Newcastle United ana rahoton cewa kusa da sanya hannu kan mai tsaron tsakiya na Atalanta da Italiya, Giorgio Scalvini, a cikin yarjejeniyar da ta kai kimanin €45 miliyan (£38 miliyan), tare da klabin Premier League ana cewa yana cikin matsayi na farko don tabbatar da kayan mai tsaron nan da ake yaba masa.

Scalvini, wanda zai cika shekara 23 a watan Disamba, ya tara kusan wasanni 150 a Atalanta a Serie A da kuma UEFA Champions League, kuma ya wakilci Italiya sau 8. Duk da sha'awar Newcastle da ta ci gaba kan dogon lokaci, Atalanta ya ci gaba da kin amincewa da duk wata tattaunawa game da sayarwa — sai dai yanzu haka.

Matsalar kudi na canza matsayin Atalanta

Canjin matsayin Atalanta ya samo asali ne daga canjin da ya faru a halin kuɗinsu a wannan bazara. La Dea ya kammala Serie A a matsayi na bakwai a kakar da ta gabata — mafi ƙarancin matsayinsu tun 2021/22 — kuma za su buga UEFA Conference League a kakar mai zuwa bayan sun rasa cancantar shiga UEFA Champions League a karo na farko a cikin shekaru uku.

Faduwar nan na zuwa ne da tsada mai yawa. Kulake da suka kai matakin kuliya a UEFA Champions League ana tabbatar musu da aƙalla €18.62 miliyan (£15.9 miliyan) a matsayin kyautar da ta tabbata, inda kowane nasara a wannan matakin ke ƙara €2.1 miliyan — kafin a hada kudaden talabijin. Rasa kudaden nan ya bayyana ya ja hankalin Atalanta da ya sake duba matsayinsa kan Scalvini.

Ɗan jarida ɗan Faransa Sebastien Vidal ya ruwaito cewa Newcastle yanzu yana a matsayi na farko bisa ƙarfi don rufe wannan yarjejeniyar, tare da Atalanta yana shirye don ba da izinin canjin wurin don sake daidaita kuɗinsa.

Ƙarfafa tsaron da ke bukatar ƙarfi na sabon

Babban koci Eddie Howe yana da zaɓuɓɓuka a matsayin mai tsaron tsakiya a cikin Sven Botman, Malick Thiaw, Fabian Schar, da Dan Burn, amma dukkan Schar da Burn suna da shekara 34, wanda hakan ke sa kawo mai tsaron shekara 22 na gwanin Scalvini zama babban fifiko a tsare-tsaren dogon lokaci na kulob.

Newcastle ya riga ya yi aiki sosai a kasuwar canja wuri a wannan bazara, yana sanya hannu kan 'yan wasa huɗu: dan wasa a reshen Bazoumana Toure daga Hoffenheim, masu tsakiyar filin Aladji Bamba da Sean Steur daga Monaco da Ajax bi da bi, da kuma mai tsaron gida Ewen Jaouen daga Stade Reims — jimlar kashe kudi na £110 miliyan.

Duk da haka, kulob ya kuma ga fitarwa manya. Dan wasan reshen Anthony Gordon da dan wasan tsakiya Sandro Tonali sun tafi Barcelona da Tottenham Hotspur bi da bi, yayin da kyaftin Bruno Guimaraes ke da alaka mai ƙarfi da canjin wurin zuwa Arsenal. A wannan yanayin, tabbatar da Scalvini zai zama sanarwa mai ƙarfi na niyyar Newcastle na kiyaye matsayinsa a cikin fitattun kulake na Ingila.