Newcastle United are reportedly plotting an ambitious move for Aston Villa outcast turned Serie A sensation, Donyell Malen. Following the failures of Yoane Wissa and Nick Woltemade this season, both of whom were signed to replace Alexander Isak, the Magpies are out in the market once again to add attacking options to their squad.<\/p>\n AS Roma are exploring the possibility of executing a swift, highly lucrative flip, aiming to make a massive, immediate profit on the in-form Netherlands international before he even settles permanently in the Italian capital.<\/p>\n After struggling to consistently match expectations in the Premier League at Villa Park, the Dutch attacker moved to Roma on loan this past January.<\/p>\n Since arriving at the Stadio Olimpico, Malen has been nothing short of a revelation under Gian Piero Gasperini.<\/p>\n Deployed as a dynamic number nine, he has rapidly established himself as one of Europe\u2019s most lethal forwards, racking up an impressive 11 goals in just 15 Serie A appearances.<\/p>\n The Giallorossi negotiated a \u20ac25 million (approximately \u00a321 million) clause to make Malen\u2019s loan from Aston Villa permanent at the end of the season, an option they are now certain to trigger.<\/p>\n \t\t\t
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While Roma\u2019s hierarchy initially viewed Malen as a foundational piece of their ongoing sporting project, the increasing interest has presented an economic opportunity.<\/p>\n The Italian giants are seriously considering immediately placing him back on the market, slapping a valuation in excess of \u20ac50 million (\u00a343 million) on the player to secure a rapid, 100% return on their initial investment to ease Financial Fair Play concerns.<\/p>\n With talisman Anthony Gordon heavily linked with a blockbuster exit to Bayern Munich, and recent signings like Woltemade and Wissa failing to cement their places in the starting lineup, the Magpies are desperate for proven firepower.<\/p>\n Newcastle in pole position to sign Chelsea star in the summer window<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Newcastle United are reportedly plotting an ambitious move for Aston Villa outcast turned Serie A…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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According to Football Insider, Eddie Howe has identified the Dutch attacker as one of his attacking targets in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\nMalen has revived his career in Serie A<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/section>\nNewcastle United would have to pay a premium fee<\/h2>\n