Newcastle shut to agreeing offer for Leicester’s Harvey Barnes – which means Allan Saint-Maximin could leave

Newcastle are close to agreeing a offer for Harvey Barnes as Leicester put together to travel to Thailand on Thursday.

Barnes is a well known target for the Magpies and is set to be offered this summertime, with the Foxes valuing the winger all around the £35-40million mark. The offer could be finished in the coming days.

Leicester confront Liverpool in Bangkok on July 23 in advance of having on Tottenham in Singapore a 7 days later on. 

Barnes, 25, performed no component in very last weekend’s welcoming at Peterborough, with manager Enzo Maresca citing harm.

Barnes was also specific by Aston Villa and West Ham but Newcastle has generally been his to start with option as he would have the prospect to enjoy in the Champions League in the coming season.

Newcastle are close to agreeing a offer with Leicester for winger Harvey Barnes, 25 (pictured)

Boss Eddie Howe (ideal) claimed at the weekend the club experienced to be ‘creative’ in the transfer sector

Barnes’ envisioned arrival at St James’ Park could speed up the exit of Allan Saint-Maximin

Barnes is confirmed at this amount, enjoying a key position in the Leicester teams who completed fifth in 2020 and 2021, as perfectly as profitable the FA Cup in 2021 and achieving the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League a calendar year afterwards. 

The 25-year-outdated will hope to add to his single England cap in the construct-up to Euro 2024.

Dropping into the Championship placed further force on Leicester to offer their star assets supplied the reduction in television profits, parachute payments notwithstanding.

James Maddison, marketed to Tottenham for £40m, and Barnes had been easily the Foxes’ most effective two attackers previous season but are unlikely to be the only gamers to depart, with Kelechi Iheanacho, Timothy Castagne, Wilfried Ndidi, Patson Daka, Jannik Vestergaard and Boubakary Soumare between those who could also depart.

The sale of Barnes would also help Leicester keep in just investing policies. Any payment the Foxes generate would rely as pure income under Money Good Enjoy, as Barnes was produced in the Leicester academy.

His predicted arrival at St James’ Park could accelerate the exit of Allan Saint-Maximin, who has not travelled to Glasgow for Tuesday’s helpful against Rangers.

Newcastle have been given make contact with reps on behalf of the Saudi Pro League and sources have intimated to Mail Activity that the Barnes offer is joined to the very likely sale of the winger. If a deal can not be struck, even so, Saint-Maximin may nevertheless travel to the United States with Newcastle’s touring squad.

Newcastle are minimal by Fiscal Honest Engage in and Eddie Howe explained at the weekend that the club had to be ‘creative’ in the transfer industry, stressing that the spending budget was ‘not huge’.