Emre waits on Premiership switch

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Emre waits on Premiership switch 

Turkish international Emre Belozoglu is waiting for Inter Milan to reach an agreement with the four Premiership clubs interested in signing him.

The 24-year-old is currently on holiday in Istanbul and his agent, Ahmet Bulut, told BBC Sport: "The clubs Emre wants must find an agreement with Inter.

"Emre will play in the Premiership next season and we hope the interested clubs can agree a fee with Inter next week.

"We have four clubs interested in him - Newcastle, Everton and two others."

Newcastle are understood to be the favourites to sign the player - with reports on Friday suggesting a £4m deal worth £60,000-a-week.

But Bulut said: "I cannot say about a fee because I am just the agent of the player.


"We cannot have an agreement with any of the interested clubs until a fee has been agreed with Inter."

Newcastle boss Graeme Souness has been tracking the midfielder for some time, while Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal as well as Everton have also been linked.

Emre played only 19 Serie A games for Inter last season and missed the two-legged Coppa Italia final after picking up a groin injury.

Newcastle have stepped up their close-season team-building plans, having shipped both Andy O'Brien and Laurent Robert out to Portsmouth.

Deportivo La Coruna defender Jorge Andrade claims that Newcastle are interested in him, while Souness has also admitted an interest in bringing Real Madrid's Portuguese star Luis Figo to St James Park.

[Woozie]

hope newcastle r the 1s 2 sign him - wud b a great addition