AS Roma are reportedly close to signing versatile Newcastle United defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa on a loan deal. According to local Newcastle newspaper The Evening Chronicle, the Italian club will pay 20 percent of the French international's wages in order to bring him to the Olimpico this season.
AS Roma close to signing Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa on loan
Roma are set to bring versatile Newcastle defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa in on loan.
Yanga-Mbiwa earned himself a move to the Premier League after a wonderful few years at his boyhood club Montpellier. He was part of the Ligue 1-winning MHSC side of 2012, and he's so far earned three international caps for France. However, the 25-year-old hasn't won the trust of Newcastle boss Alan Pardew, so his exit looks imminent.
According to the Chronicle, Marseille, Lens and Bordeaux were all offered Yanga-Mbiwa earlier this summer, though his wages exceeded what the French clubs were prepared to pay. The good news is that Newcastle seem to have struck a deal with Roma, who could do with some defensive reinforcement after losing Medhi Benatia, Rafel Tolói and Tin Jedvaj this summer.
