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title: "Newcastle: Magpies set to be offered Andrea Belotti"
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author: "David Comerford"
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published: "2021-07-05T10:05:27Z"
modified: "2021-07-05T10:05:27Z"
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# Newcastle: Magpies set to be offered Andrea Belotti

**It’s ‘likely’ that Newcastle United will be offered the chance to sign long-term transfer target Andrea Belotti on a cut-price deal, according to [Chronicle Live](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-pandemic-italy-ace-20963257.amp?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&__twitter_impression=true) journalist Lee Ryder.**

### The lowdown

The 27-year-old has been a prolific striker for Serie A club Torino, scoring [105 goals in 228 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/andrea-belotti/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/167727) and finishing [third](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/serie-a/torschuetzenliste/wettbewerb/IT1/saison_id/2016) in the race for the league’s Golden Boot in 2016/17. He’s currently on Euro 2020 duty with semi-finalists Italy as a back-up to [favoured centre-forward](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/343/Show/Italy-Italy) Ciro Immobile.

Belotti has now entered the [final year of his contract at Torino](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/andrea-belotti/leistungsdaten/spieler/167727), who will be wary of the risk that he leaves on a free transfer next summer.

Former Torino boss Davide Nicola has [labelled him](https://www.google.com/amp/s/football-italia.net/nicola-warns-juventus-praises-belotti/amp/) a ‘unique’ forward and a ‘great finisher’.

### The latest

Ryder says that Newcastle have long ‘kept tabs’ on Belotti, who was [‘scouted before \[the\] pandemic’](https://twitter.com/lee_ryder/status/1411610008534540290?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet).

The 27-year-old’s contract contains an £85m release clause, but Torino are now thought to have slashed their demands to £29m with less than 12 months left on the deal, a 66% reduction in his asking price. \[[Chronicle Live](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-pandemic-italy-ace-20963257.amp?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&__twitter_impression=true)\]

However, Ryder expresses doubt as to whether Newcastle will take up the opportunity to bring him in. With transfer funds in ‘short supply’ and the club shrouded in a ‘veil of uncertainty’, it may not be realistic. \[[Chronicle Live](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-pandemic-italy-ace-20963257.amp?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&__twitter_impression=true)\]

### The verdict

Belotti will surely have no shortage of suitors at that price tag, and a move to a Premier League club could leave Newcastle pondering what might have been.

If this deal had been available 12 months ago, you’d have been urging the club to pounce. However, the [£20m](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54055640) addition of the [prolific](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/callum-wilson/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/123682) Callum Wilson means that the centre-forward position is no longer a transfer priority, and even if Bruce wanted to play two up top, it would be sensible to use an in-house option for the moment and invest in improving the squad elsewhere.

**In other news, [could this be when Newcastle learn their arbitration result?](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/takeover-news-arbitration-premier-league-2/)**