Newcastle are reportedly making signing James Maddison a top priority.
Bids of €45m and €51m tried to acquire the player last summer.
However, Maddison remained at Leicester and has scored seven goals and four assists this season and has been named to England’s squad for Gareth Southgate’s World Cup.
But the 26-year-old hasn’t played since Nov. 12 with a knee problem and has turned to professionals to get him on the field for the struggling Foxes.
But according to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Thun is poised to re-sign Maddison this summer when he completes the final 12 months of his contract with King Power.
Asked about the relationship between Newcastle’s Maddison and Sergey Milinkovic-Savic, Romano told wettfreunde: “I think Milinkovic-Savic will stay at Lazio until the end of the season”.
“Lazio want to extend Milinkovic-Savic, so it will be very difficult to sign him, but he is a very good player. He is very underrated in my opinion.
“Newcastle’s priority is Leicester’s James Maddison.
“They want him very much, but it’s probably not possible to sign him in January.
“I think they will attack the situation in Madrid again in the summer.”
Southgate took Madison to Qatar with a trio of Nick Pope, Callum Wilson and Kieran Trippier to appease fans and pundits across the country.
But since returning in 2019, he hasn’t played a minute in just one cap for England.
Brendan Rodgers will miss a creative star player and the playmaker will be desperate to recover from his ongoing knee injury.
The Foxes have lost all four Premier League games since the World Cup and are now just two points above the relegation zone.
In contrast, Newcastle, led by Eddie Howe, are long-distance clubs whose Saudi owners have taken the lead to put them on par with England’s elite clubs.
They are in third place, one point behind Manchester City, and are well on their way to qualifying for the Champions League.
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