According to Portuguese media outlet A Bola, Newcastle United are one of the Premier League clubs interested in signing FC Porto winger Yacine Brahimi, rated at £22.5m by Transfermarkt, this summer.
The 28-year-old only has one year left on his contract, and it appears as though Magpies manager Rafa Benitez could be considering making an ambitious swoop for the left-sided attacker, who helped his club reach the knockout stages of the Champions League this season.
The forward scored 12 goals and provided a further 10 assists in 49 appearances in all competitions for the Portuguese top flight champions, and it would certainly be a huge coup for the Tyneside outfit if they could bring the Algeria international to St James’ Park.
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However, the fact that he is a left winger suggests that Benitez, who can secure a Top 7 finish for his side next season by completing a £16m striker deal, isn’t confident that he will be able to re-sign Chelsea wide man Kenedy following a successful loan spell in the second-half of the 2017/18 campaign, where he showed his quality and quickly became a real fans’ favourite.
We asked Newcastle supporters to vote on our poll to see whether they would prefer to sign the Brazilian or Brahimi, and a whopping 71% said they would rather see the 22-year-old Blues man come back.
Kenedy’s future may well depend on the Chelsea managerial situation with Antonio Conte’s future seemingly in doubt, but Benitez doesn’t appear to be hanging around in finding potential alternatives.
