Ekitike close to sign for Newcastle United
Newcastle are interested in signing the French striker and are close to sign him.
have begun talks with
Reimsstriker
Hugo Ekitike, and the French club have allowed the 19-year-old star to negotiate with Magpies.
While Reims has entered into direct negotiations with Newcastle, Sky Sports claims that the player's representative has been allowed to start talks with the Premier League club. Newcastle are said to have to pay €30 million to sign him on a five-year deal.
Newcastle were close to signing him in January and will be looking to sign him again this summer. Ekitike is one of four strikers that Newcastle intend to sign in the first summer after the club was bought by the Saudi
Investment Fund. They look at the situation of Moussa Diaby from Bayer Leverkusen and Ismaila Sarr from Watford for the right winger.
Diaby has a contract with Leverkusen until 2025 and Sarr has entered the last two years of his contract with Watford.
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