Club determined to stop Newcastle signing their 22-year-old, they’ll put up a fight

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Newcastle United have been dealt yet another transfer blow as one of their attacking targets has been deemed not for sale by his club in January.

It was revealed yesterday that Newcastle held interest in Leeds’ Crysencio Summerville as the club looked to add to their attacking depth in January.

But a new report from TEAMTalk now suggests that the Championship club will do all that they can to block the 22-year-old from leaving as they continue their push for promotion back to the Premier League.

Summerville would have been too expensive for Newcastle

Newcastle are certainly in need of more attacking players who carry a significant goal threat which Summerville has proven so far this season with 18 goal contributions in 23 games.

However, the stumbling block for Newcastle was always going to be the price tag, even if Leeds were willing to let their star man leave in January.

If recent reports are to be believed and Newcastle are struggling to even afford the loan fee for Kalvin Phillips, then how exactly do they expect fans to believe they can spend however many millions on a young and exciting talent like Summerville?

It’s very worrying for the club as they continue to fall down the league table and are heading into some tough fixtures starting off with Sunderland in the FA Cup this weekend.

Newcastle are now starting to look desperate

Heading into the January window there was at least optimism that new faces could soon be arriving on Tyneside, the only good news the fans have had to look forward to after a dreadful couple of months.

But even that looks to be unlikely with the club expected not to do any business until at least the end of the window and if they do make any offers for players they obviously do not have the financial strength to compete with other big clubs.

Summerville would have been a solid addition to the team, but it’s not the kind of player to single-handedly drag the team up the league and that is what will worry fans the most.