Newcastle United have stepped up their interest in Barcelona midfielder Arturo Vidal, with FCInterNews reporting that the Premier League outfit are in contact with the Chilean’s agent.
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After two years in and out of the Barca starting XI, Vidal admitted to El Periodico that he wants to feel ‘important’ again.
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And if there is one place where this blood-thirsty lion of a footballer would be seen as something of a living legend, it is at St James’ Park.
There are not many more passionate fanbases in European football than the one on Tyneside after all. V
idal may be 33 years of age but his relentless, chest-thumping style of football should make him an instant hero in black and white – especially given that big-name marquee signings have been few and far between at Newcastle in the last decade or so.
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FCInterNews reports that the Magpies have made their interest in the former Juventus and Bayern Munich enforcer clear, reaching out to Vidal’s agent Fernando Felicevich.
Convincing the Serie A, Bundesliga and La Liga champion to reject the advances of Antonio Conte’s Inter Milan, however, could be easier said than done.
Vidal and Conte are a marriage made in footballing heaven, with the two-time Copa America champion producing arguably the best football of his career under the blue-eyed general at Juventus.
FCInterNews reports that Vidal, who also has offers from China on the table, would command wages of £85,000-a-week and a bargain £7 million price-tag.
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