Gomis deal agreed. Sort of...

Gomis set to sign? Newcastle United and Olympique Lyonnais have come to an agreement over the transfer of Bafetimbi Gomis to St James' Park, but all is not cut and dried just yet.

A fee of €8 million along with an additional €2 million in the form of an unspecified bonus has been accepted by Lyon owner and chairman Jean-Michel Aulas although he also revealed that there are still problems to be ironed out before a deal can be concluded.

Those problems, according to Aulas, centre around the agent fees involved with the deal with the amount and way the payments are to be made along with the amount of people involved with the deal holding things up. However Aulas did conclude by saying that things would be sorted one way or the other within 24-48 hours so we'll see how it all pans out.

"We have accepted the proposal of Newcastle, which is eight million euros, plus two million bonus," said Aulas.

"The agreement is now linked to the acceptance of agents’ fees. I understand that the problem is in the amount and manner of payment of commissions."

Aulas added: "There are several people involved in the operation, which complicates the negotiations, but I am hopeful that things will be resolved within 24 or 48 hours."

Realistically things could still go either way but it does at least look as though the ball is in our court at the moment. That could change rapidly though as it's well known we don't bow to the demands of agents if they are far beyond what the club think they are worth.

Gomis would add some much needed presence to our striking options which, beyond Papiss Cisse, look exceedingly thin. I'd still like us to get another striker "over the line" before the window closes but if we get Gomis it is at least a start.

Signing number one might not be too far away after all.