Newcastle United recently launched a £45 million bid to sign Anthony Elanga, which was rejected by Nottingham Forest. They will have to break their transfer record if they want to land the 23-year-old, as Forest will only consider bids in excess of £60m ( Daily Mirror ).

Manchester United have missed out on a major windfall following Nottingham Forest’s rejection of a Newcastle bid for Carrington academy graduate Anthony Elanga.Elanga left United two years ago to

Newcastle tried to snap up the 23-year-old last summer and made a last-ditch play for him on deadline day. They put forward a cash-plus-player £45m package made up of an initial £30m payment, two further £5m payments and Miguel Almiron, according to The Athletic.