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title: "Newcastle United: Magpies in Benoit Badiashile talks"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Newcastle United"
published: "2022-01-19T12:05:10Z"
modified: "2022-01-19T12:05:10Z"
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# Newcastle United: Magpies in Benoit Badiashile talks

**Newcastle United are reportedly now in talks to sign Benoit Badiashile in the January transfer window.**

### The Lowdown: Carlos closer?

News broke out on [Tuesday evening](https://twitter.com/CraigHope_DM/status/1483509237212798976) that Diego Carlos has now handed in an official transfer request to Sevilla to try and force a move through to St. James’ Park.

However, a transfer fee has not been agreed between the two clubs yet, meaning that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) consortium may still be looking at other targets in the centre-back position given their desperation in that area.

One of those could well be Badiashile, of whom they have been strongly [linked](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-transfer-rumours/transfer-news-benoit-badiashile-monaco-west-ham/) to this month.

### The Latest: Badiashile talks

As per [L’Equipe](https://www.lequipe.fr/) (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/talks-ongoing-recent-hours-newcastle-sign-defender-offer-made-player-awaits-possible-agreement-transfer/)), talks between the North East side and AS Monaco have continued ‘in recent hours’, and the former have already made an offer worth €40m (£33.3m), which has since been rejected.

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Monaco have ‘no intention’ of letting Badiashile leave in this window, unless the Tyneside outfit can come up with a much improved offer.

He is also injured and expected to be out for ‘three to four weeks’, which may complicate the deal further.

### The Verdict: Pay the money!

Whatever sum of money it would take to bring in Badiashile this window, the Magpies should simply pay it.

They currently have the [second-worst](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) defensive record in the Premier League, and the Frenchman would certainly help improve that.

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Dubbed as a ‘[tenacious](https://twitter.com/FTalentScout/status/1372237820916592640)‘, ‘[strong](https://twitter.com/FTalentScout/status/1372237820916592640)‘ and ‘[fast](https://twitter.com/FTalentScout/status/1372237820916592640)‘ player by Football Talent Scout Jacek Kulig, Badiashile has everything that a modern central defender needs in the top flight, and at just 20 years of age, has so much potential.

He would be a great alternative to Carlos should that deal fall through, as he actually averages more tackles and interceptions than him in their respective domestic leagues so far this season ([WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/PlayerComparison)), and so this is one that the new owners should not be sleeping on.

[***In other news, find out which former Prem star NUFC are now interested in here!***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-transfer-rumours/newcastle-transfer-interest-christian-eriksen/)