Newcastle United and Manchester United scouts have been spotted in Portugal amid download rumours.
With two weeks left in the download window, the Magpies are hard at work growing their roster.
Newcastle United confirmed in one of the biggest games of Portugal reports on Saturday – second.
Two Primeira Liga giants will face off at Estádio do Drago, with Europe’s biggest clubs in sight when Porto join Sporting.
Porto won 3 – despite the visitors having suffered the fall of a paper for 15 minutes, finally, by two important penalties.
Evanilson put Porto ahead three minutes from red with a goal, and Sporting’s Pedro Boro’s card, a quarter of an hour to go, only increased confidence.
Mateusz Uribe doubled Porto’s lead with a penalty three minutes later, and Galeno closed the match with a second penalty four minutes later.
A report by Portuguese newspaper A Bola revealed that Juventus, Barcelona, Manchester Munich were all nominees in the stands – with Newcastle and Bayern officially listed as another club to watch.
It’s unclear who the Magpies were looking at, but they’ve been linked to Sporting striker Gonçalo Inácio and Porto duo Pepe and Diogo Costa over the past six months.
Summer contractions Sven Botman and Pope likely won’t have defender Inazio on their radar – but attacking midfielder Pepe showed up in the final moments of the match to be replaced by Gabriel Veron.
Globo de Esporte newspaper reported that he had a £27m offer for Pepe rejected by Porto earlier this summer.
It follows O’Djoko’s reports that the Magpies made ‘numerous observations’ during Porto’s games in the second half of last season.