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Newcastle United has received a £ 20 million offer for Bournemouth England striker Callum Wilson.
Aston Villa has withdrawn a higher bid of £ 21 million, with Wilson preferring to move to St James’ Park.
The 28-year-old, who has won four games for England, played 184 games for the Cherries and scored 67 goals, arriving from Coventry in 2014.
Newcastle manager Steve Bruce wants to reunite Wilson with former Cherries teammate Ryan Fraser.
Scottish winger Fraser is about to complete a free transfer to St James’ Park.
Wilson has an England goal to his name, scored on his debut against the United States in November 2018, and won his most recent international match in a 6-0 win over Bulgaria in Sofia in October 2019.
The forward is expected to be Bournemouth’s last high-profile outing following their Premier League relegation in July, with Nathan Ake moving to Manchester City on a £ 41 million contract and goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale signed by Sheffield United for £ 18.5 million.
Bournemouth remains keen to bring former winger Matt Ritchie back south from Newcastle, with finances as the major hurdle to overcome.
Analysis
For Bournemouth, it was about where Callum Wilson would go, more than if.
After a couple of cheeky low offers from Newcastle and Aston Villa to test the water, £ 20 million seems like a fair price for the player, given his age (February 29) and the fact that last season was not a spectacular success. for Wilson personally. albeit on a struggling team, with just nine goals, compared to 23 during the previous Premier League campaign.
It will certainly suit the way you like to play Newcastle; He has a great engine when used as a lone striker, but needs to regain the confidence and form that his caps brought him with England, having lost his place in the international configuration.
Bournemouth could still realistically lose Joshua King, while David Brooks has fans too, but with Nathan Ake, Aaron Ramsdale and now Wilson leaving, in addition to Ryan Fraser’s previous outing, the need for two or three quality reinforcements is obvious.
