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title: "Newcastle United: Mark Douglas claims Magpies offered Ademola Lookman"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Newcastle United"
published: "2021-07-25T17:45:02Z"
modified: "2021-07-25T17:45:02Z"
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# Newcastle United: Mark Douglas claims Magpies offered Ademola Lookman

**The Chronicle’s Mark Douglas has claimed that Newcastle United have been offered the chance to sign Ademola Lookman in the summer transfer window.**

### The Lowdown: Tight budget

As per [Douglas](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/revealed-newcastles-takeover-now-unchartered-21127323), the St. James’ Park faithful have been operating on a ‘shoestring’ budget, amid their arbitration case against the Premier League being delayed until 2022.

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This means that they will likely not be able to spend big fees on players, and as such, will be looking for potential bargains in the market.

### The Latest: Lookman offered

Writing in his piece for [The Chronicle](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/revealed-newcastles-takeover-now-unchartered-21127323), Douglas has claimed that the North East club have been offered Lookman, along with a number of other teams in the top flight.

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The RB Leipzig ace, who is also interesting Southampton, is currently rated at [£10m](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/revealed-newcastles-takeover-now-unchartered-21127323), which may be too much for the Tyneside club, despite Steve Bruce being a fan of his.

### The Verdict: Sign

Lookman could well be an exciting signing for the Magpies, as he proved his qualities with some of his performances while on loan at Fulham in the 2020/21 season, with Toon legend Alan Shearer dubbing him as a [‘fantastic’](https://www.geordiebootboys.com/opinion/ademola-lookman-looks-a-newcastle-oversight-as-alan-shearer-praises-winger/) player back in April.

Being English, he helps fill the home-grown quota too, and at 23 years of age, still has a lot of potential to develop even further.

Thus, £10m could well turn out to be a snip, so long as NUFC can afford it.

[***In other news, find out what consortium insight has been shared on the takeover here!***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/takeover-news-consortium-mike-ashley/)