Salomon Rondon is on loan at Newcastle United from West Bromwich Albion at the moment.
Newcastle signed Rondon on a season-long loan deal from West Brom in the summer of 2018.
The Magpies sent Dwight Gayle to the Baggies in the Championship on a similar season-long loan deal.
Cascarino, who now works as a pundit for The Times and talkSPORT, has suggested that Newcastle should have signed the 29-year-old Venezuela international striker in the summer of 2018.
Cascarino wrote in The Times: “Newcastle missed a trick by not signing Salomon Rondon for £16 million last summer. The Venezuela forward moved on loan from West Brom, but Newcastle had the option to sign him and turned it down.
“Some thought that £16 million for a 29-year-old would be one of the club’s worst transfer decisions in history. They might regret that if he joins another club when his loan finishes.
“Rondon has been pivotal to that forward line and the way he drags people out of position allows Ayoze Pérez, who scored a hat-trick against Southampton, to thrive.”
Stats
Rondon has made 27 starts and two substitute appearances in the Premier League for Newcastle so far this season, scoring nine goals and providing six assists in the process, according to WhoScored.
Rafael Benitez’s side are 13th in the Premier League table at the moment with 41 points from 35 matches.
The Magpies are safe from the dreaded drop to the Championship at the end of the season.
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