Newcastle interested in Tiemoue Bakayoko

An replace has emerged on Newcastle United and their curiosity in Tiemoue Bakayoko in the summertime switch window…

What’s the speak?

Calcio Mercato journalist Daniele Longo has claimed that the Magpies are eager on the French midfielder.

The Italian outlet claims that the membership have a ‘sturdy curiosity’ within the central participant, while fellow Premier League facet Nottingham Forest are additionally eager on him.

It’s stated that Milan needs to finish his mortgage spell from Chelsea one 12 months early and that may enable Newcastle to snap him up from Stamford Bridge, though it stays to be seen how a lot it will price to signal him.

Journalist Dean Jones just lately claimed that the membership may make a transfer for a participant in that space of the pitch, telling GIVEMESPORT: 

“All through the summer season, I’ve been instructed that there’s nonetheless a possible situation the place they bid for a central midfielder as properly. So, I’m not going to rule that out.”

Think about him & Joelinton

Think about a midfield together with Bakayoko and Joelinton at their finest; it’s a worrying prospect for opposition midfielders as each gamers are highly effective, ball-winning machines on the peak of their powers.

The Guardian’s Paul Doyle described the Frenchman as a participant with spectacular potential again in 2017 and former Chelsea TV worker Jake Heasman dubbed him a “monster” for his performances.

That seemingly echoes that of Joelinton, who has additionally been dubbed a “monster” and a “machine” within the final 18 months after being transformed right into a box-to-box midfielder.

The Brazilian powerhouse has made 3.5 tackles and interceptions per recreation within the Premier League this season, after averaging 3.1 within the 2021/22 marketing campaign.

Bruno Guimaraes (3.3) is the one Toon midfielder with the next common contribution this time period and no player in that place made extra tackles and interceptions per recreation than the ex-Hoffenheim man final season.

This reveals that he’s adept at breaking apart opposition assaults by profitable tackles and studying the sport successfully to intercept passes.

Bakayoko falls into the identical class. He struggled for recreation time, beginning 5 league matches, in 2021/22 however caught the attention in 2020/21 for Napoli within the Serie A as he made 3.3 tackles and interceptions per match and gained 63% of his particular person duels, which reveals that he doesn’t get bullied off the ball.

The 28-year-old additionally has a 12 months of Premier League expertise underneath his belt from the 2017/18 marketing campaign with Chelsea. He made 3.5 tackles and interceptions per outing however made four errors instantly resulting in pictures or targets.

Newcastle may now gamble on the £93k-per-week expertise studying from that spell and with the ability to preserve the defensive ballast while ridding his performances of the errors that blighted his Blues profession.

Now, think about Bakayoko and Joelinton bullying opposition groups with their capability to win the ball again on a constant foundation, chopping out assaults and creating counters for the Magpies to utilise going ahead. It’s a mouth-watering thought for the Toon Military.