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title: "Newcastle: Magpies eye Arnaud Kalimuendo"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/arnaud-kalimuendo-nufc-transfer-interest/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Newcastle United News"
published: "2022-04-27T06:40:30Z"
modified: "2022-04-27T06:40:30Z"
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# Newcastle: Magpies eye Arnaud Kalimuendo

**[Newcastle United](https://www.footballfancast.com/newcastle-united-news) are interested in signing Paris Saint-Germain striker Arnaud Kalimuendo, according to Foot Mercato (via [Get French Football News](https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2022/leicester-and-newcastle-interested-in-on-loan-psg-man-arnaud-kalimuendo/)).**

### The lowdown

The young marksman has spent the last two seasons away from the Parc des Princes on loan at RC Lens.

The 20-year-old has scored [10 goals in 30 Ligue 1 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/arnaud-kalimuendo/leistungsdaten/spieler/585959) this season, putting him three clear of Seko Fofana at the top of [the team’s goalscoring charts](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/team/stats/_/id/175/lens). Valued at £10.8m by [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/arnaud-kalimuendo/leistungsdaten/spieler/585959), he is under contract at PSG until the summer of 2024.

Newcastle have also been linked with another Ligue 1 striker in the form of Reims’ [Hugo Ekitike](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-transfer-rumours/hugo-ekitike-newcastle-transfer-update-waugh-caulkin-pif/).

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### The latest

According to Foot Mercato (via [Get French Football News](https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2022/leicester-and-newcastle-interested-in-on-loan-psg-man-arnaud-kalimuendo/)), Kalimuendo’s agent is due to meet with figures at PSG ‘in the coming weeks’ for talks about his future.

He is apparently ready to commit to the newly-crowned Ligue 1 champions by signing a new deal, but that hasn’t stopped Newcastle or fellow Premier League outfit Leicester City from ‘looking at him’.

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### The verdict

Kalimuendo is certainly an impressive talent. He has already played [nine matches for France’s under-21 side](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/arnaud-kalimuendo/nationalmannschaft/spieler/585959), scoring on just his second start against Ukraine and adding three more to his tally since.

Furthermore, in 2020, [he won the Titi D’Or](https://www.francebleu.fr/sports/football/psg-arnaud-kalimuendo-titi-d-or-2020-1615221922), a prize awarded to the most promising young talent at PSG.

Franck Haise, his manager at Lens, believes that Kalimuendo possesses every attribute that a modern forward needs, describing him as the ‘[prototype striker of the present](https://healthyhorsemassage.com/haise-showers-kalimuendo-with-praise-hes-already-the-prototype-striker-of-the-present/)‘.

If the 20-year-old’s parent club can’t offer him the opportunities that he craves, then perhaps a move to Tyneside could be on the cards.

**In other news, [Newcastle are also targeting this left-back](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/atletico-madrid-transfer-news-lodi-premier-league/)**