It looks like Diego Carlos’ proposed move to St James’ Park could be reignited this Summer, according to Spanish newspaper, Marca.
It’s well documented that NUFC tried extremely hard to sign the Brazilian star in January – and Marca have revealed an offer ‘close to 50m Euros’ was tabled; suggesting we actually
The offer, however, did not meet the player’s release clause and Sevilla, who currently occupy 2nd place in La Liga, also cited their position as league title contenders as a reason not to sell.
Crucially, though, they are thought to have accepted that Carlos will leave in the Summer and are anticipating a fresh bid from Newcastle United; and it seems they may sell this time around.
The player himself was apparently very interested in joining us, so if we manage to stay up this season, there should be no reason why a deal can’t be struck – especially when you look at what Monchi (Sevilla’s director of football) had to say about our interest just last month:
“The Newcastle offer has been a good offer, a respectable offer.”
“But the offer, our board, our management team, felt that it wasn’t enough.
“It is true that maybe it just wasn’t the right time, it is a difficult market to find a replacement for a player like Diego Carlos and it is a market which takes place over a very short period of time – so maybe if that offer came along or will come along in the summer, well things will have changed.”
