Newcastle United were pretty quiet in the January transfer window, but now they are making a deal outside the window.
Joe Willock came on loan from Arsenal, but that was all Newcastle did, and now they have decided to look for a free agent.
The Telegraph reports that Newcastle is set to win the race for defender Matthew Bondswell after RB Leipzig released him in January.
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Leeds United and West Ham United are also interested in signing Bondswell, but it is Newcastle who won the race for his signing.
Bondswell, 18, was highly regarded in Nottingham Forest before Leipzig won the race, beating out several of the best clubs to sign him.
It has not worked out well for Bondswell in Germany, and he is now returning to England with Newcastle, where he will initially participate in the Under-23s before moving on to the first team.
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Newcastle fans have been quite divided over the move so far, with some ‘surprised’ that Bondswell was able to leave Leipzig for free, believing the Magpies have landed a talent for the future.
Others think they will never see Bondswell again, feeling that he will fade and move on to better things in the future, just like Kevin Mbabu.
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Newcastle are looking to sign England’s U-18 Bondswell, who have left RB Leipzig by mutual consent. Strange, that’s what we invested in Lewis in. Of course, he has a lot of development ahead of him, but I think that in the long term, with a good coach, he will be a staple in this team. https://t.co/4LGTSw2ewJ
– Arron @ Concrete SportsTalk (@Concrete_NUFC) March 11, 2021
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An 18 year old LB with experience in England in all age categories from U15 to U18.
He will have received a good training in Leipzig and before they were looking for him in the Man U.
I don’t see many downsides to this one. # NUFC https://t.co/NF7Bh6WyHk– NUFC (@ScoutNUFC) March 10, 2021
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Bondswell is a great song for us in a free song and with which I am pleasantly surprised. As fast as it can be and he was tipped for the top while he was in the U16s. Amazed, he came back for free. I wonder what happened in the short time he was in Leipzig.
– Mac (@Toonymctoonface) March 10, 2021
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– ???????????? ⚫⚪ (@nufcsaintmax) March 10, 2021
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U23 Squad… So we’ll never see him again because that’s what usually happens!
– Toon Mad (@GToonmad) 10 de marzo de 2021
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So we’ll let him go and he’ll probably become a really good player like Kevin mbabu.
– Terry mccarthy (@ terrymac90) March 10, 2021
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Never to be seen again….
– Northman (@glen_bruce) March 10, 2021
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Another player to train with the under-23s and who was never heard from again until his contract expired … ????
– ????????Cook CHAMPION55 WATP???????? (@ cook9) March 11, 2021
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And he will never be heard from again!
– Alex Batey (@BateyAlex) March 11, 2021
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