Newcastle United is hoping to sign Stuttgart player Bilal El Khannouss after hitting a wall in talks for Matias Fernandez-Pardo. The club became impatient. Those talks included a reported 60 million euro bid for Fernandez-Pardo that did not work out. That bid just failed.
Newcastle turned to the Moroccan international as another option. The team needs squad depth. The club shifted focus to the Stuttgart player to plan for the possibility that the transfer for Fernandez-Pardo stalls further and fails to progress.