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title: "Newcastle: Magpies prepare Alan Virginius bid"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-prepare-alan-virginius-transfer-offer/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Newcastle United News"
published: "2022-07-18T18:15:47Z"
modified: "2022-07-18T18:15:47Z"
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# Newcastle: Magpies prepare Alan Virginius bid

**[Newcastle United](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/) are poised to make a bid for Sochaux forward Alan Virginius, according to French outlet [Le10 Sport](https://le10sport.com/football/mercato/exclu-mercato-duel-final-newcastle-bayer-leverkusen-pour-virginius-607316) (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/newcastle-in-final-duel-with-club-for-signing-magpies-ready-to-send-offer-player-close-to-leaving/)).**

### The lowdown

[The Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11022293/Eddie-Howe-ready-gamble-fitness-Callum-Wilson-season-rely-forward-20-goals.html)‘s Craig Hope has reported that the Magpies are likely to focus their funds and attention on signing a winger from hereon in the summer transfer window.

Virginius (19) is generally regarded as a left winger but is [capable of operating on both flanks](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alan-virginius/leistungsdaten/spieler/654415/plus/0?saison=ges). The teenager, who has made [46 appearances in the French second tier](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alan-virginius/leistungsdaten/spieler/654415/plus/0?saison=ges), is now into the [final 12 months](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alan-virginius/profil/spieler/654415) of his contract with Sochaux.

### The latest

The ‘very promising’ youngster Virginius is ‘close to leaving’ Sochaux, according to [Le10 Sport](https://le10sport.com/football/mercato/exclu-mercato-duel-final-newcastle-bayer-leverkusen-pour-virginius-607316) (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/newcastle-in-final-duel-with-club-for-signing-magpies-ready-to-send-offer-player-close-to-leaving/)). Newcastle are ‘ready to send’ an offer, setting up a ‘final duel’ with another of his suitors in Bayer Leverkusen.

The bid will likely be between €5m (£4.25m) and €10m (£8.5m), and it could then come down to the player to pick which offer is the ‘most convincing’.

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### The verdict

Virginius certainly looks like an exciting prospect.

The teenager scored five goals and provided two assists in just [847 minutes of Ligue 2 football](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alan-virginius/leistungsdaten/spieler/654415/plus/0?saison=2021) last season, averaging a direct contribution every two hours. His overall record for the club stands at [eight goals and four assists](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alan-virginius/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/654415/verein/750) in 50 matches.

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He has perhaps been even more impressive on the international stage for France’s under-19s, scoring five goals and setting up seven [in his first 14 caps](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alan-virginius/nationalmannschaft/spieler/654415). At the recent [European Championships in that age category](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alan-virginius/nationalmannschaft/spieler/654415), he was on target three times and he teed up three goals during his nation’s run to the semi-finals.

In light of that contribution, [InStat Index](https://twitter.com/FTalentScout/status/1543290225652387840) ranked him as the third-best player at the tournament, while football talent scout Jacek Kulig has billed him as a ‘[huge talent](https://twitter.com/FTalentScout/status/1538213669858955266)‘, so this could be a very good long-term signing for Newcastle if they pull it off.

Furthermore, based on the fees quoted by various transfer reports, he’d cost 75% less than [£35m-valued](https://twitter.com/Scottwilsonecho/status/1548588773088321539) Jack Harrison and just over 85% less than [£60m-valued](https://www.teamtalk.com/newcastle-united/moussa-diaby-transfer-news-price-tag-arsenal-alone-chase) Moussa Diaby, two other wingers who have been targeted by the Magpies.