According to German outlet BILD, Newcastle are ‘preparing an offer’ for Eintracht Frankfurt winger Jesper Lindström.
Frankfurt are said to be ‘demanding’ between €30-€40m after previously rejecting an offer of €25m from fellow Bundesliga side RB Leipzig.
The report states that we have ‘concrete interest’ in the Danish international, who attracted interest from Arsenal back in May, as a backup to Bukayo Saka. AC Milan are also thought to be keen on the 23-year-old.
While Sandro Tonali is on the verge of signing for the club, our pursuit of right-sided attacker has suffered a couple of setbacks over the past week, with James Maddison joining Spurs and Dominik Szoboszlai looking all set for Liverpool.
Lindstrom scored nine times last season and is known for his versatility, being able to operate down either flank or as a No 10. Time will tell if we do make a move, but reports in Germany suggest he’s another name on our list of attacking targets.
In 168 starts he has played RW exactly 5 times.
He is a central attacking Midfielder 110 starts
Lw 13 starts
He is versatile, but to call him Right Winger is nonsense
PremAndUp(Quote)
Frankfurt don’t play with a No 10, they play with two attacking midfielders who drift wide (a 3-4-2-1). He’s one of the two behind the striker, so drifts wide a lot.
Olly Hawkins(Quote)
That may be the case, but he clearly is not primarily a rightwinger. He’s an attacking midfielder that when playing for Frankfurt drifts wide.
PremAndUp(Quote)
That’s exactly what Maddison and Szoboszlai are though. Not out and out wingers who can play wide. That profile + versatility would explain why we like him.
Olly Hawkins(Quote)