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Nigeria international, Moses Simon could be on his way to the Premier League next summer after attracting the interests of at least three Premier League teams.<\/p>\n

The winger who has been impressing with Belgian giants since 2015 has attracted the attention of some of Europe’s best sides for the past couple of seasons and looks set to finally get a break in the English top flight.<\/p>\n

Sun Sport is reporting that Simon has been watched extensively by Newcastle these past few months including in Nigeria’s friendly match against Serbia a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n

He has previously been on the radar of Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp who likes a fast player like him, but the German boss seems to have relaxed his interest while looking for players in other positions in his team.<\/p>\n

Brighton are also interested in Simon, should Chris Houghton keep them in the Premier League beyond this season, he is likely going to battle with Rafa Benitez for the signature of the 22 years old.<\/p>\n

Simon is hoping to be picked by Nigeria for the forthcoming FIFA World Cup in Russia and a good tournament would help him attract even more high-profile teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nigeria international, Moses Simon could be on his way to the Premier League next summer after attracting the interests of at least three Premier League teams. The winger who has been impressing with Belgian giants since 2015 has attracted the attention of some of Europe’s best sides for the past couple of seasons and looks set to finally get a break in the English top flight. Sun Sport is reporting that Simon has been watched extensively by Newcastle these past few months including in Nigeria’s friendly match against Serbia a fortnight ago. He has previously been on the radar of Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp who likes a fast player like him, but the German boss seems to have relaxed his interest while looking for players in other positions in his team. Brighton are also interested in Simon, should Chris Houghton keep them in the Premier League beyond this season, he is likely going to battle with Rafa Benitez for the signature of the 22 years old. Simon is hoping to be picked by Nigeria for the forthcoming FIFA World Cup in Russia and a good tournament would help him attract even more high-profile teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-transfer-news"],"yoast_head":"\nNewcastle United join Liverpool and Brighton in the race for Nigerian star - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/newcastle-united-join-liverpool-and-brighton-in-the-race-for-nigerian-star\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Newcastle United join Liverpool and Brighton in the race for Nigerian star - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nigeria international, Moses Simon could be on his way to the Premier League next summer after attracting the interests of at least three Premier League teams. 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