Allan Saint-Maximin update arrives in new report - Howe's stance, price tag and clubs keen
After admitting last night that his career is “at a turning point”, Mark Douglas at iNews has issued an update on Allan Saint-Maximin's future.
The North-East reporter states that Newcastle's stance is conflicted. Eddie Howe 'would like to keep' the Frenchman at St James' Park ahead of a Champions League campaign set to stretch the squad.
He'll get game time due to the number of fixtures coming our way, but the club know selling wisely could boost our budget, help us work within FFP and raise funds for the likes of James Maddison and Kieran Tierney, amongst others. Toon chiefs know he's our most sellable asset and would be willing to speak if the 'right offer' - around the £40m mark - arrived this summer.
Douglas adds that Arsenal and Chelsea have shown interest in the past, but refused to go near our asking price at the time. AC Milan are another unlikely to meet our demands and Inter Milan are described as 'another option.'
In his Instagram post on Monday night, the winger said: “I always tried my best to help the club in the best way possible, even by playing injured.
“This year has been one of the most difficult year emotionally, you are not able to know that as I keep personal things for myself, but I lost some really important people, and that is nothing compared to all the things that happened in my life this year.
“But I always tried to be present on the pitch and give everything.”
