Newcastle must sign Mykhaylo Mudryk

Eddie Howe has his Newcastle United facet flying within the Premier League in the mean time because the Magpies have been in phenomenal type to date this season.

The Toon are presently sitting fourth within the table because it stands and are occupying the ultimate Champions League qualification spot, forward of the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea, and Liverpool.

Newcastle have solely misplaced one in every of their 13 matches within the division, successful six and drawing six, and are on target to problem for a spot in European competitors subsequent season.

Their elegant type, nonetheless, doesn’t imply that Dan Ashworth shall be sitting on his arms when the January switch window rolls round on the finish of subsequent month.

The ex-Brighton chief could look to enhance Howe’s squad additional to extend their probabilities of ending within the prime six, or 4, within the Premier League.

One participant the membership are reportedly concerned about signing initially of 2023 is Shakhtar Donetsk attacking midfielder Mykhaylo Mudryk.

The Magpies are stated to be monitoring the proficient teen and he’s open to a transfer to St. James’ Park in January as he’s eager on the concept of enjoying in England.

Ashworth might now land an improve on misfiring ahead Ryan Fraser by securing a deal to signal the Ukraine worldwide forward of the second half of the season.

Would Mudryk be a superb signing?

The Scottish winger is in his third season on Tyneside and he’s nonetheless but to show that he generally is a dependable choice for the membership. He produced zero targets and three assists in 18 league appearances in his first marketing campaign with Newcastle earlier than managing two targets and three assists in 27 outings final time period.

Fraser has did not muster up a single objective or help in eight Premier League video games to date this season and these underwhelming statistics recommend that he’s a participant who the membership might discover an improve on.

Mudryk may very well be precisely that as he has caught the attention for Donetsk this season, with journalist Hrach Khachatryan describing his performances as “spectacular“.

The 21-year-old has been in nice type within the Champions League and the Ukrainian prime flight, producing three targets and two assists in 5 matches within the former and four targets and five assists in seven outings within the latter. Because of this he has as many objective contributions in 5 European video games as Fraser has managed within the prime flight because the begin of final season.

Mudryk scored two and assisted seven in 11 league matches for Shakhtar within the 2021/22 marketing campaign, with these statistics displaying that he’s able to making contributions within the remaining third frequently.

He’s seven years youthful than the Scot and has the potential to supply much more for Newcastle when it comes to each scoring and creating targets, if he can translate his spectacular type over to English soccer.

Subsequently, Ashworth should signal Mudryk because the wing wizard might instantly enhance Howe’s choices out broad and be a long-term asset who might develop over time.