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Newcastle United keeping an eye on Axel Disasi — report

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Bomb Squad defender Axel Disasi has been linked with a couple teams on the continent, most recently with Villarreal in La Liga, but the 27-year-old would prefer to stay in the Premier League. So he might be interested to hear that Newcastle United are continuing to also keep an eye on his situation, at least according to RMC Sport (via GFFN).

Newcastle were linked earlier this summer and last summer, too — though back then they would not only not sign him, but not sign any of their other center back targets

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either (such as Marc Guéhi). Will this summer be any different? The likes of Dan Burn and Fabian Schär aren’t getting any younger!

Since this is still a fairly tenuous link, the report does not delve into any of the potential financials that might be involved in a deal, but previous claims had Chelsea hopeful of collecting about £25-30m in return.

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