Eddie Howe hopes targets see that Newcastle United is a 'great place to play football' as James Maddison prepares to come to a rocking St James' Park with Leicester City on Monday night.
Newcastle had multiple bids for Maddison turned down by Leicester last summer when a senior source at the King Power Stadium told ChronicleLive that 'he's not for sale'. However, Maddison is now approaching the final year of his contract and the attacking midfielder looks set to leave - regardless of whether the relegation-threatened Foxes stay up or not.
Maddison already has an idea about life at Newcastle, having played at St James' on a number of occasions, and the England international previously revealed that Callum Wilson, Nick Pope and Kieran Trippier had 'a bit of banter' with him about the 'speculation' during the World Cup. Wilson has even gone as far as to say that his former Coventry City team-mate 'deserves an opportunity' to move to a 'bigger club'.
