Newcastle set to sign Inter’s Lazaro on loan with £20m buy option

Newcastle United have reached an agreement with Inter Milan to sign winger Valentino Lazaro on loan with the option to buy for £20million at the end of the season.

Lazaro had also spoken to Red Bull Leipzig this week but would prefer to test himself in the Premier League rather than return to

Germany. Although Lazaro has failed to impress for Inter, Newcastle do not believe they are taking a risk as they have been watching him for several years and were interested in recruiting him last summer before he moved to Italy from Hertha Berlin.

Newcastle scouted the Austria international extensively during his time in Austria with Red Bull Salzburg and continued to monitor his development during his two years in the Bundesliga with Hertha. He will become their second signing of the window, following the arrival of former Tottenham midfielder Nabil Bentaleb this week, on loan from Schalke.

Manager Steve Bruce is still trying to land a striker before the deadline having lost three forwards to injury – Yoshinori Muto, Dwight Gayle and Andy Carroll – while Joelinton

limped off with an injury during the 2-2 draw with Everton on Tuesday night and is still finding it hard to adapt to English football.

Bruce could also revive his longstanding interest in Spurs full-back Danny Rose, who has knowledge of life in the North East having played on loan at Sunderland, but the England international’s wages are likely to be a stumbling block.

Meanwhile, Victor Moses has joined Inter from Chelsea on loan with an option to buy.

The 29-year-old Nigeria international will team up again with former Chelsea manager Antonio Conte. The wing-back had been on loan at Turkish club Fenerbahce. Moses will now look to kick-start his career in Serie A alongside former Manchester United defender Ashley Young and former Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku.