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title: "Newcastle keeping tabs on Bowen – is he worth £20m?"
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author: "Daniel Emery"
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published: "2019-09-08T11:00:39Z"
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# Newcastle keeping tabs on Bowen – is he worth £20m?

Newcastle have been sending scouts to watch Jarrod Bowen play for Hull this season as they consider a January swoop.

[According to The Daily Express,](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1175128/Newcastle-news-Southampton-Jarrod-Bowen-Hull) Newcastle scouts have been keeping tabs on Bowen, who has scored three goals in six Championship appearances so far.

The report claims that fellow Premier League side Southampton are also interested in the forward, who is valued at £20m by the second division club.

![Ashley Allen/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readnewcastle.com/readnewcastle/sites/20/2019/09/928215736.jpg)

### READ NEWCASTLE VERDICT

Is Bowen worth the £20m Hull are reportedly demanding for him?

If we compare him to a similar deal that happened in the summer of 2018, it certainly appears to be the case. James Maddison signed for Leicester from Norwich for a fee in the [region of £20m](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44553234), after scoring 14 goals in the Championship as an attacking midfielder for the Canaries.

Bowen scored 22 times in the league last season and has already averaged a 1-in-2 record so far this term, which suggests that a fee of £20m is around the going rate for players of his calibre.

Maddison went on to create the [most chances](https://www.premierleague.com/players/8456/James-Maddison/stats) in the Premier League last season and earn himself a call-up to the England senior squad, so if Bowen moves to Newcastle and follows in a similar vein – he would be an excellent signing.