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Sky Sports say Newcastle trying to sign Jota

7 years ago
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Newcastle United are attempting to land attacking midfielder Jota.

Signed by Brentford from Celta Vigo as a 22 year old in summer 2014, the Spaniard initially thrived under then Manager Mark Warburton and scored 11 Championship goals and grabbed three assists in 2014/15.

However, he then became unsettled, primarily for family reasons, so was allowed to go back to Spain and joined Eibar (the club where alleged Newcastle target Florian Lejeune plays) on an 18 month loan.

Due to limited game time in La Liga, Jota was recalled by Brentford in January and was thrown back into Championship action, starting off with a substitute appearance against Newcastle when the Magpies won 2-1 away from home. Jota introduced for the final 10 minutes after Daryl Murphy scored what proved to be the winner.

The second half of the season saw Jota score a remarkable 12 goals from midfield, plus five assists, despite only starting 19 Championship matches (plus two appearances off the bench).

With only a year left on his contract, Brentford are keen to sell Jota but Sky Sports claim that if they don’t get their valuation matched (said to be £8m), they won’t let the player leave.

The broadcaster report that as well as Newcastle, both Everton and West Ham are interested also, whilst Burnley and Swansea sent scouts to watch the attacking midfielder towards the end of last season.

Jota turns 26 on Friday and is another for the (ever expanding) notebook.

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