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Newcastle have held a long-term interest in France Under-21 international Nsoki, 19, who has played nine league games this season.

Jonathan Johnson, an English journalist who covers PSG in France, believes the club don’t want to let him go.

Nsoki is closer to the first team than his team-mate Timothy Weah, who has been allowed to join Celtic on loan.

As such, he is seen as a useful squad player and the only way he’s likely to go is if he demands to PSG that he wants more gametime.

“Stanley Nsoki is somebody who is wanted by a number of clubs before he committed to professional terms with PSG,” Johnson explained on the Transfer Talk podcast.

“Newcastle were one of them and Marseille were even interested as well, hoping to pull off a coup there by snaring one of their rivals’ brightest young talents.

“Would PSG consider letting him go? I don’t know. I think the player would have to make an explicit request for a bit more playing time.

“I think he’s deserved to have a bit more playing time as when he’s played he’s been more or less solid.”

Johnson even thinks Nsoki’s future could be linked to two other major deals – for Ajax pair Matthijs de Ligt and Frenkie de Jong.

That too makes it increasingly unlikely that Newcastle will get him.

“The interesting thing about Nsoki is Ajax have actually shown an interest in him and he could form part of any potential deal to brink Frenkie de Jong and/ or Matthijs de Ligt to Parc des Princes,” he added.

“I don’t think they’ll want to part with him on a permanent basis.

“I think this one is down to the player. I don’t think it’s obvious that he needs to leave to get gametime because Nsoki has been utilised more often than Weah has.

“If Nsoki was to go to PSG and say I awnt to spend the rest of the reason out on loan as I want more game-time, they’d have to consider it.

“However, considering how short of depth they are in defence and with Kayvin Kurzawa yet to really make a proper impact post surgery, I think PSG will be reluctant to make any decision on that before the closing stages of the January transfer window really.

“They need to be absolutely sure that they are covered before letting someone like him go as he’s so versatile. He’s not only a good left-back, he can also cover in central defence and defensive midfield.”