Newcastle United, along with several other Premier League clubs, are interested in Napoli’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, but to sign the hot Georgian, the Magpies would have to shell out a huge amount in transfer fees.
That’s according to a recent report from 90min, which claims that Napoli won’t be tempted to sell their star man for anything less than a staggering £100m.
Kvaratskhelia, 21, joined the Naples-based club just six months ago and despite not having spent much time with the Serie A giants, the 21-year-old made an instant impact, scoring eight goals and he provided another 10 assists in just his first 17 appearances, in all competitions.
Consequently, following his impressive breakthrough, the young winger is now drawing interest from some of the biggest clubs in the Premier League.
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Newcastle, along with Liverpool, Chelsea and both Manchester clubs, have been credited with having an interest, however whichever club decides to make an offer to Napoli, they will need to dig – very deep indeed – and that’s because The Italians are believed to value their young attacker at a similar price to what Pep Guardiola’s Citizens paid Aston Villa for Jack Grealish 12 months ago.
It goes without saying that Kvaratskhelia is one of the fittest attackers in Europe and has huge potential, however, considering his extremely high rating, as well as the fact that he has yet to be tested in a league like the Premier League. League. Spending £100m would be a huge risk, and when it comes to Newcastle’s new transfer policy, which has in most cases included shrewd deals, fans would probably do well not to get their hopes up.
