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£35m striker tells club he wants to stay despite Newcastle interest

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The Champions League awaits Newcastle United.

For the first time in two decades, Newcastle will be back amongst the elite next season and, as a result, need reinforcement.

Sandro Tonali, of course, has already arrived at St James’ Park but the club continue to be linked with all manner of names from all manner of clubs.

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While both Callum Wilson and Alexander Isak hit double figures for goals last season, forwards are believed be on the agenda.

Both of Newcastle’s current options through the middle of the attack certainly played their parts last season but missed portions of the campaign through because of injury.

With that in mind, other options are being liked.

One of those is Youssef En-Nesyri.

Youssef En-Nesyri wants to stay at Sevilla

The Sevilla forward was touted as a target for the Magpies earlier this month.

Still, Spanish outlet Marca have provided an update.

They claim that the Spanish side are waiting for an offer from the Moroccan, although the player himself might have other ideas.

Indeed, it is claimed the 26-year-old only wants to leave Sevilla if the right project emerges and has told the club exactly that.

Previously, the Daily Mail have claimed En-Nesyri has a price tag of up to £35m.

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Other priorities for Newcastle at the moment

Though it would be nice to see another forward brought in to ease the pressure on Isak and Wilson, there are other priorities at the moment.

The Evening Standard claim the club are keen to sign a new left-back amid previous reports suggesting Eddie Howe was keen to move Dan Burn into a central position.

In an ideal world, Newcastle would manage to do that as well as bring in more firepower but not every position can be strengthened at once.

£35m is a lot to spend on what would presumably be a first third-choice option, too.