Newcastle can find the next Ben Arfa by signing “amazing” Magician of 14 million pounds sterling

Will Newcastle United secure qualification in the Champions League?

Before the last day of the Premier League season, Eddie Howe’s team is fourth in the table, but not yet assured of qualification in the Champions League.

The Magpies are above Chelsea and Aston Villa due to the difference in goals alone, but the victory over Everton for what promises to be a Raucous St James’ Park will rub a top five and a return to the Champions League.

Expected to do the work, Newcastle has already started the plans for the summer transfer window, so they have an “amazing” magician, recalling a favorite of fans of yesteryear, in sight?

The Newcastle United career of Hatem Ben Arfa

Hatem Ben Arfa has arrived in Tyneside from Olympique Marseille, initially on loan, in the summer of 2010, and would leave four years later as a cult hero in good faith.

The Frenchman scored 14 goals and provided 16 assists in 86 appearances for the Magpies, but he was certainly more than pure statistics.

Peter McVitie, of goal, describes how he “ showed lightning “ during his stay in the North-East, without ever showing a lot of `coherence ”, winning the Toon army with` `a dazzling firepower ” and` `impressive displays of skill ”.

In the meantime, Louise Taylor of The Guardian labeled her “ The kind of footballer fans loves ”, praising her exquisite touch … A superior vision, a perfect balance and an elusive movement ”, even if the manager Alan Pardew has regularly called him “high interview”.

Jean-Baptiste Caillet de The Analyst d’Opta believes that Ben Arfa is the best dribbler in France from Zinédine Zidane, who is certainly a high praise, but supporting it by noting that only Neymar and Lionel Messi ” finished more dribbles in 2006.

So, more than a decade of the departure of Ben Arfa, could the faithful from Newcastle soon have another dribble winger to find themselves?

Newcastle’s search for a new striker

According to a recent report by Santi Aouna de Foot Mercato, Newcastle is “interested” to sign the Al-Ahli Gabri Veiga striker.

It had been reported by Fabrizio Romano that Veiga was about to join Porto for about 14 million pounds sterling, but Newcastle, which has obvious links with Saudi Arabia, hope to divert this agreement.

Born and raised in Galicia, he broke out in the local club of childhood Celta de Vigo, describing playing for Los Celestes as a “dream”, with Sid Lowe du Guardian documenting his “extraordinary” La Liga form, adding that he is not the stereotypical Spanish midfielder.

In total, he scored 11 goals and recorded five assists in 36 liga appearances during the 2022/23 season, in particular by entering a splint to beat Barcelona in Balaídos on the last day, which would turn out to be his last appearance for the club.

His statistics La Liga of this season have certainly been very impressive.

Given the above, it was expected that Veiga moves to one of the largest clubs in Europe, but instead, he chose to join Al Ahli, the Saudi side of the Saudi Pro League paying his release clause of 40 million euros, earning 10 million euros reported per year.

Well, in the Middle East, the Spaniard scored 12 goals and recorded ten assists in 65 appearances, a key figure while Matthias Jaisle’s team won the Champions League elite of this season, beating Kawasaki front in the final in Jeddah earlier this month.

Now ready to return to Europe, could it be on the way to Tyneside?

Mak Pakhei of Total Football Analysis rents the “ conscience of Veiga, to play the balloon ” as well as its ability to face adversaries in the average third of the field, a trait associated with Ben Arfa of his time in St James’ Park.

Journalist António Mango thinks he has an “amazing technical capacity”, while Thomas Hammond simply develops a “quality player with potential bags”.

So, it is very clear that Spanish is a flamboyant and highly talented midfielder who, at 22, always has room for development, stressing that he would be both an excellent exciting signature for Newcastle supporters.

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