Elanga: Anything is possible with United

ANTHONY Elanga has lifted the lid on his discussions with head coach Eddie Howe earlier this summer.

- LEE RYDER Chief Newcastle United writer [e-mail] @lee_ryder

The Sweden star swapped Nottingham Forest's ambitious project under Nuno Espirito Santo to work with the man who finally ended Newcastle's 70-year domestic trophy drought.

And while much has been made of United's lack of transfer activity this summer, Elanga, pictured right, is a signing that was celebrated by supporters once it was confirmed that his £55m arrival had been rubber-stamped.

Elanga, meeting the media over a Zoom call from Austria, referenced Newcastle's Carabao Cup win as the first of many and even built up talk of a title challenge during his years on Tyneside.