The transfer rumour mill is spinning once more with Newcastle United poised to be in the running for a number of top continental players over the coming months. Wednesday saw the Magpies linked, once again, to Barcelona winger Raphinha - with speculation in Spain suggesting Newcastle will offer around €80m (£70m) for the Brazilian's services in the summer.
Barcelona are expected to offload a significant amount of talent in the near future as the Spanish giants grapple with yet another financial crisis. La Liga have ordered the club to trim their expenditure by €200m (£177m) by selling players and reducing wages.
Raphinha is happy at the club and manager Xavi is pleased with his contributions thus far. "Raphinha is having a great season and will continue to be important," Xavi said. "I told him so personally the other day. I'm very happy with him. Furthermore, he doesn't think the return of (Ousmane) Dembélé could detract too much from his role."
