According to The Athletic’s George Caulkin, Newcastle United’s prospective new owners kept tabs on Dan Rose before he joined Schalke 04 from Everton.
The 16-year-old goalkeeper rejected the Toffees’ three-year professional contract to sign with the German outfit as a free agent.
The Magpies and Barcelona were also keen on Rose, but he only wanted to move to Schalke as he believes the club can help him become the best goalkeeper on the planet.
Rose will become the first non-German youth goalkeeper at Schalke and their first-ever English/Irish youth player.
The teenager was with Everton U18s last term but wasn’t able to make any appearance as he was behind Jack Barrett, Jack McIntyre and Zan-Luk Leban in the pecking order.