Juventus interested in shock move for Newcastle target

Juventus are ready to offer Besiktas €15m (£13.4m) to sign Cenk Tosun, claims Millyet, via Football Italia.

Tosun has been heavily linked with a January move away from Besiktas in the last few months and the Turkish giants are reportedly open to offers for the 26-year-old.

Newcastle and Crystal Palace are reportedly interested in signing the Turkey international, while Tottenham have previously been linked with the Besiktas striker.

However, any interested party could be set to miss out on his signature if Juventus firm up their interest with a formal bid in January.

As Tosun was born in Germany, he would not take up a non-EU slot and Juventus are weighing up whether to sign him as back up to Gonzalo Higuain.

The Turkey international has been integral to Besiktas’ Champions League campaign this term, playing a direct hand in six of the nine goals they have scored in Group G thus far.

In fact, only Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar (both 9), Harry Kane (8) and Roberto Firmino (7) have played a direct hand in more Champions League goals than Tosun (6) this season.