{"id":610319,"date":"2026-08-31T16:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/610319\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T16:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:30:10","slug":"newcastle-closing-in-on-55m-move-for-matias-fernandez-pardo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/610319\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle closing in on \u00a355m move for Matias Fernandez-Pardo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle United<\/a> are closing in on the signing of Lille forward Matias Fernandez-Pardo in a deal worth up to \u00a355m.<\/p>\n

Newcastle<\/a> have been pushing to recruit another attacker in the final days of the transfer window after making seven signings to date this summer.<\/p>\n

Fernandez-Pardo was tellingly left out of Lille’s squad for the 2-2 draw against Paris St-Germain last week and ordered to train away from the first-team squad until the window shuts on Tuesday and the 21-year-old’s future has been resolved.<\/p>\n

Newcastle<\/a> are now finalising a move for Fernandez-Pardo, which could pave the way for fellow forward Nick Woltemade to leave on loan following interest from Juventus.<\/p>\n

The Belgium forward has been a longstanding target of Newcastle<\/a>‘s – dating back to former head coach Eddie Howe’s time in charge – and fits the age range the club have been targeting.<\/p>\n

Of those players aged 21 and under across Europe’s big five leagues last season, Fernandez-Pardo ranked second for big chances (21), fifth for touches in the opposition box (184) and shots on target (30), and seventh for goals and assists combined (13).<\/p>\n

His ability to play in a number of positions across the frontline also made him an attractive target as manager Matthias Jaissle looked to strengthen his squad.<\/p>\n

“We know our needs,” he said after the 2-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> on Saturday. “Ross [Wilson, the sporting director] is doing an amazing job.<\/p>\n

“We have a couple of days left where we will not panic and do something crazy we do not believe is the right decision.<\/p>\n

“That’s the most important thing, and on the management and leadership level that we’re all aligned and all speaking the same language.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle United are closing in on the signing of Lille forward Matias Fernandez-Pardo in a deal worth up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-610319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}