Newcastle transfer news: Magpies ‘competing’ with Barcelona for midfield ace “far too good” for Scandinavian league

Newcastle United are reportedly acceptable to rival Barcelona for the signature of Norwegian midfielder Bo Asulv Hegland.

The Magpies oversaw a midfield reshuffle during the summertime transportation window, with Nico Gonzalez, Sean Steur and Aladji Bamba each signed pursuing the high-profile departures of Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali.

Lewis Miley, Jacob Ramsey and Joe Willock are besides competing for midfield starts nether caller manager Matthias Jaissle, portion Joelinton is different enactment who is presently sidelined done injury.

Although Newcastle look to person a wealthiness of enactment successful the midfield department, it is understood that further reinforcements could beryllium made successful 2027.

Recent reports claims that Newcastle are weighing up a determination for Real Sociedad midfielder Luka Sucic, who antecedently worked nether Jaissle astatine Red Bull Salzburg, but Hegland is besides said to beryllium connected the Magpies’ radar.

Newcastle, Barcelona-linked Hegland could beryllium connected the determination successful January

Bo Hegland med misdeed 15e assistance och 8e mål ? pic.twitter.com/yUjyDlGH0W

According to Football Insider, Newcastle are completing with La Liga champions Barcelona for 22-year-old Djurgarden IF prima Hegland, who has made a notable content successful the Swedish Allsvenskan.

The attacking midfielder has contributed with 8 goals and 15 assists successful 22 league appearances successful the 2026 campaign, helping Djurgarden ascent to 3rd successful the table.

Hegland’s awesome signifier is said to person attracted involvement from a fig of clubs including Newcastle during the summer, but the Norwegian made the “simple” prime to stay astatine Djurgarden.

“For me, it was rather elemental this summer. There were galore radical asking maine if determination was a accidental I would leave, but it was conscionable afloat absorption connected Djurgarden,” Hegland told reporters, arsenic per Sport Witness.

“As you tin possibly see, it’s amusive to play for Djurgarden. I’m enjoying playing successful a bully shot squad and winning a batch of matches. That has been the cognition each along.”

However, Hegland has refused to regularisation retired a January exit, adding: “You cognize that it’s a abbreviated mode out, but determination has been afloat absorption connected Djurgarden this summertime and that feels good.”

Hegland is “far excessively good” for Swedish Allsvenskan

Valued astatine conscionable €7m by Transfermarkt, Hegland joined Djurgarden successful 2025 and inactive has implicit 2 years remaining connected his contract.

However, Djurgarden's skipper Adam Stahl precocious admitted that Hegland is “far excessively good” for the Allsvenskan and is amazed that helium has been omitted from Norway’s squad for the planetary break.

This comes aft Norway brag Stale Solbakken claimed that the Allsvenskan is ‘too slow’ and acold down the different Scandinavian leagues.

“I'm not a manager and I don't cognize what Norwegian shot is like, but if you look astatine the Allsvenskan present compared to erstwhile I came in, they person made unthinkable steps,” Stahl told Sportbladet.

“Is it going slowly? If you comparison it to the Premier League, maybe. But Bo (Hegland) is acold excessively bully for the Allsvenskan. He has outgrown that suit, but they person a precise bully nationalist team.

“[Martin] Odegaard is rather hard to poke, but if helium (Hegland) goes to Barca, possibly helium tin bash it”.

Hegland is acceptable to measurement up what is champion for his vocation going guardant up of the New Year, with regular starts astatine either Barcelona oregon Newcastle presumably not guaranteed immediately.

As antecedently mentioned, Newcastle presently person 7 first-team midfield options, portion Hansi Flick's star-studded Barca squad includes Pedri, Gavi, Fermin Lopez, Dani Olmo and caller enlistee Rodri.