With Premier League safety within touching distance of being secured, Newcastle United can start planning for a busy summer transfer window. The Magpies brought in five players in January to aid their push for survival, which as it stands appears to have paid dividends, as they currently sit nine points clear of the bottom three.
And the new ownership almost certainly aren’t likely to rest on their laurels in their first summer window, as they look to build a team capable of pushing into the top half. Given where Newcastle currently are as a club, it is likely that they will target some of Europe’s top young players, rather than established big names to ensure a team hungry for success is built.
In the latest CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post, they have released a list of the top 100 performing U21 players from 32 European leagues. So with that in mind, here is a look at five potential youngsters they could target based on that.
