Newcastle United are believed to have been suggested in conversation via an intermediary as a possible destination for unsettled Belgium international Yannick Carrasco.
A report in Mundo Deportivo last week linked the 29-year-old with Barcelona with the former Monaco star also said to be offered around a clutch of clubs in Europe - including Newcastle - for a fee of just £16.3million. It is understood that the clause to buy Carrasco from Atletico Madrid for that fee has now passed.
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