Newcastle United have shown a strong interest in Dutch striker Luuk de Jong in this transfer window, but now it appears that his current club Borussia Monchengladbach are eyeing Newcastle’s very own Tim Krul in a shocking swap deal.
According to the Metro, Gladbach have taken a fancy in the Newcastle goalkeeper and would like to make Krul their number one and included as part of a deal for de Jong.
This could well scupper any Newcastle advances for the Dutchman as they would surely be unwilling to let such an important player leave the club?
Krul has shown much better form this season, with the standout performance being his heroic clean sheet against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane in the Premier League earlier in this campaign.
The 25-year-old has still not hit his prime, yet continues to be a huge presence for Newcastle in between the sticks and it would be some task to replace him.
It’s no surprise that Gladbach are keen, seeing that their current number one Marc-Andre ter Stegen is set to join Barcelona at the end of this season.
Luuk de Jong for Tim Krul? No way! It’s a no brainer, but then you wonder whether some of the hierarchy at Newcastle have anything up top at all…
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Oh grow up! On the cards? Sh!te effort. Must do better.
Its taken years for krul 2 get where he is this sounds like more bad journalism just getting my head round the thought of the toon without cabaye we need a sriker and midfielder brought in or we’ll be back fighting relegation sooner than we think graham Carr’s a genios but its gonna be near on impossible to keep our season going the way it has been must spend the cash he raises