According to the Daily Mail’s live transfer feed, a deal for Fulham to sign Newcastle United striker Dwight Gayle is unlikely to happen due to a £20m asking price that the Magpies are trying to pursue.
The Dwight Gayle transfer saga has rumbled on over the last few days and seems to be reaching a resolution now with it looking like the London club will look elsewhere to sign a striker on Deadline Day.
The striker scored 23 goals in 32 appearances for Newcastle United last season and it appears that he won’t be on his way to London.
As the deadline of 11pm draws closer though, there could be a chance that Fulham may come up with the £20 million in cash to sign the striker. Another possibility is that they test Newcastle with a lower bid and see whether the Premier League club gives in to late pressure in the transfer window.
Leeds United and Wolves had been rumoured to be interested in Gayle but an asking price of £20 million is likely to be considered as too much and considering the fact that Leeds United have announced the signing of Pawel Cibicki and are set to sign Pierre Michel-Lasogga, a move to Elland Road seems unlikely for Gayle.
With Gayle looking set to stay put at Newcastle, his focus will be firmly upon getting back into the club’s first team after supposedly falling behind in the pecking order to Joselu, Alexander Mitrovic and Ayoze Perez.
There is a chance though that the striker may still move away from St. James’ Park and we’ll bring more information as soon as we find out.
