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title: "Newcastle: Chris Waugh says Harvey Barnes deal will be difficult"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Newcastle United News"
published: "2022-08-02T16:40:17Z"
modified: "2022-08-02T16:40:17Z"
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# Newcastle: Chris Waugh says Harvey Barnes deal will be difficult

**Newcastle United may struggle to meet Leicester City’s demands for Harvey Barnes, [The Athletic’s Chris Waugh says](https://theathletic.com/3458432/2022/07/31/newcastle-maddison-bank-loan-transfers/?source=emp-shared-article).**

### The lowdown

Newcastle are currently pursuing Barnes’ Leicester team-mate, James Maddison, but it’s proving to be tricky.

The Magpies submitted a second bid [worth £40million plus add-ons](https://twitter.com/skysports_keith/status/1554391129663102977?s=21&t=nlMZnCftFKcz1Gr64G_rWA) for the attacking midfielder, but Leicester are said to want [closer to £60million](https://twitter.com/skysports_sheth/status/1553282376393965568).

Barnes, 24, is under contract at The King Power Stadium until [June 2025](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/harvey-barnes/profil/spieler/398065), having signed a new deal [at the start of last season](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/harvey-barnes/profil/spieler/398065).

### The latest

Waugh [writes](https://theathletic.com/3458432/2022/07/31/newcastle-maddison-bank-loan-transfers/?source=emp-shared-article) that Barnes ‘has admirers’ within the Newcastle United recruitment operation.

However, as in the case of Maddison, ‘it is difficult to envisage how Newcastle can present a financial package that would tempt Leicester to sell’.

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### The verdict

Newcastle clearly still want a wide player in the transfer window, [hence their reported bid for Jack Harrison](https://twitter.com/Santi_J_FM/status/1554038829274857472).

And it’s easy to see why they’re interested in Barnes, who [scored 11 goals and provided 14 assists in all competitions last season](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/harvey-barnes/leistungsdaten/spieler/398065/plus/0?saison=2021).

He’s also earned the endorsement of a Premier League-winning manager in Jurgen Klopp, who called him ‘[an unbelievable player](https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/12/jurgen-klopp-singles-out-unbelievable-harvey-barnes-before-leicester-clash-14071199/)‘.

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[The Daily Mail’s Craig Hope](https://twitter.com/CraigHope_DM/status/1553379702533984256), meanwhile, feels it would be a ‘tremendous’ coup for Newcastle.

But if Leicester want £60million for Maddison, they’re surely likely to slap a similar price tag on Barnes.

Indeed, the [CIES Football Observatory](https://football-observatory.com/-values-134693) reckon that the winger is worth somewhere between €50million (£41.9million) and €70million (£58.7million).