Lucas Paqueta is already thinking about Newcastle United and is impressed with their fans ahead of a potential summer move.
Newcastle will be linked with every player under the sun this summer as agents attempt to get a slice of the PIF pie.
One rumour that does seem to have some weight behind it surrounds Paqueta.
The Lyon playmaker has been linked with Newcastle for some time now and The Chronicle claim that the Magpies fancy a £58million swoop.
That same report suggested that Arsenal also want Paqueta but it looks like Newcastle are at the front of the queue.
Lucas Paqueta is already thinking about Newcastle
Paqueta is a close friend of Newcastle star Bruno Guimaraes – who joined the Magpies from Lyon in January.
The idea seems to be for the pair to reunite on Tyneside and Guimaraes has admitted that he would love such a deal.
Paqueta then visited Newcastle just a matter of days ago, posing for photos with Guimaraes.
Paqueta was only on Tyneside to celebrate the birthday of Guimaraes’ girlfriend, but the pair were then spotted having a kickabout in Newcastle.
The playmaker headed back to France but was intriguingly left on the bench for Sunday’s 2-1 win over Clermont Foot.
Paqueta wasn’t even brought on. Maybe Peter Bosz just wanted to go with something different for the final game of the season but no sight of Paqueta was interesting.
The Chronicle now suggest that Paqueta is ‘already thinking about Newcastle’ and loves what he has seen from the Magpies fanbase.
Paqueta has allegedly attended a number of Newcastle games this season, of course mostly to watch Guimaraes.
Yet spending so much time watching Newcastle now means that he appears to be interested in joining the club.
Lyon will command a huge fee this summer after 11 goals and seven assists this season, but the Paqueta to Newcastle speculation seems like a runaway train with no sign of slowing down.
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