According to reports in France this morning, Newcastle have had a €14m bid (£12m) rejected for Marseille star Boubacar Kamara.
This comes from L’Équipe, who claim that we’ve submitted a new offer for the highly-rated 21-year-old, stating that OM president Pablo Longoria prefers to sell to Sevilla instead.
Kamara – a France U21 international who can play as a holding midfielder or at centre-back – has entered the final year of his contract at the The Stade Vélodrome, meaning he could be sold at a cut-price fee this summer.
It’s been well documented that Bruce wants to bring in a couple of midfielders this summer, but it would be a pleasant surprise if we pursued permanent deals for Willock AND Kamara – even if it does appeal that the latter can play in two key positions.
Here’s what Ligue 1 commentator David Crossan has had to say, revealing what L’Équipe are reporting today:
Kamara played the full 90 minutes in Marseille’s 3-2 win over Montpellier over the weekend, operating as a holding midfielder – just ahead of former NUFC loan target William Saliba, who started at centre-back.
One to watch, with both French and English press linking us with a move for the Frenchman in recent weeks.
Was this before or after we spent our 10 million budget on buying Willock for 22 million?
BykerBill(Quote)
The transparency of the club is awesome, we have a £10m budget for new signings, sell no one and splash £22m on Willock, and now seem to be after more new signings, has Fat Mike banged his head?
Jaffa(Quote)
Saliba played the whole game. Reporters really do their homework.
Billy Vinton(Quote)
Read it again. He played in midfield just ahead of Saliba (who played at CB)
Olly Hawkins(Quote)