Italian football journalist Fabrizio Romano recently caught the attention of many Newcastle United fans on Twitter after he posted a tweet sharing an update concerning the Toon’s pursuit of Lille midfielder Boubakary Soumare.
As per Romano, the Ligue 1 side have rejected a bid of €35m (£32.37m) from the Toon for the 21-year-old Frenchman.
After the journalist provided this update on Newcastle United’s pursuit of the player, plenty of Toon supporters replied to his post to share their thoughts on this update.
Lille have turned down a bid [€35m add ons includer] from Newcastle for the French midfielder Boubacary Soumaré. ???? #NUFC #transfers
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 10, 2020
Many of the Newcastle United fans who responded to this tweet shared some surprise at the prospect of their club being willing to spend this much money.
@AlexTay30569009 whats going off wheres all money coming from haha be great if we can get him aswel, we do need another striker and right back
— Asa Bartlett ???? (@asabart14) September 10, 2020
I dont think he wanted to leave then but ad be very surprised if we spent that sort of money. Think if we did player must must see that we really trust and want him
— Dean Dodds (@DeanDodds2) September 10, 2020
Where have we all of a sudden got this money from? https://t.co/RyfbgfVk0Z
— ? ella ? (@nufcfootballl) September 10, 2020
Has Ashley finally realised how to open his wallet? Taken long enough
— Callum Wilscore (@SuperCalWilson) September 10, 2020
Ashley is going nuts. https://t.co/8kNjKdMCPM
— Vin Kang (@VinKang27) September 10, 2020
if this happens.. https://t.co/w2GebvGiwi
— James Daggett (@JamesDaggettx) September 10, 2020
Not a chance we’ve offered that much after spending what we have on Wilson and Lewis. #NUFC https://t.co/yzqi0r3Ent
— Scott (@scottb198) September 10, 2020
Meanwhile, some other Toon fans replied to Romano’s tweet to call for their club to go back in with another bid for the Lille midfielder.
I beg we bid again. https://t.co/M0gvGvjKSa
— ???????? (@SxintMaxi) September 10, 2020
Bid AGAIN
I’m sure this player said he really did not want to come here though lool
— Dell ? 0-0 (@agbnufc) September 10, 2020
Do you think the Toon will sign Soumare?
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So far in the current transfer window, the Toon have spent a total of £34.88m on incoming transfers, while they are yet to receive any money in transfer fees.
If they were to spend an additional £32.37m on Soumare, that would take their transfer expenditure up to a total of £67.25m for the current transfer window and that would be a higher total than they have spent on transfers in any season since the 2015/16 campaign, so with that in mind, it may be understandable why many Toon fans seem to be surprised by the club’s apparent willingness to spend this much.