According to Football-Oranje, Newcastle United are set to compete for the signing of Nicolas Tagliafico from Ajax with Arsenal in the upcoming January window. However, The Magpies have little faith in this being a deal that goes through anytime soon.
#NUFC are interested in signing Ajax left-back Nicolas Tagliafico in January but face competition from Arsenal for his signature. [Football Oranje]
— NUFC360 (@NUFC360) October 30, 2018
The Geordies tend to have little faith in any deal going through that isn’t a loan or a transfer costing less than £5 million. The fans are at the point where they’re already resigned to being relegated before November and they know that not even Rafa Benitez can save them in January, purely because of the lack of investment and resources that are made available to him by Mike Ashley.
If Ashley does make some funds available and allows Rafa to get some of his targets in the summer then they’ll have a chance of avoiding the drop, but even then it’s unlikely that the club will sign Tagliafigo from Ajax given his performances in the Champions League and World Cup this year and the fact that Unai Emery has earmarked him as an Arsenal target for the upcoming window.
You can read The Magpies’ verdict on the Tagliafico rumours here:
Looking forward to seeing how he does for Arsenal.
— Luke S (@LukeS1991) October 30, 2018
That’s us out then
— Liam (@ldabbs89) October 30, 2018
could of got him for 8m in summer…
— max (@shxIvey) 30 October 2018
https://twitter.com/FordyTheGeordie/status/1057337971207221248
https://twitter.com/BarryBlakely/status/1057322964826419201
https://twitter.com/rosscotaylor28/status/1057306817196285953
https://twitter.com/markdodds23/status/1057384257314844675
Im more likely to get 10k followers on twitter than this happening.
— Alex ⚫⚪ (@MaxwellA98) October 30, 2018
The Geordies have no faith in signing Tagliafico and will hope the club can get at least their second or third choice left-back in January.
