Newcastle 'vying intensively' for £12m-rated midfielder who had looked to be heading to Italy

Newcastle United are said to be trying to hijack Bologna's move for highly-rated midfielder from Austria.

23-year-old Alexander Prass of Stum Graz was all set to be heading to Italy before Newcastle entered the race.

According to reports form Krone in Austria, Newcastle are 'vying intensively' for Prass despite the deal with Bologna being almost complete.

Now it looks like Prass will have a decision to make, whether to honour the deal that was practically agreed and move to Bologna, or chance his arm in the Premier League.

Prass is extremely versatile with bags of skill

Prass is a left-sided midfielder but is capable of filling in on left-wing and left-back, sort of like Lewis Hall, however, Graz have used him in the middle of the park and on the right.

He's certainly versatile and has his admirers, and indeed at just £12million it could be a good move by the Magpies.

Despite this story originating in Austria, there have been a few rumblings over the last couple of days about Newcastle's alleged interest in Prass, so there may be some truth in it.

It's about time we moved from rumours to confirmed transfers

We're not going to lie and say we know a great deal about him, and we are fully aware that a YouTube clips compilation can make pretty much anyone look like Lionel Messi, but you have to admit, there's definitely some promise there if that compilation is anything to go by. We probably should have paid more attention to Austria at Euro 2024.

For us, this is one of those transfer stories that hasn't got us feeling one way or the other. If we land him, great, we'll see what he's about, if not, we'll not lose any kip.

At the minute, it's just nice to be linked to anyone seeing as nothing is actually happening, so we might as well speculate.