Sevilla tell Newcastle to stump up another £12.5m for Diego Carlos

NEWCASTLE have been dealt a blow of their makes an attempt to signal Sevilla star Diego Carlos.

The centre-back, 28, has been one in all Toon’s prime switch targets this month.

However after having two bids for Carlos rejected Sevilla have determined to maintain the Brazilian, reviews switch guru Fabrizio Romano.

The Spanish outfit is taking part in hardball as they know Newcastle have cash to spend and are prepared to spend over the percentages – evidenced by the £25million spent on Chris Wooden.

Newcastle haven’t given up however have been reportedly set a £40m asking worth by Sevilla.

However Romano claims Sevilla don’t have any intention of promoting Carlos within the last few days of the switch window.

In any case, they’re in a title race and there’s little time left within the window to discover a substitute.

It’s a main setback for the Magpies who’ve already did not signal one other defender this month – Lille star Sven Botman.

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Now Eddie Howe might flip to different targets resembling Burnley’s James Tarkowski or unused Liverpool centre-back Nat Phillips.

Burnley might additionally show difficult to take care of in negotiations given how they misplaced Wooden to Newcastle – so Toon might need to pay over the percentages once more.

In the meantime, Jesse Lingard’s mortgage transfer to the north-east is on the breaking point on account of Manchester United demanding a mortgage price Newcastle are unwilling to pay.

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