NUFC Linked With Saint Étienne Player

French Newspaper L’equipe have thrown another name into the hat in terms of young players Newcastle United are allegedly showing interest in.

‘Saint Étienne is on the verge of proposing to extend a contract of 2 years to Faouzi Ghoulam (20 years old) to keep him until 2014. But Newcastle has placed the Saint Étienne left winger on their short list next to the Lyon player Aly Cissokho (24 years old) whose current contract is up to 2014 with his club Lyon’.

Ghoulam is a 6ft 1 in left-sided player and is French born with Algerian parents, he has wavered between committing to either country but recently has accepted a call-up to a French preliminary Under-21 squad.