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Folarin Balogun<\/a>, the Super Eagles-eligible forward who has been in fine form for Ligue 1 side Reims, has caught the attention of Premier League side Newcastle United.<\/p>\n The Magpies are among the wealthiest clubs in England, and they are expected to make several big-money signings at the end of the season<\/em><\/p>\n The Magpies are reportedly considering submitting an official offer for the Arsenal striker in the upcoming summer transfer window.<\/p>\n Balogun, currently on a season-long loan at Reims, has scored an impressive 15 goals in 25 games in Ligue 1 this season, making him the team\u2019s top-performing offensive player.<\/p>\n His performances have not gone unnoticed, with Premier League clubs reportedly showing interest in the 21-year-old.<\/p>\n Newcastle United are said to be one of the clubs interested in Balogun, with journalist Steve Kay\u00a0revealing on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0that the Magpies are pondering whether to make an official offer for the forward later in the summer.<\/p>\n Kay wrote: \u201cNewcastle United are considering making a bid for Arsenal forward Folarin Balogun this summer.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Gunners forward, who is currently on loan at Reims, has scored 15 goals in 25 games in #Ligue1UberEats this season.\u201d<\/p>\n With 120 goal contributions (96 goals and 24 assists) in just 161 appearances throughout his career at youth and senior level, the Adidas-sponsored ace is widely regarded as one of the top young talents in European football.<\/p>\n Should Newcastle be able to secure Balogun\u2019s services, it would be a massive coup for the club, as the young striker is seen as a player with a bright future ahead of him.<\/p>\n After several brilliant showings, Balogun has been\u00a0nominated<\/a>\u00a0for the UNFP Player of the Month award for February. Balogun has been nominated for the UNFP Trophy alongside PSG forward Kylian Mbappe and OGC Nice defender Jean-Clair Todibo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Folarin Balogun, the Super Eagles-eligible forward who has been in fine form for Ligue 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","elegant-magazine-featured":"","elegant-magazine-medium":"","elegant-magazine-medium-small":"","elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":""},"author_info":{"info":["Imo Trumpeta"]},"category_info":"Sports<\/a>","tag_info":"Sports","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39500,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39499\/revisions\/39500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}