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title: "Newcastle United: Magpies among favourites to sign Garang Kuol"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Newcastle United News"
published: "2022-09-05T17:15:58Z"
modified: "2022-09-05T17:15:58Z"
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# Newcastle United: Magpies among favourites to sign Garang Kuol

**[Newcastle United](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/) are reportedly among the favourites to sign Central Coast Mariners striker Garang Kuol in the January transfer window.**

### The Lowdown: Upcoming prospect

At just 17 years of age, Kuol is certainly a precocious prospect, having played nine senior games for his club in Australia, scoring four goals and supplying one assist ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/garang-kuol/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/967948)).

Hailed as a ‘[talented](https://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/barcelona-newcastle-chelsea-top-european-clubs-circling-mariners-sensation-20220901-p5bekv.html)‘ player by Mariners chairman Richard Peil, he has even earned high praise from footballing legends Xavi and Dwight Yorke, and Chelsea striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has personally swapped shirts with him in the past ([The Age](https://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/barcelona-newcastle-chelsea-top-european-clubs-circling-mariners-sensation-20220901-p5bekv.html)).

### The Latest: Newcastle among the favourites

As per Australian outlet [The Age](https://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/barcelona-newcastle-chelsea-top-european-clubs-circling-mariners-sensation-20220901-p5bekv.html), Newcastle are ‘close to the front of the queue’ to sign Kuol in January, with Barcelona and Chelsea also in the race for his signature.

He is thought to be a possible wildcard for Australia’s 26-man World Cup squad in Qatar, and if he continues to impress, the striker could find himself playing against some of the best players in the world in a couple of months’ time.

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### The Verdict: Exciting

It is certainly exciting for the Toon Army that their club could be signing a player as talented as Kuol in January.

He would likely start off in their academy ranks, with the hope of breaking into the first-team squad under Eddie Howe.

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Nonetheless, if they could beat the likes of Barcelona and Chelsea to his signature, then it would be a real coup for the Magpies.