Newcastle Transfers: 10 French Bargains Pardew Should Target In January

4. Adrien Rabiot

Club: PSG Like Chantome, Rabiot finds himself on the fringes at PSG, with the starting three midfield berths currently shared between four players, and the chances of a big Paul Pogba bid this summer seemingly increasing. He's young, he's gifted and he's French, so inevitably Arsenal have been strongly credited with a move, but he's also the kind of player Newcastle have been looking at for the past few years. He's only 19, has the world ahead of him and can only get better, as long as he does indeed leave PSG where he's seen his first-team options inevitably limited. Likelihood Very little - he's probably on his way to Roma, according to various sources who say the pre-contract has already been agreed (although a deal in the summer mysteriously collapsed). If it hasn't, Newcastle should genuinely test the waters with a cheeky contract offer that catches his eye, because at 19 he's a potential asset for years, and will only increase in value.