Newcastle United are in a two-horse race for the transfer of Lille defender Sven Botman, with an outcome to this long-running saga likely to come “very soon”.
That’s according to Fabrizio Romano in his latest column for CaughtOffside, with the transfer news reporter revealing that Newcastle have made a bid for Botman, though the sense seems to be that he would personally favour the move to Serie A giants AC Milan.
“My feeling from sources is that it’s just a two-horse race between Newcastle and AC Milan for Sven Botman,” Romano says.
“Newcastle have gone so far as to offer more…
