Newcastle United reportedly made an offer of £50 million for the player on deadline day, according to Sky Sports.
Newcastle United reportedly made an offer of £50 million for the player on deadline day, according to Sky Sports.
Following Crystal Palace’s announcement on deadline day that Marc Guehi would not be leaving this transfer window, Newcastle United reportedly turned their focus to Nottingham Forest and made an offer of £35 million for Anthony Elanga. The winger was the player Newcastle United was rumored to have wanted in June when they were forced to make two deals with Nottingham Forest, with a player going either way in deals that would help both clubs stay within PSR for the latest three seasons limit of losses.
After Nottingham Forest rejected Newcastle United’s £35 million bid for Anthony Elanga, Newcastle retaliated with a £50 million offer for Elanga, but Forest turned that one down as well. “Nottingham Forest turned down an offer worth a potential £50 million from Newcastle for winger Anthony Elanga on transfer Deadline Day, Sky Sports can reveal. And that surprising, but emphatic, decision epitomizes the ambitious strategy of the Forest owner, Evangelos Marinakis,” said Sky Sports. Elliot Anderson ultimately chose to go the other way.
Seven hours remained in the window, according to Sky Sports News, which stated that Forest had turned down a £35 million bid for the Swedish forward.
It was previously unknown that Newcastle returned with a far higher offer because they were anxious to reinforce and had £65 million to spare after losing out on Marc Guehi.
In the process, Marinakis declined a chance to play on an equal basis with one of the new, extremely wealthy English football teams.
