It feels as though the clocks have been turned back 30 years and Italy’s top flight is once again the go-to place for top talent. Well… for the Newcastle United recruitment team anyway. Twice in the space of a week Toon fans have been stunned by sensational speculation regarding two of Serie A’s biggest stars.
Tuesday saw the first concrete link to AC Milan general Sandro Tonali, while last week Inter Milan’s Nicolo Barella was the man of the moment. Two of Italy, nay world football’s, biggest names, now suddenly being linked with groundbreaking moves to the north east of England.
Leicester City’s Hamza Choudhury must be sick of constantly being mentioned in relation to the seismic shift in Newcastle’s transfer ambition but it is, again, worth remembering that a few short years ago the Magpies didn’t have the required funds to get the 25-year-old midfielder brought in on loan.
