David Ornstein makes public details of two separate Newcastle offers for Anthony Elanga | OneFootball

David Ornstein has revealed that Newcastle United made an offer of around £45m for Anthony Elanga on Tuesday.

However, the very reliable journalist from The Athletic says that Nottingham Forest have rejected that bid.

An international teammate of Alexander Isak, the 23 year old played in all 38 of Nottingham Forest’s Premier League games last season, scoring six goals and providing 11 assists.

Anthony Elanga and Forest finished a point and two places behind Champions League qualifying Newcastle United, having to settle for seventh and qualification for the Conference League.

Interestingly, David Ornstein has also filled in the details of another bid made by Newcastle United for Anthony Elanga, that previous bid on deadline day at the end of August 2024.

The man from The Athletic says that was also a ‘£45m’ deal BUT instead of a guaranteed £45m, it instead was £30m guaranteed, potential add-ons of £10m in two separate possible triggered payments of £5m each, then the other £5m covered by Miguel Almiron heading in the other direction.

Nottingham Forest of course also turned down that offer for Anthony Elanga 10 months ago, with since then Miguel Almiron having headed back to his old club Atlanta United in a deal that will eventually net Newcastle United a reported £11m.

Elanga joined Forest from Manchester United in a £15m deal in July 2023 and has scored 11 goals in 83 appearances for the club.