Newcastle can land next ASM with Diaby

Newcastle United have been linked with a whopping 60 gamers throughout the summer season switch window, however solely added five new faces earlier than September’s deadline, and there’s already mounting hypothesis on who the Magpies will add subsequent to their thriving staff in January.

The North East membership turned the richest in English soccer simply over 12 months in the past when their controversial takeover went by, and have since been strategising their rise again to the highest of the Premier League desk with supervisor Eddie Howe holding the reigns.

This season, the Magpies are exceeding expectations already as they’re presently contained in the top four, boasting the perfect defensive file in your entire league – conceding simply 10 targets in complete – and credit score must be given to the membership’s thorough recruitment course of that has constructed a staff that may compete on the highest degree.

So, the place do Newcastle go subsequent with regards to utilizing the winter switch window to strengthen their already highly-impressive staff?

One space that would use some improvement space is the broader positions of the ahead line, with Allan Saint-Maximin’s fixed injury issues plaguing the aspect’s skill to have their strongest attacking lineup accessible.

There is no such thing as a doubt that Saint-Maximin has the standard to begin at St James’ Park, nonetheless, the gifted 25-year-old winger has had 12 separate situations of damage throughout his three-year tenure on the membership, lacking 41 matchdays while in restoration.

Consequently, the signing of reported switch goal Moussa Diaby might be the proper subsequent transfer for Newcastle to make sure they will preserve their present impeccable kind within the Premier League.

The £59m Bayer Leverkusen winger was closely linked with a transfer to St James’ Park over the summer season, however the Magpies have been dealt a blow when Diaby confirmed he would proceed to play within the Bundesliga. Nevertheless, he’s now again on the membership’s radar after a improbable begin to the season.

Over 11 league appearances, Diaby – who was hailed “dangerous” by Nils Petersen – has scored two targets, registered three assists and created a whopping 9 massive possibilities, in addition to making a median of two.5 key passes, taking 1.7 pictures and finishing the vast majority of his dribble makes an attempt (53%) per sport.

Not solely that, however the Frenchman presently ranks first for likelihood creation, ranks second for key passes and ranks tenth for crosses in your entire Bundesliga, which is extremely spectacular and one thing Howe will certainly discover it laborious to disregard when he considers the switch window forward.

As such, Diaby might be the reply to Allan Saint-Maximin’s lack of availability within the ahead line and would positively be an incredible addition to spice up aim contributions within the second half of the season.