Rodrigo Vilca set to complete £250,000 deal to Newcastle from Lima-based Deportivo Municipal

Rodrigo Vilca set to be Newcastle’s only deadline day arrival with Peruvian midfielder to complete £250,000 deal from Lima-based Deportivo Municipal

Newcastle’s only piece of incoming transfer business looks like being the signing of Peruvian midfielder Rodrigo Vilca.

The 21-year-old is set to complete a deal worth around £250,000 from Lima-based club Deportivo Municipal and will initially train with United’s Under-23s.

Vilca will become the second Peruvian to play for the Magpies following Nobby Solano, and the former favourite – now Peru’s assistant manager – is an admirer of the young playmaker having seen him train with the national side.

Peruvian midfielder Rodrigo Vilca is set to be Newcastle’s only incoming on deadline day

Steve Bruce, meanwhile, told reporters over the weekend that he is unlikely to add to his squad unless an exceptional loan deal presented itself.

Winger Christian Atsu, though, is likely to be heading out of the club with Watford interested.

Newcastle have signed five players in this transfer window, including striker Callum Wilson, who scored his third and fourth goals for the club in Saturday’s 3-1 win against Burnley following his £20million from Bournemouth.



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