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title: "Newcastle: Magpies eye Hakan Calhanoglu"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Newcastle United News"
published: "2022-09-13T17:40:28Z"
modified: "2022-09-13T17:40:28Z"
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# Newcastle: Magpies eye Hakan Calhanoglu

**Newcastle United are interested in Inter Milan’s Hakan Calhanoglu, according to Italian outlet [Calciomercato Web](https://www.calciomercatoweb.it/2022/09/12/calciomercato-inter-calhanoglu-malinovskyi-marotta-inzaghi/).**

### The lowdown

Central midfielder Calhanoglu only joined Inter last summer, making a cross-city move from AC Milan [as a free agent](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/hakan-calhanoglu/profil/spieler/126414).

And he’s actually[been heavily involved so far this season](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/hakan-calhanoglu/leistungsdaten/spieler/126414), starting five of Inter’s six Serie A matches as well as their Champions League Group C opener against Bayern Munich.

The 28-year-old, who [can also play](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/hakan-calhanoglu/leistungsdaten/spieler/126414/plus/0?saison=ges) as an attacking midfielder and left winger, has [two years left on his contract](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/hakan-calhanoglu/leistungsdaten/spieler/126414).

### The latest

[The report](https://www.calciomercatoweb.it/2022/09/12/calciomercato-inter-calhanoglu-malinovskyi-marotta-inzaghi/) states that Inter are ready to sell Calhanoglu if they receive ‘the right offer’.

The Nerazzurri apparently value him in the region of €30million, which equates to £26million.

Calhanoglu has been ‘in the sights’ of Newcastle ‘in recent months’, with other Premier League sides interested too.

Significantly, Inter already have a replacement lined up in Atalanta’s Ruslan Malinovskyi.

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### The verdict

Calhanoglu boasts a fairly strong [record for Inter](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/hakan-calhanoglu/leistungsdaten/spieler/126414/plus/0?saison=2022), scoring or assisting 23 goals in 53 appearances for the club (9G, 14A).

And it’s a signing that could seriously excite Newcastle fans given the Turkish midfielder’s flair for the spectacular.

Since the start of the 2014/15 season, he’s scored [20 goals from outside the penalty area](https://understat.com/player/189) and, over the course of his career as a whole, he’s [netted 24 direct free-kicks](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/hakan-calhanoglu/alletore/spieler/126414/plus/0?saison=&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&minute=&pos=&torart=207&stand=). To put that into perspective, Kieran Trippier has just[eight for club and one for country](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kieran-trippier/alletore/spieler/95810/plus/0?saison=&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&minute=&pos=&torart=207&stand=).

His scarcely believable dead-ball effort in Hamburg’s 3-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund in 2014 has been [viewed 5.2 million times on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK58AssP9tc).