Miguel Almirón on Al-Shabab’s radar as Newcastle transfer quandaries pile up

Selling Miguel Almirón would only make sense for Newcastle if a suitable replacement were lined up. Photograph: Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Getty Images

Newcastle’s Miguel Almirón is the subject of interest from the Saudi Pro League’s Al-Shabab. If the Riyadh club come up with Newcastle’s £30m valuation for the player, who turns 30 next month, it will leave their ­majority Saudi owners with a dilemma.

Selling Almirón could make ­financial sense for Newcastle as they strive to create room to invest in new ­players while remaining within the Premier League’s profit and ­sus­tainability rules (PSR). Yet with Eddie Howe’s slender squad ­debilitated by injuries, losing the winger would make sense only if a suitable replacement were lined up.