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16/1/2023 | 09:45pm
Newcastle United have been linked with a transfer for Actual Valladolid sensation Ivan Fresneda in current days, with Magpies supervisor Eddie Howe searching for a possible long-term inheritor to Kieran Trippier at right-back.
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Based on the Every day Mail, the Tynesiders are seemingly able to ‘ramp up’ their curiosity within the extremely coveted 18-year-old, with the Premier League high-flyers mentioned to have despatched chief scout Steve Nixon to observe the Spaniard in motion in opposition to Actual Madrid final month.
The report provides that Newcastle are eager to win the race for {the teenager}’s signature forward of top-flight rivals Arsenal – amongst others – with the participant’s agent Luis Bardaji mentioned to be awaiting a proposal for the full-back.
The suggestion is that regardless of earlier claims that the teen has a buyout clause of round €30m (26m), the report outlines that the determine may very well be nearer to simply £8.8m.
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Whereas some Toon supporters could also be questioning the knowledge of bringing in a participant who has simply 13 senior appearances to his title, the overall consensus is that Howe and co can be securing the providers of a “very particular expertise” – as Fresneda was known as by ESPN’s David Cartlidge – if a deal is agreed.
The “remarkably full” teenager, as lauded by La Liga knowledgeable Matt Clark, has loved a surprising begin to the present marketing campaign, notably averaging 3.4 tackles, 1.4 interceptions and 1.1 key passes per sport from his 9 top-flight appearances.
To place that into perspective, whereas the aforementioned Trippier has been far superior creatively from his 19 league outings this time period with 2.7 key passes per sport, the 32-year-old has solely averaged 2.1 tackles and 1.3 interceptions per match by comparability.
The “placing” teenager – as lauded by Cartlidge – additionally compares favourably to these in his place in Europe’s high 5 leagues, as he ranks within the high 1% for tackles made and the highest 8% for interceptions to additional illustrate his defensive prowess.
Any fears over whether or not the previous Actual Madrid youth product can replicate such combative showings in English soccer must be eased by the wonderkid’s spectacular and “athletic” (as per Cartlidge) 6-foot body, alongside together with his billing as “sturdy within the sort out” in line with Clark.
The Spain U19 worldwide might effectively nonetheless be considerably inexperienced, however ought to the Magpies be capable to land a deal for him, they may effectively have a ready-made Trippier successor on their fingers, with Fresneda more likely to be afforded loads of time to study from the skilled Englishman.
As Valladolid boss Jose Rojo Martin acknowledged, for any doable suitor “you aren’t shopping for the present participant, you might be shopping for what he can develop into in just a few years”, and it’s a massively intriguing prospect to think about simply a lot he can kick on within the coming years.
On the proof of Fresneda’s early begin to life at first-team degree, it appears to be like as if the Madrid native really is a ‘particular’ participant within the making.