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Newcastle United Ready To Splash N57million Weekly Wages On Simon

Super Eagles forward Moses Simon is attracting the interest of Premier League side Newcastle United following his impressive Africa Cup of Nations outing in Cameroon.

The Nantes winger was unarguably Nigeria’s star player in the four games the three-time African champions prosecuted.

Newcastle United are desperate to remain in the English Premier League and reports in English tabloids, Sports Witness and TBR Football indicate that the Toons will make a move for the Nigerian if they avoid relegation.

The club made some decent signings in the January transfer window and will push the boat out again in the summer should they avoid the ignominy of going down to the Championship.

Newcastle United were said to be keen on Simon’s international teammate Victor Osimhen in a ₦28 billion move in January but the deal failed to materialise and are now looking at offering Simon a contract worth N57million in weekly wages.

The possible bid for Simon will mark the second time that the Magpies owners will be hoping to sign the Nigerian albeit their offer was rebuffed the first time.

However with new multi billionaire owners guaranteed to spend on good players, their fortune could be different this time.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.