Newcastle eyeing cut-price Zapata deal

An replace has emerged concerning Newcastle United‘s pursuit of Duvan Zapata in the summertime switch window…

What’s the discuss?

The Northern Echo reporter Scott Wilson has claimed that PIF are actually eyeing up a deal for the Colombia worldwide after giving up on two of their different targets.

He tweeted: “Duvan Zapata again on the agenda for #NUFC – after they name time on pursuit of Moussa Diaby and Alexander Isak. Atalanta had been wanting £35m for Zapata in January. The ideas in Italy are that they’ll take lots much less now…”

The accompanying article states that. earlier this 12 months, the Serie A membership needed an £8m mortgage payment to associate with a £35m buy possibility, which is why PIF backed away from a deal.

Nevertheless, they might now return in for him, with it being steered that Atalanta’s asking value for the 31-year-old is decrease than it was six months in the past.

Overlook about Isak

When it comes to the rapid future, Zapata can be a greater signing for the Magpies than the Actual Sociedad attacker, and Newcastle followers should now concentrate on the Atalanta marksman as a substitute of the Sweden worldwide.

Isak scored six objectives and supplied two assists within the 2021/22 La Liga marketing campaign and has managed 32 objectives and five assists throughout his three years within the division. This means that the 22-year-old endured a troublesome marketing campaign with Sociedad and can be arriving at St James’ Park needing to rediscover his greatest type.

In the meantime, Zapata contributed 10 objectives and four assists in 20 Serie A begins final time period. He has scored 43 objectives and produced 19 assists over his final three campaigns within the Italian prime flight, illustrating the distinction in high quality between the 2 gamers lately.

His former team-mate Papu Gomez beforehand lauded the Colombian’s power, saying: “Zapata’s shorts seem like underwear, he’s so massive. Typically I don’t even need to get near him in a match as a result of he’s a beast and it hurts. When he’s feeling good he’s like a practice – you throw the ball ahead and ‘ciao!’”

These feedback counsel that the 31-year-old has the physicality to cope with a transfer to the Premier League, while additionally holding the potential to each rating and arrange extra objectives than Isak.

Subsequently, Newcastle followers should now neglect concerning the ex-Borussia Dortmund man and get excited by the prospect of Zapata lining up in black and white subsequent season.

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