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title: "Newcastle make offer to sign Emmanuel Dennis"
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author: "Ryan Darby"
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published: "2020-01-09T13:25:05Z"
modified: "2020-01-09T13:25:06Z"
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# Newcastle make offer to sign Emmanuel Dennis

Newcastle have made a bid to sign Club Brugge striker Emmanuel Dennis, [according to Eurosport’s Manu Lonjon](https://twitter.com/ManuLonjon/status/1215221620958212096).

After an impressive season so far with Brugge, in which he starred in their Champions League campaign – [scoring](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49900947) twice against Real Madrid, Dennis has been linked with big moves away.

[Reports in France, as cited on Leicestershire Live](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-linked-20m-plus-3498873), back in November claimed that Leicester City had held talks over a move to sign the player.

Elsewhere this season, Dennis has [scored](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/329811/Show/Emmanuel-Bonaventure-Dennis) five times in 11 league starts for the Belgian outfit.

![Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readnewcastle.com/readnewcastle/sites/20/2020/01/1166472755.jpg)

### Read Newcastle verdict

The final third is certainly one area of the squad that Steve Bruce must look to strengthen this month.

A number of [supporters were left furious](https://readnewcastle.com/2020/01/04/newcastle-fans-react-as-joelinton-has-afternoon-to-forget-against-rochdale/) with summer signing Joelinton after his performance in the FA Cup against Rochdale recently.

Pressure has been mounting on the Brazilian striker, who has [scored](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/201755/Show/Joelinton) just one league goal since his move from Hoffenheim.

Only Watford have scored fewer goals in the bottom half of the [Premier League table](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) this season and bringing in another forward to support Joelinton would further bolster the club’s chances of survival this season.