Newcastle contact Spurs target deemed the ‘new Varane’ – report

Sat 8 January 2022 7:15, UK

Newcastle United have reportedly joined Tottenham Hotspur in t🅷he race to sign Benoit 🌳Badiashile.

According to , the Magpies “have begun to make discr𒉰eet enquiries” over the Monaco ace.

In November, Calciomercato reported that Spurs were🐽 in p👍ursuit of Badiashile.

As well as Newca🦋stle and Tottenham, fellow Premier League side Wolves are also reportedly eyeing the 20-year-old.

And Manchester United were linked with Badiashile in 2020 – indeed, the play🉐er .

The 6ft 4in defender came through the ranks at the🧸 St🥂ade Louis II and made his breakthrough in 2019-20.

Badiashile has made 104 appearances for Mo𝐆naco, including 💙19 in all competitions this season.

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Monaco vice-president Oleg 😼Petrov waxed lyrical about Badiasꦰhile last year.

“He is a great talent,” he told .

“He will perform and then maybe one day, he can have by far a better career at one of the best cluღbs.

“Very solid, very young, playing from 18 for the first-team at Mo🅠naco, also playing in the Espoirs team for France.

“Very good te𝕴chnically, very humble, very fast, gives a lot ofꦜ comforts when he plays, but still very young.”

The : “Comparisons could be made with someone like Kalidou Koulibaly of Napoli, one of Europe’s best ba🉐ll-playing centre-backs.

“In the way Badiashile commands the defence at the back but is also capable of distributing 𒅌the 🍃ball calmly and with great accuracy when needed.”

And last year, Spanish outlet said Badiashile was l🌺ike “a new Raphael Varane”.