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title: "Newcastle United: Mohammed Salisu is a target"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Newcastle United"
published: "2022-01-25T13:10:08Z"
modified: "2022-01-25T13:10:08Z"
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# Newcastle United: Mohammed Salisu is a target

**Southampton’s Mohammed Salisu is one of the players Newcastle United have considered during the January transfer window, [The Telegraph’s Luke Edwards](https://twitter.com/LukeEdwardsTele/status/1485614332847218691) has revealed.**

### The lowdown

Newcastle are reportedly looking at domestic alternatives to their top centre-back target, Sevilla’s Diego Carlos, as the La Liga outfit hold firm in their demands (via [The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/3083878/2022/01/23/newcastle-hoping-leeds-win-can-boost-both-their-promotion-bid-and-their-recruitment-drive/)).

Salisu moved to England relatively recently, joining Saints from Real Valladolid in August 2020 for a fee of [£10.8million](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mohammed-salisu/profil/spieler/563963). The 22-year-old, now valued at £9million by [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mohammed-salisu/profil/spieler/563963), signed a contract that runs until the summer of 2024.

Salisu has been a regular under Ralph Hasenhuttl this season, [starting 20](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mohammed-salisu/leistungsdaten/spieler/563963) of their 23 Premier League matches.

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### The latest

Edwards [tweeted](https://twitter.com/LukeEdwardsTele/status/1485614332847218691) on Monday afternoon that ‘NUFC have looked at’ the Ghanaian defender.

However, he ‘was told last week’ that the move didn’t look ‘possible’ in January.

### The verdict

It’s tempting to wonder if Salisu’s sensational performance in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with league leaders Manchester City has only inflated his price tag.

Salisu made more clearances (14), tackles (seven), interceptions (four) and blocks (three) [than anybody else](https://twitter.com/Squawka/status/1484972322847182851), earning a place in Alan Shearer’s [Team of the Week](https://twitter.com/premierleague/status/1485619669415387140).

Football talent scout [Jacek Kulig](https://twitter.com/FTalentScout/status/1484970599655038983) called it a ‘monstrous performance’, while [The Express’ Charlie Gordon](https://twitter.com/CharlieWGordon/status/1484963982939201541) wrote that he deserved a ‘boxing licence’ after taking a ball to the chin and soldiering on.

He’s still young, and on the evidence of that display, it’s hard to dispute [BBC journalist Tom Murray](https://twitter.com/T214Murray/status/1484981424780361735)‘s claim that ‘he has a frightening amount of potential’, so perhaps the Magpies should stump up a big offer and see how the south coast outfit respond.

**In other news, [Fabrizio Romano dropped a big NUFC transfer update on Monday morning](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-transfer-rumours/jesse-lingard-newcastle-transfer-latest-romano/).**