Newcastle have agreed a fee with Leicester for the transfer of left winger Harvey Barnes, sources have confirmed to 90min.
Barnes, who performed his method briefly into the England squad in 2020, was a uncommon vivid spot in an in any other case dismal 2022/23 marketing campaign that led to relegation for the Foxes.
His tally of 13 Premier League targets was a profession finest return and solely 11 gamers in the entire division discovered the online extra usually over the course of the 38-game season.
West Ham had initially been making progress in talks to signal Barnes. However, they had been unable to maneuver issues in direction of completion earlier than Newcastle got here on the scene earlier this month.
The Magpies already had a longstanding curiosity and had been prepared to maneuver Allan Saint-Maximin, who has attracted curiosity from Saudi Arabia, out of the squad to release house.
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As 90min has already reported, Saint-Maximin is on track to affix Al Ahli – his departure from St James’ Park to the Middle East ought to now be finalised by the weekend.
The last transfer fee agreed with Leicester for Barnes stands at £38m. That determine consists of add-ons and instantly makes the 25-year-old probably the most costly gamers within the membership’s historical past. It is an analogous quantity to what was spent on each Bruno Guimaraes and Joelinton, with solely Anthony Gordon, Sandro Tonali, Alexander Isak costing considerably extra.
Barnes is to turn out to be the second huge cash departure from Leicester this summer time, following on from James Maddison’s £40m transfer to Tottenham. Youri Tielemans additionally left the membership for Aston Villa on a free transfer when his contract expired.
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