Newcastle just dropped a fat £55 million on Anthony Elanga from Forest. That’s wild, right? This isn’t some rumor floating around on Twitter either BBC’s got people saying it’s basically a done deal. Could even wrap up before the weekend, if things don’t go sideways.
I mean, Newcastle making moves! Guess finishing fifth last season and sniffing the Champions League again put some fire under their butts. Gotta beef up that attack, and Elanga’s no slouch six goals, eleven assists last season? Not bad at all. Dude’s only 23, too. Plenty of gas left in the tank.
Funny thing, Newcastle haven’t spent a penny on transfers this summer. Only new face so far is that Spanish kid, Antonio Cordero, and he was a freebie from Malaga. So, yeah, they had some cash burning a hole in their pocket.
Forest, on the other hand, are laughing all the way to the bank. They picked up Elanga from Man U for just £15 million last year. Now they’re flipping him for nearly four times that? That’s some serious business acumen. Elanga spent, what, a decade at United? Came up through their youth squad, racked up 55 appearances, then headed to Forest. Now he’s off to the Toon. Life moves fast, huh?