Newcastle United were reportedly close to signing Arkadiusz Milik, according to football journalist Vincenzo Morabito.
Speaking to Calcio Napoli 24, 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).
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) senior goals scored for both club and country combined over the course of his footballing career so far.
His old manager for the Polish national team Jerzy Brzeczek described him as an 'incredible' 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.