Newcastle Transfer News Round-Up: Every Player The Magpies Have Been Linked With From June 29th-July 5th

8. Lucas Ocampos (Signed For Marseille From Monaco)

Newcastle United were looking to compete with Italian giants Roma and Fiorentina for the signature of Monaco winger Lucas Ocampos - only for the Argentine to move to Marseille. TMW reported that the Magpies, who are looking to strengthen their wide options this summer, believed they had a good chance of signing the 20-year-old because they would have been able to offer better financial terms than either of the Italian clubs who were interested. Sammy Ameobi is yet to sign a new contract with the Magpies and Yoan Gouffran failed to impress last season, so there could be a space out wide in the Newcastle midfield in 2014-15 - and Ocampos could have been an option as Monaco are looking to comply with UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations. Ocampos is a 6ft 2in winger who offers pace, skill and also an impressive final ball, although he did fall out with the Monaco management last season. The former Argentina Under-17 international - Ocampos scored three goals in eight appearances at that level - started his career at River Plate where he netted seven times in 39 games after making his debut aged just 17 years, two months and five days. Named in FIFA's 13 players to watch in 2012, Monaco parted with £12 million to bring Ocampos to Ligue 1 and he has scored 10 goals in 80 league appearances since, including playing in the Champions League. However, after falling out with the management last season, he was loaned out to Marseille for the second-half of the campaign, scoring once in 12 Ligue 1 games.