Newcastle are cautious that Aston Villa might make a late transfer for Johan Manzambi, talkSPORT understands.
The Magpies have agreed a €60million (£51.2million) price with Freiburg for the Swiss midfielder.
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And Newcastle are seemingly within the driver’s seat to signal the highly-rated Switzerland worldwide.
Nonetheless, Eddie Howe’s aspect are but to agree private phrases with the participant forward of a doable Premier League transfer.
As such, Newcastle are cautious about the opportunity of a hijack, with Villa amongst those that might make an Eleventh-hour swoop for the 20-year-old.
Villa are out there for an additional central midfielder after Amadou Onana suffered an ACL harm on worldwide responsibility.
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The previous Everton man will miss the rest of the 2026 World Cup and a considerable chunk of the 2026/27 season after being pressured off halfway via the primary half of Belgium’s 4-1 win over USA.
Who’s Johan Manzambi?
Manzambi made his senior Freiburg debut within the 2024/25 season, making 4 league begins.
Nonetheless, it was the 2025/26 marketing campaign the place the midfielder loved a breakout yr.
Certainly, Manzambi began 26 Bundesliga matches final season, scoring 5 occasions and offering 4 assists for the German aspect.
The Geneva-born midfielder was additionally instrumental in Freiburg’s development to the Europa League ultimate, scoring twice and offering two assists because the Bundesliga outfit finally crashed to a 3-0 loss to Villa.
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It is on the 2026 World Cup the place Manzambi has exploded onto the scene.
He is performed an instrumental function in Switzerland’s development to the quarter-finals, scoring two occasions and offering two assists.
Manzambi, although, sat out the penalty shootout last-16 win over Colombia with a knee harm.
And he is unlikely to get well in time for the quarter-final showdown with Argentina on Sunday morning [2am UK Time].
The winner of Argentina’s sport in opposition to Switzerland will face both England or Norway within the semi-finals.
Their quarter-final assembly will get underway on Saturday evening [UK Time] however kick off might but be delayed owing to the specter of storms in Miami.
