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Emerson Palmieri is surely out of Newcastle United’s range

Emerson Palmieri (C) of AS Roma competes for the ball with Simone Edera and Ebenezer Acquah of Torino FC during the TIM Cup match between AS Roma a...
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Newcastle United have been linked with the 23-year-old.

Emerson Palmieri of AS Roma in action during the Serie A match between AS Roma and Genoa CFC at Stadio Olimpico on May 28, 2017 in Rome, Italy.

Newcastle United were credited with an interest in Roma left-back Emerson Palmieri last month.

The Brazilian defender is struggling for regular football in the Italian capital and speculation had mounted that Newcastle were among the sides interested.

Tuttomercatoweb reported that Magpies boss Rafael Benitez had enquired about the 23-year-old, who has managed 34 Serie A games in two-and-a-half years.

Romas Brazilian defender Emerson Palmieri (L) is tackled by Lyon's Algerian forward Rachid Ghezzal (R) during the Europa League round of 16 first leg football match between Lyon (OL) and...

But a new report from Gazzetta Dello Sport surely indicates that United won’t be signing him.

According to the Italian outlet, Roma are looking for around £17.6 million Palmieri, who is also now a target of Juventus.

Roma's defender from Brazil Emerson Palmieri eyes the ball during the Italian Tim Cup second leg semi-final football match AS Roma vs Lazio on April 4, 2017 at the Olympic stadium in Rome.

Unless Newcastle’s takeover is completed this month then it seems very unlikely that Benitez will be able to spend that sort of money on anyone, let alone an unproven left-back.

Paul Dummett is back after missing half the season through injury, but Benitez will still need cover for the 26-year-old and that’s very unlikely to be Palmieri.