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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Louise Taylor

Newcastle fail with £45m Elanga bid and step up pursuit of £40m-rated Trafford

Anthony Elanga celebrates after scoring for Nottingham Forest.
Nottingham Forest consider Anthony Elanga to be worth at least £60m and do not want to lose him. Photograph: Ritchie Sumpter/Nottingham Forest/Getty Images

Newcastle have had a £45m bid for the Sweden right-winger Anthony Elanga rejected by Nottingham Forest but hope to succeed where they failed a year ago by signing the Burnley and England goalkeeper James Trafford.

Eddie Howe has long admired Elanga but, as first reported by the Athletic, Forest are extremely reluctant to sell. They also appear uninterested in a potential part-exchange deal involving the Newcastle left-winger Harvey Barnes.

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