Newcastle transfer news: Magpies ‘in the mix’ for £43m Anthony Gordon replacement after Victor Munoz blow

Newcastle United volition reportedly see making a determination for FC Koln attacker Said El Mala successful the summertime transportation window.

The Magpies are connected the lookout for a caller goalscoring winger aft selling Anthony Gordon to Barcelona for astir £69m past month.

Eddie Howe’s broadside seemed to beryllium successful a beardown presumption to triumph the contention for Osasuna’s Victor Munoz, earlier Liverpool hijacked their determination for the Spain international, who has arrived astatine Anfield for a reported £34.6m.

Newcastle are present forced to look elsewhere and German paper Bild, via Sport Witness, claims that the Magpies are ‘in the mix’ to El Mala and are present eyeing a renewed effort to motion the 19-year-old.

The study adds that El Mala, who has besides attracted involvement from Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion, is 1 of respective options being explored by Newcastle.

Brentford had expressed a beardown involvement successful El Mala and were acceptable to wage Koln’s €50m (£43m) asking price, but the winger’s cause and parent is said to person vetoed the woody portion waiting for different offers to arrive.

Newcastle 'eyeing a renewed effort' to motion El Mala 

It is claimed that Newcastle’s involvement successful El Mala volition play straight into Koln’s plans, arsenic they are hoping for a bidding warfare to look among respective suitors.

Any imaginable Newcastle woody for El Mala could spot his older member Malek El Mala, 21, marque the determination to St James’ Park, arsenic the siblings are believed to beryllium keen to proceed playing together.

Said and Malek were some signed by Koln from Viktoria Koln successful 2024 earlier returning to the lower-league German nine for the 2024-25 run connected loan.

In 2025-26, Said enjoyed a breakout play successful the Bundesliga, scoring 10 goals and providing 4 assists successful 28 league matches for a Koln outfit who avoided relegation.

The highly-rated teen was a beardown contender to gain a spot successful Germany’s squad for the 2026 World Cup, but the seven-cap Under-21 planetary was yet not called up by Julian Nagelsmann.

Newcastle already person 2 German planetary distant astatine the World Cup successful striker Nick Woltemade and centre-back Malick Thiaw, who volition some beryllium hoping to diagnostic successful their last-32 necktie adjacent Monday.