da realbet： Loads of Newcastle United fans have been reacting on social media after Sky Sports News’ Keith Downie provided an update on the club’s apparent interest in RC Strasbourg’s Ibrahima Sissoko.
da pinnacle： The Toon have been in talks with Le Racing over a potential January deal for their 6 ft 3 holding midfielder, who has featured in nine of the Stade de la Meinau natives’ Ligue 1 fixtures this season.
A fee of £10.5million was noted during talks, but a deal has not yet been agreed and discussions look set to continue ahead of the winter market.
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It had been speculated by The Sun that Newcastle are ready to sign the former France youth international, with a fee of £13m suggested to be close.
Strasbourg were also expected to give Sissoko permission to discuss personal terms, with the 22-year-old ready to jump at the chance of moving to St. James’ Park.
Indeed, the Magpies allegedly intend to have Sissoko on Tyneside for the start of 2020, although Downie poured cold water on claims of a deal being close.
Sissoko has served as a box-to-box midfielder under Thierry Laurey in Ligue 1 this term, and has averaged 1.7 successful tackles from 3.0 attempts per 90 minutes, along with 1.2 interceptions, 1.4 successful aerial duels, 0.8 successful dribbles, 0.6 key passes and 0.9 shots, according to data collected by WhoScored.
Here are some of the reactions shared to Downie’s update…