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Fair To Say, It’s Been A Pretty Miserable Summer Newcastle United Supporters So Far.
Let’s Positives With Start; They have been signed Anthony luna And Aaron RamsdaleWith The Latter Saving a penalty During Friday’s Pre-Season Friendly Against Espanyol at St James’ Park.
One Man Who Remains Conspicuous by His Absence Is, of Course, Alexander IsaacYet to Feature at All During Pre-Season, As He Pushes For A Move to Liverpool.
Thus, as Eddie Howe‘S Team Brace Themselves for Life With The Superstar Swede, Have They Identified Their Ideal Replacement?
Newcastle’s Search for a New Striker
AS HAS BEEN WIDELY reported by David Ornstein of the Athletic And Many Oters, Newcastle Found Themselves in Head-to-Head Battle With Manchester United Striker Benjamin SeskoWith the Slovenian Choosing to Go To Old Trafford Instead.
He is Simply The Long Line Of Players Newcastle Publicly and Ignominiously Turned Ther Window, Liam Delap and João Peter, So Have They Have Their Attention to A New Target?
Well, According to Graeme Bailey of Tbr FootballNewcastle United Have been offered The Chance to Sign Samu Aghehowa from Porto.
Adam Crafton and Ornstein of the Athletic Add That The Magpies Are ‘Considering’ A Move For The 21-Year-Old, Who Is It Is reportedly valued Around £ 65m by the 30-time Portuguese Champions.
So, Could the Spanard Soon Swap the Stageio Do Dragão for Tyneside?
What Samu Aghowa Would Bring to Newcastle
First and Foremost, Avoid Confusion, Worth Stating Front That, Up Until November Last Year, He Was Known As Omorodion, BUT Requested to Go by Aghehowa Henceforth, His Maternal Surname, in Honor of His Mother.
On The Pitch Too, He’s Had An Interesting Start to Burggeoning Career.
On The Opening Day of the 2023/24 The League Season, a teenager, He Marked His Senior With Debut to Granada Against Atlético Madrid at 3-1 defeat the metropolitano.
Well, Los Colchoneros Were So Impresed That They Signed The Unknown Youngster Just A Few Days Later, Paying His € 6m (Around £ 5.1m) Buyout Clause, Although He Would Actually Play Athleti.
He was immediazyly loaned to Deportivo Alavés, Scoring Eight La League Goals for Los Blanquiazules, Including Netting Home and Away Against Barcelona, What Certainly Caught The Attention of Clubs Around Europe.
On the back of this, Chelsea Agreed to Pay £ 34m to Secure His Signature Last Summer, But the Deal Collapsed at The 11th Hour Due to ‘Major Problems … Finalising’ The Striker’s Contract, Supposedly Relating To Image Rights.
Instead, He Joined Porto For a Reported Fee Of £ 12.7m, Where He has started His His game to a New Level.
In The Last 12 months, The 21-Year-Old Spain International, debuting Against Switzerland in Tenerife Last November, Before Also Coming Off the Bench During June’s Nations League Victory Victory.
Jacek Kulig of Football Talent Scout Was Certainly Impressed by His Performances in Portugal, Labelling Aghowa A “Monster”, Pace, Physicality and Aerial Ability “.
Meantime, Elias Burke and Gillian Kasirye of the Athletic Document How the ‘prototype’ is the ‘Tall, Quick, And Physically Possesses’ Exceptional Pace’ and ‘Excellent Place Positioning’ in the Penalty Area.
Nevertheless, The Question Still Remains; Would he be Better Signing Than Šeško? Let’s compare the duo to find out.
Sam Aghehowa VS Benjamin Šeško 2024/25 Comparison | ||
|---|---|---|
Statistics | Aghowa | Šesko |
Appearances | 45 | 45 |
Minutes | 3.400 | 3,258 |
Goals | 27 | 21 21 21 |
Assists | 3 | 6 |
Goals – XG | +6.6 | +2.8 |
Shots on Target% | 41.2% | 47.5% |
Shots per 90 | 2.83 | 2.92 |
Missed Big Chances | 25 | 18 |
Big Chances Created | 7 | 7 |
Shot-Creating ACTIONS | 64 | 58 |
Touches in Penalty Area | 20.4% | 10.4% |
AVERAGE SOFASCORE RATING | 6.99 | 6.92 |
Statistics courtesy Or transfer market, Fbref.com and Sofascore | ||
As The Table Documents, in a near-identical number of minutes, The Pair’s statistics are remarkably similar to the Board of Across.
The Spanard Scored More Goals and Overperformed His Expected by An Impressive Amount, While The Fact He Takes Over 20% Of His Touches Inside The Opposition’s Penalty Area Poachers’ Instincts.
Worth Noting That Aghehowa Was At Playing A Slightly Level; According to Global Football RankingsThe Primeira League is The Seventh-Strongest League in The World, Four Places Below Bundesliga.
Also, Porto Were, And Still Are, Stuck in The Europa LeagueWhile RB Leipzig Competed in Last Season’s Champions LeagueAlbeit The Spaniard Did Score Six Times in Nine European Appearances, Also Netting Twice During The Club World Cup Back in June.
Thus, with šeško Snubbing A Possible Move to Tyneside, Aphowa Appears to Be The Next-Best Option Market, So It Would Be Smart For Newcastle To Their Attention to The Spain International.
