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title: "Newcastle United: Magpies were close to signing Arkadiusz Milik"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-magpies-were-close-to-signing-arkadiusz-milik/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Newcastle United"
published: "2021-03-24T15:15:28Z"
modified: "2021-03-24T15:15:28Z"
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# Newcastle United: Magpies were close to signing Arkadiusz Milik

**Newcastle United were reportedly close to signing Arkadiusz Milik, according to football journalist Vincenzo Morabito.**

Speaking to [Calcio Napoli 24](https://www.calcionapoli24.it/le_interviste/morabito-a-cn24-de-laurentiis-prov-a-prendere-inzaghi-prima-di-firmare-n476084.html), he claimed that the St. James’ Park faithful made a transfer offer of €20m (£17.3m), but Napoli considered his value to be around €25-30m (£21.6-25.9m).

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It is not specified when the North East club made their offer, but what is for sure is that they were only a few million pounds away from matching their valuation and potentially securing his signature.

### Newcastle should sign Milik

The Tyneside club should come back in for Milik in the summer transfer window should he become available to be purchased.

The Poland international is a born goal scorer, with a total of no fewer than [133 (Transfermarkt)](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/arkadiusz-milik/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/191891) senior goals scored for both club and country combined over the course of his footballing career so far.

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His old manager for the Polish national team Jerzy Brzeczek described him as an [‘incredible’](https://www.ilmattino.it/sport/sscnapoli/milik_lascia_napoli_a_gennaio-5579346.html) player back in November of last year, and England fans may be able to take a better glimpse of him when they play each other in an upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier.

Nonetheless, the 27-year-old could well serve as a decent back-up striker to Callum Wilson and thus ease the goal-scoring burden off of the former AFC Bournemouth ace, or even play in a front two together.

[***In other news, find out what big claim has been dropped on Rafa Benitez and the potential takeover here!***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/newcastle-united-rob-draper-drops-claims-on-rafa-benitez-and-potential-takeover/)