Galatasaray are keen to sign Newcastle United right-back Kieran Trippier as the Turkish transfer window closes.
They are looking to sign a new full-back and a centre-back before the window closes on February 11.
Trippier is one of Galatasaray’s targets but negotiations are still complicated. Galatasaray
are keen to get the deal done before Friday, when they submit their squad for the Europa League knockout stages. They
face a play-off against AZ and, if they qualify, เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย face either Manchester United or Tottenham Hotspur in the last 16.
The 34-year-old has made 17 appearances for Newcastle this season, but has lost his place in the starting line-up to Tino Livramento, making just five Premier League starts.
Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, Newcastle manager Eddie Howe admitted he was reluctant to let Kelly go.
“I don’t think it was necessary my decision to let him leave,” Howe said. “I think it’s very reluctant from our side because he’s a player that had just recently signed and we believed in him and his qualities.
“And I said right at the start, in the build up to the window, that it was not a case really of looking at incomings, it was a case of trying to manage outgoings really and trying to not weaken the squad to a point where the team’s affected.”
Newcastle have also released a defender in the January transfer window. By paving the way for Lloyd Kelly to join Juventus on loan with an obligation to buy in the summer.