Newcastle United are nonetheless searching for a brand new right-back this month amid hyperlinks rising over an curiosity in Inter Milan star Denzel Dumfries.

What’s the final?

It was reported in the course of the January switch window that the Magpies had made a brand new right-back one in every of their priorities this month.

And a participant of curiosity had been reported as Actual Valladolid teenager Iván Fresneda, nonetheless, It seems as if Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund had gotten forward of the Toon.

There have additionally been hyperlinks with the likes of West Ham United’s Harrison Ashby rising as a possible back-up plan for the younger Spaniard.

Nonetheless, talking on the BBC’s Switch Gossip Every day podcast, journalist Luke Edwards claimed {that a} transfer for Dumfries would make good sense:

(3:40) “I do know Newcastle are searching for a right-back, however they primarily needed one as a backup to Kieran Trippier. So I am a bit suspicious about it simply because these three membership names [Manchester United, Chelsea & Newcastle] could be the perfect state of affairs to create a market in your participant.

“Nonetheless, I can see, and that is unusual, I can see the purpose of all of it, if I am being trustworthy.”

Competitors on the proper aspect

The arrival of Kieran Trippier at right-back final January has been a revelation for Tyneside, because the 32-year-old rapidly established himself as one of many first names on the workforce sheet.

Nonetheless, there appears to be an issue in his squad depth behind Trippier with Emil Krafth and Javier Manquillo the choices Eddie Howe has to depend on.

And with this in thoughts, it is solely comprehensible why Newcastle might look to usher in one other participant in that place this month.

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Bringing in a younger prospect like Fresneda or Ashby would make numerous sense, permitting Trippier to proceed as a beginning right-back, however doubtlessly seeing him take the younger signing beneath his wing.

For now, Trippier reveals little signal of slowing down in a Newcastle shirt, which means there will likely be time for the younger participant to develop when the time comes.

That point is prone to come within the subsequent few years, however we surprise if this implies a deal for Dumfries would not make a lot sense.

The Dutchman remains to be simply 26 and having made 13 begins for Inter in Serie A this season, we might be hard-pressed to think about him prepared to attend for the day Trippier must be changed.

With Howe having constructed a workforce round ‘humble lads’, the notion of getting a present full-back of Champions League caliber sitting in wait on the bench would appear like a recipe for catastrophe.

And given the success Trippier is at the moment having on Tyneside, it is exhausting to think about Howe could be prepared to depart him behind within the pecking order of a participant with no Premier League expertise.