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title: "Fans on social media react as Newcastle are linked with Edin Dzeko"
canonical: "https://readnewcastle.com/2022/01/08/fans-on-social-media-react-as-newcastle-are-linked-with-edin-dzeko/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2022-01-08T17:01:57Z"
modified: "2022-01-08T17:01:58Z"
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# Fans on social media react as Newcastle are linked with Edin Dzeko

Newcastle United are two places and two points from safety after 19 [Premier League](https://www.whoscored.com/Regions/252/Tournaments/2/England-Premier-League) games while being 17th in the table for goals, so a prolific striker could be the difference between relegation and them surviving.

Callum Wilson is the Magpies top scorer this season, but six goals in [14 games](https://www.90min.com/posts/newcastle-targeting-new-striker-amid-concern-over-callum-wilson-injury) isn’t overly impressive and he’s currently sidelined with an [injury](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-callum-wilson-transfer-plan-22661960). This opens the door to Newcastle signing a striker before the winter transfer window shuts, say [90min](https://www.90min.com/posts/newcastle-targeting-new-striker-amid-concern-over-callum-wilson-injury).

And given Eddie Howe needs a tried and tested option, preferably with experience in England, it makes sense for Newcastle to be sniffing around Edin Dzeko – a Premier League winner who has a career total of 303 goals from [661 games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/edin-dzeko/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/28396). Fans on [social media](https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=newcastle%20dzeko) are open to the move too.

**Sean Vickers:** “Dzeko is a winner with a winning mentality. Signing him will bring up the standards and mentality in the squad.

**Dan Scott:** “Be a great loan signing to help keep us up, then maybe look at a younger striker with great potential.”

**Jack Clark:** “How would people be upset with this? He is class and would score goals.”

**Adam Hill:** “Fantastic player for the short term. But Inter won’t let him leave mid-season. Would take him in a heartbeat!”

**Stephen Anthony Gregory:** “This would be an awesome signing. What a player.”

Dzeko [joined](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/edin-dzeko/transfers/spieler/28396) Inter Milan on a two-year-deal from AS Roma over the summer and has gone on to make [24 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/edin-dzeko/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/28396) in all competitions, scoring 11 goals with five assists. The 35-year-old, who boasts 60 goals in [118 games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/edin-dzeko/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/28396) for Bosnia-Herzegovina, won two titles in his five years at Manchester City, so he’s a player of some predigree.

And although Newcastle are one of the [richest clubs in Europe](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11678/12428222/newcastle-takeover-how-and-why-newcastle-are-on-the-verge-of-becoming-one-of-the-worlds-richest-football-clubs), it remains to be seen whether Dzeko would leave Inter midway through the season. Inter are Serie A defending champions and currently lead the table after 19 games, so is he turning down the chance of silverware?

***[In other news, fans on social media react as Newcastle are dealt transfer blow over Issa Diop](https://readnewcastle.com/2022/01/08/fans-on-social-media-react-as-newcastle-are-dealt-transfer-blow-over-issa-diop/)***