Newcastle United are in with a good likelihood of preserving maintain of Jamaal Lascelles after demanding a minimum of £30m for his or her captain amid curiosity from West Ham United.
According to the Sun (27/05; web page 65), Newcastle seem to have delay the London membership with their asking value - which would seem to be the supposed aim.
Lascelles performed a very important function in Newcastle's robust end to the season, so it is unsurprising to see numerous golf equipment strive to snatch the Englishman from Tyneside.
Lascelles captained his facet to a tenth-placed end, and after fears of a relegation scrap early on, Rafa Benitez's males put collectively a beautiful run of type in the course of the second-half of the marketing campaign - beating the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea.
The Sun studies that the Irons worth Lascelles at round £15m, and new Hammers boss Manuel Pelligrini is delay by Newcastle's asking value being double of what West Ham are keen to pay.
It stays to be seen whether or not or not another Premier League membership are keen to meet Newcastle's asking value for his or her centre-back, nevertheless, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool have been amongst the names wanting to signal Lascelles.
Losing their captain could be one factor, however to lose him to a membership close to Newcastle's league desk place could be even worse, and present worrying indicators in regards to the membership's ambition throughout the Premier League.