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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAlthough Eddie Howe would be loth to part with a player he has remained close to since he managed Trippier at Burnley and who continues to exert an often talismanic influence at St James\u2019 Park, Newcastle\u2019s manager is desperately short of midfielders and admires Bayern\u2019s Joshua Kimmich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Joelinton set to\u00a0miss the remainder of the season\u00a0\u2013 surgery on a thigh problem is scheduled for next week \u2013 Newcastle have inquired about Kimmich\u2019s availability. The situation is complicated by the 28-year-old Germany international\u2019s reluctance to leave Bayern but any alteration in that stance could pave the way for Trippier heading to Bavaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Howe\u2019s problem is that, given Newcastle are close to breaching the Premier League\u2019s profit and sustainability rules, he in effect needs to sell before he can buy and this could be a last chance to cash in on Trippier, who cost \u00a312m from Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in January 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trippier helped Atl\u00e9tico win La Liga the previous year but was keen to relocate his family to England. Tuchel, though, may offer a player whose form is recovering after an uncharacteristic midwinter dip one last big adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re looking for a right-back so we\u2019ll see if something is possible,\u201d Tuchel said this week. \u201cWe\u2019ve got used to Konrad Laimer at right-back but it\u2019s not his best position.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite Howe\u2019s dependence on and off the pitch on Trippier, who captains Newcastle in Jamaal Lascelles\u2019s absence, he does possess impressive cover in his position in Tino Livramento and Emil Krafth. That rare strength in depth has persuaded Newcastle to sell their fourth-choice right-back, Javier Manquillo, to Celta Vigo, where he underwent a medical on Thursday before an expected reunion with his former manager Rafael Ben\u00edtez at the Spanish club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This dictates that strengthening a midfield department weakened by\u00a0Sandro Tonali\u2019s 10-month ban\u00a0for breaches of Italian betting regulations and Joe Willock\u2019s long-term achilles injury is a priority for Howe. With Newcastle unwilling to pay the\u00a0\u00a37m loan fee\u00a0required to take Kalvin Phillips from Manchester City, Kimmich remains high on the list of a manager whose scouts have also watched Atalanta\u2019s \u00c9derson and Middlesbrough\u2019s Hayden Hackney in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Besiktas are understood to have made a bid for Lascelles but it is unlikely Howe would risk offloading his club captain and third-choice central defender when Sven Botman only recently returned from a serious knee injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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