Sky Sports: Newcastle face late competition to sign Bournemouth’s Lloyd Kelly

Sky Sports’ Dharmesh Sheth has issued an update on Newcastle’s ongoing attempts to sign Lloyd Kelly, claiming a deal isn’t done just yet.

After Kelly’s official release from Bournemouth today, Fabrizio Romano reported that the defender ‘will become Newcastle player at the beginning of July’, but Sky say there is ‘no full agreement’ as of yet and rival interest Roma and Atletico Madrid.

Sheth does state that discussions have reached an ‘advanced stage’ over Kelly’s proposed move to St James’ Park, so hopefully everything goes smoothly and we don’t see any late offer that hijacks a deal, especially after Chelsea pipped us to a deal for Tosin Adarabioyo last week.

Kelly, 25, would be reunited with Eddie Howe if he does arrive at Newcastle, with the Toon boss bringing him to Bournemouth back in 2019.

He may not be a big name or a star addition to our side, but his ability to play at centre-back – where he could fill in for the injured Sven Botman – and at left-back will appeal to Howe.