£17m offer rejected and price tag revealed as Toon look to turn player's head - The Athletic
The Athletic have released a fresh update on Jack Harrison's future after reports on Wednesday suggested we'd launched an £18m bid for the Leeds winger.
Phil Hay - the man covering goings on at Elland Road - says The Whites have 'no plans' to sell the 25-year-old, having recently rejected a £17m proposal from St James' Park.
Newcastle have indicated that we'd be unwilling to pay no more than £25m for the former Man City man, yet Leeds are believed to value Harrison at 'upwards of £35m.'
This is a familiar issue for Eddie Howe and his recruitment team, with us recently priced out of moves for Moussa Diaby and Alexander Isak in our search for new attackers.
According to The Athletic, Newcastle believe to have the 'selling points' to tempt Harrison to Tyneside, but that means very little if our top price for the ex-England U21 talent is at least £10m below Leeds' valuation.
Considering they've just banked around £100 for Raphinha (Barcelona) and Kavlin Phillips (Man City), they'll have little reason to lower their demands here - unless the player pushes for a move...
