Aston Villa negotiating transfer fee with Newcastle United for Jacob Ramsey – Imminent | OneFootball

Newcastle United are now in talks with Aston Villa for the transfer of Jacob Ramsey.

Eddie Howe is a long-time admirer of the player and no surprise that he is now trying to finally land the player.

Back in January 2024 it was reported that Newcastle United had approached Villa for Jacob Ramsey but were knocked back.

Now Craig Hope of The Mail has had the exclusive on this renewed attempt to buy the versatile player.

Shortly after Malick Thiaw was officially unveiled as a Newcastle player on Tuesday night, the man from The Mail revealed that Aston Villa were in talks with United, negotiating the transfer price.

Hope says his information is that a deal worth around £40m is being discussed and things could now move very quickly, with a formal bid potentially put in as early as Wednesday (today).

Easy to see why Eddie Howe would be interested, still plenty room for improvement at the age of 24 and Jacob Ramsey carries the ball with pace. Another huge plus is he is very versatile, comfortable playing across the midfield and either wing.

The Mail report adds, ‘While there have been concerns over Ramsey’s fitness record in recent years, he played 45 times in all competitions last season.’

On top of that, whilst Jacob Ramsey had some injury/fitness issues in the 2023/24 season, in 2021/22 he made 34 Premier League appearances and in 2022/23 it was 35 PL appearances.