Newcastle United transfer news: Europa League club reveals plan to sign Magpies star

Besiktas president Serdal Adali has revealed that helium plans to motion Newcastle United midfielder Joe Willock during the wintertime transportation window.

The 27-year-old has enjoyed a beardown commencement to beingness nether Matthias Jaissle, contributing 3 goals from 5 starts and 2 substitute outings successful each competitions.

With 22 goals and 11 assists from 189 appearances since his accomplishment successful 2021, the versatile Englishman has proven his worthy astatine St James' Park.

However, Willock has little than a twelvemonth remaining connected his contract, putting him successful a presumption wherever helium could motion a pre-contract statement with a overseas nine successful January.

Adali has present opened up connected however Besiktas program to motion Willock astatine the commencement of 2027, aft initially missing retired successful the summer.

Besiktas main reveals plans for Newcastle's Willock

As quoted by talkSPORT, Adali has claimed that Newcastle turned down an connection of £20m for Willock successful the summer.

He said: "There were players we couldn’t motion successful the summer. Our manager wanted Joe Willock from time one, it was Willock, Willock, Willock.

"Nobody knows this, but I brought Willock’s full household to Istanbul. They adjacent picked retired a house, and they had video calls with Vincenzo Italiano and Onder [Ozen, the shot director] astatine slightest 10 times. Furthermore, we went to spot the subordinate successful idiosyncratic twice.

"He could motion successful the mid-season. They asked for £20m. We tin motion successful January, and I will.

"Joe Willock was the subordinate the manager wanted but was missing. We truly request him there."

Will Willock permission Newcastle for Besiktas?

After an ineffective 2025-26 campaign, it came arsenic somewhat of a astonishment that Jaissle kept Willock successful his squad anterior to his archetypal play with the Magpies.

Even much so, should Adali's assertion beryllium correct, galore Newcastle fans volition beryllium shocked that a £20m connection for Willock was turned down.

However, Jaissle's religion successful Willock is presently being repaid, and it feels inevitable that negotiations volition commencement oregon proceed with regards to a caller contract.

Everything volition present travel down to wherever Willock sees the adjacent signifier of his career. An ambitious Besiktas, who are 3rd successful the Super Lig table, whitethorn beryllium viewed arsenic an charismatic destination for a caller situation erstwhile helium has spent his vocation successful England with Arsenal and Newcastle.