Premier League upstart Newcastle is currently in second-to-last league with 11 points and is under severe relegation pressure this season. Although Newcastle is the richest club in the five major leagues, with the current relegation situation, it is difficult for the team to buy well-known strikers in the winter window.
According to the latest news from the Daily Mirror, Newcastle plans to bring in Chilean striker Ben Breton of Championship Blackburn in the winter window for a transfer fee of £20 million.
The media said that Newcastle's England striker Wilson was injured, the tactics of the new coach Eddie Howe desperately needed a new scorer, considering that there are no well-known stars to the Premier League relegation team, Newcastle targeted the Winter Window forward to the Championship, they targeted Blackburn's lead forward Ben Breton, willing to bid £20 million to bring in the Chilean striker, Blackburn was close to agreeing to the deal. While Black was intent on overtaking, the club had a hard time resisting the temptation of a £20m offer.
The 22-year-old Ben Bretton, who previously played for Manchester United, Stoke City, Nottingham Forest and other youth teams, played for England in his youth, chose to fight for Chile as an adult, and became a Chilean international, scoring 3 goals in 9 appearances. Ben Breton has played in 25 Championship games for Blackburn this season, scoring a staggering 20 goals. Ben Breton was the fastest striker to complete 20 goals since England star Alain Shearer in the 1994-95 season.
Ben Breton is second in this season's Championship top scorer list with 20 goals behind Fulham striker Mitrovic (the Serbian striker who defeated Portugal to advance to the World Cup in the World Cup).