{"id":210917,"date":"2025-06-24T17:13:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/210917\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T17:13:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:13:20","slug":"newcastle-have-45m-bid-for-ex-man-united-star-rejected-as-eddie-howes-side-suffer-blow-in-pursuit-of-key-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/210917\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle have \u00a345m bid for ex-Man United star REJECTED as Eddie Howe&#8217;s side suffer blow in pursuit of key target"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Toon are considering whether to bid again after having a \u00a345m one rejected\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>The star was a key player for his team this season as they qualified for Europe\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymail.lnk.to\/whistleblowers-podcastDM\">LISTEN to Whistleblowers:\u00a0<\/a>Are Arsenal fans right to feel aggrieved by the fixtures?\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-744\/Luke-Power-sport-author.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LUKE POWER<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  11:18 EDT, 24 June 2025   |  Updated:  12:10 EDT, 24 June 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Newcastle launched an attempt to sign <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/anthony-elanga\/index.html\" id=\"mol-84e50940-510e-11f0-9e07-652e56f054cd\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthony Elanga<\/a> for \u00a345million from <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/nottingham-forest\/index.html\" id=\"mol-84e33480-510e-11f0-9e07-652e56f054cd\" rel=\"noopener\">Nottingham Forest<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday &#8211; but were swiftly rebuffed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mail Sport understands Forest received the offer in the morning but rejected it quickly and have no intention of selling the Sweden international.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The winger, 23, was one of the key cogs in <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/nuno-espirito-santo\/index.html\" id=\"mol-84e99d20-510e-11f0-9e07-652e56f054cd\" rel=\"noopener\">Nuno Espirito Santo<\/a>&#8216;s side as Forest finished seventh and secured European football for the first time since 1995-96.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Newcastle are weighing up whether to submit another bid for Elanga or pursue other targets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-14788405\/Newcastle-make-enquiry-deal-Nottingham-Forest-star-Anthony-Elanga-Eddie-Howe-looks-make-signing-summer.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Mail Sport exclusively<\/a> revealed that the Magpies enquired about him earlier this month, having had<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-13797557\/Newcastle-make-minute-approach-Anthony-Elanga-Nottingham-Forest-require-significant-fee-allow-forward-leave-summer.html\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0an approach snubbed<\/a>\u00a0last summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But Forest will want a sizeable fee for a man who scored six and assisted 12 goals this season &#8211; especially one with three years left on his contract.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-da140ebd468fd735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99678687-14842881-image-a-42_1750779390888.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Newcastle have seen a \u00a345million bid for Nottingham Forest star Anthony Elanga rejected\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Newcastle have seen a \u00a345million bid for Nottingham Forest star Anthony Elanga rejected<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a101c1663abfdb5b\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99678691-14842881-image-a-43_1750779416781.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The Magpies want a right-winger but Forest are eager to recoup more than \u00a350m for him\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The Magpies want a right-winger but Forest are eager to recoup more than \u00a350m for him\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6f2ec46667308ab7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99678697-14842881-image-a-44_1750779442039.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"634\" alt=\"He was a crucial component as Nottingham Forest qualified for the Europa Conference League\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">He was a crucial component as Nottingham Forest qualified for the Europa Conference League<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It would take north of \u00a350m to get Evangelos Marinakis&#8217; club to budge on Elanga.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He fits Newcastle&#8217;s priority as a right-winger but is also versatile enough to play across the front line, which is important for Eddie Howe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Another asset is his leopard-like speed. Last season, he raced 85 metres in nine seconds in a blistering counter-attack to score a winner against Manchester United.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Elanga began his\u00a0Premier League career with Manchester United, before joining Forest in the summer of 2023 for a fee in the region of \u00a315m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The academy graduate had shown promise at Old Trafford but fallen out of favour under Erik ten Hag.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It wasn&#8217;t easy to leave United because I had been there for nine years from academy to first team,&#8217; <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12676323\/Anthony-Elanga-Manchester-United-Nottingham-Forest-Cristiano-Ronaldo.html\" rel=\"noopener\">he told Mail Sport in 2023<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;But at the end of the day I have to think about myself and would I want to stay another year coming in and out from the bench or be a starter at a team on the rise, improving and getting better,&#8217; he exclusively told Mail Sport.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He has been a player revitalised at Forest and will have the joy of Europa Conference league football if he sticks with them this campaign.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a47895a81dc08f4f\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99678781-14842881-image-a-45_1750779480034.jpg\" height=\"415\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The chance to play Champions League football under Eddie Howe may be too tempting to resist\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The chance to play Champions League football under Eddie Howe may be too tempting to resist<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ef3489eb9ba49abf\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99679007-14842881-image-a-46_1750779825046.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Sweden international Elanga still has three years left on his deal at the City Ground\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Sweden international Elanga still has three years left on his deal at the City Ground\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">If he twists, though, he would have the privilege of Champions League football after Toon qualified for Europe&#8217;s top table for the second time in three seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mail Sport recently caught up with Newcastle striker Callum Wilson at a behind-the-scene look at DAZN&#8217;s Club World Cup operation, where he has been taken on as a pundit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He said of Newcastle&#8217;s involvement in the Champions League: &#8216;The club feel like they belong there, deserve to be there, and have the right to be playing on that stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We saw Villa do really well last season in that format so it&#8217;s going to be exciting times ahead and the club is in a position of continually fighting for Champions League places.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Newcastle have \u00a345m bid for ex-Man United star REJECTED as Eddie Howe&#8217;s side suffer blow in pursuit of key target<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toon are considering whether to bid again after having a \u00a345m one rejected\u00a0 The star was a key&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1099,92,814,94,3047,178,28844,93,79,100,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-210917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-anthony-elanga","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-eddie-howe","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-newcastle-united","13":"tag-nottingham-forest","14":"tag-nuno-espirito-santo","15":"tag-sport","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-transfer-news","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114739465939319230","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}