Newcastle United’s pursuit of James Maddison appears to be at a standstill at the moment with a fee having yet to be agreed with Leicester City. The Foxes have remained firm in their stance that only one of Maddison and Wesley Fofana will be sold this summer, and at this stage it is Chelsea who are reportedly closer to agreeing a deal for the latter.
While Fofana’s performance raised question marks over his commitment to the club, it looks as though Maddison took a different approach to Sunday’s match with Brentford. Instead, Maddison displayed exactly why Newcastle are keen on adding him to their squad with an excellent attacking midfielder’s performance.
The 25-year-old’s tally of five key passes was bettered only by Leeds United’s Jack Harrison on the opening weekend of the season, who incidentally is another attacker on Newcastle’s list of targets this summer. That is a pretty large indication of the type of player Eddie Howe is looking to add to the squad.
