Newcastle United are refusing to give up on Leicester City star James Maddison as the Magpies attempt to take advantage of the Foxes' logjam.
Newcastle had a £40m offer turned down over the weekend but Eddie Howe's side have since returned with an improved bid worth up to £50m including add-ons. Leicester value Maddison closer to £60m but, tellingly, Newcastle have not been deterred in returning to the table with a package that would break the club's transfer record.
Newcastle have received sufficient encouragement from Maddison's camp to pursue the move at a time when Leicester could do with a cash injection - no matter how keen Brendan Rodgers is to keep the attacking midfielder. Leicester, after all, are the only Premier League club yet to sign a player this summer with just a few days to go until the start of the new season and the Foxes are struggling to offload fringe players on high wages.
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