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title: "Newcastle: Eddie Howe eyeing bargain Thorgan Hazard deal"
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author: "David Comerford"
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published: "2022-06-21T18:11:38Z"
modified: "2022-06-21T18:11:38Z"
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# Newcastle: Eddie Howe eyeing bargain Thorgan Hazard deal

**Newcastle are keen on Borussia Dortmund’s Thorgan Hazard, according to German outlet Bild (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/newcastle-united-want-sign-29-year-old-dortmund-player-can-move-around-e15m/)).**

### The lowdown

[Newcastle have only made one signing](https://theathletic.com/news/newcastle-united-confirm-matt-targett-return-transfer-news/d2e1zLNhHAAo/) so far this summer, exercising their option to buy Matt Targett from Aston Villa following his loan spell.

29-year-old Hazard, the younger brother of former Chelsea star Eden, is [primarily a left winger](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/thorgan-hazard/leistungsdaten/spieler/102226) but he can also play on the right or as an attacking midfielder.

The Belgian [only started 14 of Dortmund’s 34 Bundesliga matches](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/thorgan-hazard/leistungsdaten/spieler/102226) last season, though he did miss ten of those games through injury or illness.

### The latest

[Bild claim](https://sportwitness.co.uk/newcastle-united-want-sign-29-year-old-dortmund-player-can-move-around-e15m/) that Newcastle ‘want to sign’ Hazard and Dortmund are prepared to sell.

They’ve set their demands at €15million, which equates to about £12.9million.

The report suggests that the Magpies will be able to offer him a significant hike on his €7million-per-year (£115,000-per-week) salary. They’ll apparently regard that as ‘peanuts’.

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### The verdict

What would Hazard offer Eddie Howe and Newcastle, beyond his versatility?

Well he doesn’t provide big volumes of goals or assists, only managing [six direct goal contributions last season](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/thorgan-hazard/leistungsdaten/spieler/102226), but his defensive contribution is excellent.

He [ranks in the 74th percentile or better](https://fbref.com/en/players/50871bcc/Thorgan-Hazard) for clearances, pressures, blocks and interceptions per 90 minutes when compared with positional peers across Europe’s big five leagues.

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Hazard is a former [Belgian Footballer of the Year](https://www.espn.com/soccer/news/story/_/id/1823700/thorgan-hazard-wins-player-year-belgium) and has racked up [45 caps for his country](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/thorgan-hazard/leistungsdaten/spieler/102226), [ranked second in the world](https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men?dateId=id13603) behind Brazil.

At last summer’s European Championships, Hazard sent Roberto Martinez’s side through to the last eight with a winning goal against Portugal that commentator [Jonathan Pearce](https://twitter.com/BBCMOTD/status/1409481454237724672) called ‘special’.

His brother ‘once said’ that Thorgan is the ‘[better](https://twitter.com/TheAthleticUK/status/1409241224318496773)‘ player, and that’s quite a compliment considering that Eden featured in the [2019 World XI](https://fifpro.org/en/supporting-players/player-influence/world11/history-the-fifa-fifpro-men-s-world-11-of-2019).

**In other news, [Newcastle are interested in another Bundesliga star too](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/bayer-leverkusen-transfer-news-diaby-sky-sports/).**