyakup, North-East reporters Chris Waugh (Chronicle) and Miles Starforth (Gazette) have categorically denied claims he’s set to sign.

The midfielder has been linked with a move to Tyneside over the past few months and the Chronicle have confirmed that he was a midfielder Newcastle had been scouting, however claims of a £13m bid being accepted appear to be wide of the mark.

Chris Waugh’s latest piece does insist that Rafa Benitez is “determined to sign a creative midfielder this summer”, but insists that Besiktas’ Ozyakup is not one of his top targets.

Here’s what they’ve had to say in response to rumours that we’d had a bid accepted for the Turkish international:

It was fun while it lasted!

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About Olly Hawkins

As a Junior Magpie since birth and season ticket holder, I eat, sleep and breathe all things NUFC! Here at the blog, I aim to bring you news, views, match reports and transfer exclusives as and when I get them.

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