Newcastle United have again been offered Hungary international centre-back Attila Szalai after Sevilla continue to play hardball on Diego Carlos.
Filling in the centre-back slot was again identified at Newcastle's Jeddah transfer summit this week but United are staying silent on reports from France linking them with Bruno Guimarães of Lyon.
Lyon also refused to comment on the €40million bid story today although fans may remember how much of a hard bargain the French club's owner Jean Michel Aulas likes to drive in deals after a series of collapsed efforts in 2014 to sign Clement Grenier during the days of shopping in Ligue 1.