Newcastle Lodge has bid to sign £ 50 million “Monster”

A very exciting season is waiting for Newcastle United.

The last time, the Magpies won the EFL Cup, ending their expectations of 70 years for domestic silverware, and finished fifth in the Premier League, the Patch of the Champions League highlighting in the third launch video of the third kit on Monday.

More importantly, before their return to the Champions League, Eddie Howe – supported by the Saudi Pif – will be determined to strengthen her team, so for certain new signatures be imminent?

Newcastle seeks to strengthen their background line

As has been largely reported, Newcastle United is about to sign the goalkeeper of Burnley James Trafford for 40 million pounds sterling, which surely becomes the new number one of the Magpies.

This is interesting, because it is quite questionable if Trafford is a clear upgrade of Nick Pope of first choice existing, more on this subject later.

In the meantime, according to The Mirror, via Fußball transfers, Newcastle “ intensifies its efforts ” to sign Edmond Tapsoba, central defender of Bayer Leverkusen, saying that they had made an offer of 50 million pounds Sterling.

They add that Tottenham is also “interested” to sign Burkina Faso International, while Die Werkself “is willing to negotiate a sale”.

However, after having already sold Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, Jonathan Tah and Odilon Kossounou for 164 million pounds Sterling this summer, Die Schwarzroten are not under pressure to accept a low -ball offer, so could hold the Liberation clause of 81 million pounds of Tapsoba.

Nevertheless, after having called on Jarell Quansah de Liverpool for a reported expense of 30 million pounds sterling, Bayer could well prepare for life after Tapsoba, so could it be on the Tyneside path?

Why Edmond Tapsoba would be a better signature than James Trafford

Still aged 26, Tapsoba joined Bayer Leverkusen de Vitória de Guimarães in 2020, making 226 appearances for the German club to date, starting 28 of the 34 Bundesliga games while Die Werkself picked up the Meisterschale for the first time in 2023/24.

His performances have won glowing criticism, journalist António Mango calling him “monster”, while Jacek Kulig as a talented football scout said he was “solid like a rock”.

So, let’s assess how he compared to the current central defenders of Newcastle.

As the table shows, Tapsoba compares itself favorably to the existing central defenders of Newcastle, opening the way with regard to the recovery and the ball keys by 90, while, at all levels, it was only behind Sven Botman on a base of 90.

However, this is due to the fact that the Dutchman played less than 650 minutes in all competitions last season due to various knee injuries, stressing that the central defender is a position that Howe will seek to strengthen, in particular the left central defender.

The goalkeeper, on the other hand, did not seem to be a problem of problem, so compare the two ex-Garders of Burnley, Pope and Trafford.

As the table points out, during the comparison of the latest premier league campaigns, Pope’s figures are actually more impressive than those of Trafford, with the warning that the latter played for a desperate Burnley team, and certainly improved after a season in the EFL championship.

Nevertheless, Trafford does not seem to come to fill a position of need, unlike Tapsoba.

Ben Mcaleer of The Guardian described the defender as calm and composed in possession, while Dylan Buesnel of the total football analysis agrees, praising his excellent ball retention and “ability to keep the ball under pressure”, adding that his “ defensive attributes help him to shine ”.

In the meantime, Vishnu Anandraj de Breaking The Lines labels him a “coherent artist”, impressed by his “athletics and his composure”, which suggests that Tapsoba would be a transformative signature for Newcastle and for Pif, when it is difficult to maintain that the same thing could be said to be a traffic.

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