Sandro Tonali\u2019s future has been addressed by Newcastle manager Eddie Howe amid mounting speculation over the player\u2019s future.<\/p>\n
The Italy international\u2019s agent has suggested that Tonali would love a move to Arsenal, while Juventus, Inter, Real Madrid and Manchester United have been linked with the former AC Milan ace.<\/p>\n
Ahead of Newcastle\u2019s Champions League showdown with Barcelona at Camp Nou, Howe has moved to claim that the 25-year-old is simply focusing on the immediate challenges with the Magpies.<\/p>\n
Arsenal\u2019s interest fuelled by agent talk<\/h2>\n
Tonali first emerged as a target for Arsenal at the end of January, when Mikel Merino went down with a long-term injury.<\/p>\n
Although nothing came of the deal, it acted as a spark that has seen the Italian constantly linked with a move away from Newcastle since.<\/p>\n
Agent Beppe Riso, who later claimed there was no contact with Arsenal, has admitted that a deal would interest the player.<\/p>\n
\u201cExactly,\u201d the agent responded when quizzed about the interest from the Gunners by Football and Finance<\/i><\/b>\u201cthat was the goal from the moment he went to England: to try to make him a star player. I think he’s one of the most valuable Italian footballers in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Riso is correct: Tonali is the third most valuable Italian player<\/b> behind Inter Milan duo Alessandro Bastoni, who is currently linked with Barcelona, and Nicolo Barella.<\/p>\n Newcastle manager Howe, though, says that Newcastle are not planning on cashing in on Tonali any time soon.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the person who matters the most in this is Sandro. I take my lead from him,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n \u201cAll I have ever seen from him is someone who is totally committed, very much part of the team and very selfless. He is here for the team. That is the attitude I have seen from him.<\/p>\n \u201cForget the noise around Sandro, he is fully committed.\u201d<\/p>\n Tonali, meanwhile, is expected back in the Newcastle squad after missing the weekend\u2019s Premier League win over Chelsea due to illness.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ll have a look at him today,\u201d Howe said before Tuesday\u2019s training session.<\/p>\n \u201cToday\u2019s the first day we have seen him. It\u2019s an opportunity for him to train and then we\u2019ll make a decision.\u201d<\/p>\n Tonali, who has played 103 games for Newcastle, has an Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) of \u20ac58.9m.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a9 IMAGO Sandro Tonali\u2019s future has been addressed by Newcastle manager Eddie Howe amid mounting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Italy’s most valuable players<\/h2>\n
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\n Name<\/td>\n Club<\/td>\n Estimated Transfer Value (ETV)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Alessandro Bastoni<\/td>\n Inter<\/td>\n \u20ac73m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Nicolo Barella<\/td>\n Inter<\/td>\n \u20ac64.5m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Sandro Tonali<\/td>\n Newcastle<\/td>\n \u20ac58.9m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Moise Kean<\/td>\n Fiorentina<\/td>\n \u20ac53.8m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Destiny Udogie<\/td>\n Tottenham<\/td>\n \u20ac51.7m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Riccardo Calafiori<\/td>\n Arsenal<\/td>\n \u20ac50.7m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Giorgio Scalvini<\/td>\n Atalanta<\/td>\n \u20ac48.6m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Federico Dimarco<\/td>\n Inter<\/td>\n \u20ac47.4m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Gianluigi Donnarumma<\/td>\n Man City<\/td>\n \u20ac42.9m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Andrea Cambiaso<\/td>\n Juventus<\/td>\n \u20ac39.8m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Tonali \u2018fully committed\u2019 to Newcastle \u2013 Eddie Howe<\/h2>\n
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Will he play against Barcelona?<\/h2>\n