Newcastle are preparing to launch an £8million bid to sign Celtic defender Kristoffer Ajer.
The Norway international has one year left on contract and has been urged to leave this summer by national team manager Stale Solbakken.
Celtic value Ajer highly but the 22-year old will be free to talk to foreign and cross-border clubs from January. That has weakened Celtic’s bargaining power and they face losing him for a fraction of what they had hoped for.
Newcastle are preparing to submit an £8million bid for Celtic defender Kristoffer Ajer, with Steve Bruce (right) in need of recruits at the back
As with striker Odsonne Edouard, Celtic’s optimum time to sell would have been last summer but they wanted both key players to stay and help them secure ten league titles in a row.