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title: "Newcastle United: Magpies send Ousmane Dembele offer"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Newcastle United"
published: "2022-01-01T14:10:41Z"
modified: "2022-01-01T14:10:41Z"
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# Newcastle United: Magpies send Ousmane Dembele offer

**Newcastle United have reportedly sent an offer to sign Ousmane Dembele in the [January transfer window](https://www.givemesport.com/1754870-january-transfer-window-2022-when-does-it-open-when-does-it-close-and-which-players-are-going-to-move).**

### The Lowdown: Signings galore?

With [reports](https://twitter.com/CraigHope_DM/status/1477233399593115650) that the St James’ Park club have already put in a formal bid to try and sign Kieran Trippier, it seems as if they are going to be very busy during the winter market.

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They are currently [19th](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) in the Premier League table and have the [joint-worst](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) defensive record out of any team in the division, so reinforcements at the back certainly seem needed in order to give them the best possible chance of staying up.

### The Latest: Dembele offer

As per [Sport](https://sportwitness.co.uk/newcastle-owners-want-to-unload-petrodollars-as-magpies-sent-succulent-offer-to-player/sport.es) (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/newcastle-owners-want-to-unload-petrodollars-as-magpies-sent-succulent-offer-to-player/)), Barcelona are now ‘very, very close’ to giving up their efforts of trying to get Dembele to sign a new deal, as his current contract [expires in the summer](https://www.transfermarkt.com/ousmane-dembele/profil/spieler/288230).

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He is making ‘crazy’ demands over the extension of his deal and now it seems likely that he could move to Newcastle. The Magpies have ‘sent a succulent offer’ to Dembele, but he is not thought to be keen on a move to them yet.

### The Verdict: Avoid

Strengthening the defence should be the priority for Eddie Howe’s team this month, so Dembele is a player that they should be avoiding.

Of course, he promised so much as a youngster, earning a whopping [£121.5m](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ousmane-dembele/transfers/spieler/288230) move from Borussia Dortmund back in 2017, and his former teammate Lionel Messi even went as far as to call him a ‘[phenomenon](https://talksport.com/football/745105/ousmane-dembele-cristiano-ronaldo-barcelona-manchester-united/)‘.

When the player was at Rennes, then-sporting director Mikael Silvestre even [likened](https://talksport.com/football/745105/ousmane-dembele-cristiano-ronaldo-barcelona-manchester-united/) him to a young Cristiano Ronaldo, but in truth the 24-year-old has been a disappointment at Camp Nou, with just 30 goals and 24 assists in 126 games ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ousmane-dembele/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/288230/plus/0?saison=&verein=131&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=)).

Nonetheless, his wage demands seem huge and should not be encouraged, so it is best for the Magpies to look elsewhere.

***In other news,*** [***Nick Hammond is now preparing an offer for this one-time Premier League ace***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-transfer-rumours/transfer-news-jordan-veretout-roma-premier-league/)