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Newcastle United In The Race To Sign Highly-Rated Real Madrid Midfielder

Newcastle United In The Race To Sign Highly-Rated Real Madrid Midfielder

The Premier League side are hoping to fend off competition from within Spain to land the Real Madrid player.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Rafael Benitez is hellbent on signing new talent ahead of deadline day, and it appears he's set his sights on his next transfer target.

The Spanish boss has been left frustrated following the lack of signings, this month.

Newcastle United have failed to land many new players with the club only drafting in Chelsea's Kenedy on loan, while missing out on Liverpool's Daniel Sturrdige who opted to return to the Midlands in the shape of West Brom.

But Benitez remains active in the market. Though he hasn't got long left to secure signings.

And another player who he's keeping tabs on his Real Madrid's Marcos Llorente per AS. The 23-year-old has barely featured this season, and is attracting plenty of interest from around Europe.

As well as Newcastle, La Liga outfit Deportivo La Coruna are also monitoring his situation ahead of landing Llorente on a season-long loan.

Both sides are battling out for his services.

Llorente
Llorente

The midfielder has played 12 games in all competitions, mainly featuring in Real Madrid's Copa del Rey campaign.

He's played a bit-part role under Zinedine Zidane with the club reportedly keen on him gaining regular first team football away from the Bernabeu.

Llorente in action for Real Madrid. Image: PA
Llorente in action for Real Madrid. Image: PA
Llorente in action for Real Madrid. Image: PA
Llorente in action for Real Madrid. Image: PA

The Real Madrid boss and the player himself are believed to be on the same page about a loan spell for the rest of the 2017/18 season.

Will 'Zizou' send him out on loan to Newcastle? Watch this space.

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Topics: Football News, Football, Newcastle United, Real Madrid

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Michael Bisping and Anthony Joshua. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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