Newcastle United transfer news: Jordan Lukaku’s move to St James’ Park from Lazio is off, confirms club

Newcastle United transfer news: Jordan Lukaku’s move to St James’ Park from Lazio is off, confirms club
Jordan Lukaku’s move to Newcastle United from Lazio has fallen through, the Premier League club have announced.The left-back, who is brother to Manchester United star Romelu, has agreed to join the Magpies on loanuntil the end of the season.1

Lukaku will not be joining Newcastle this month

However, the 24-year-old will no longer be moving to Tyneside, despite undergoing a medical on Friday.The club have not disclosed the reason for the deal falling through but is understood to be down to medical reasons.Lukaku has now returned to Rome and is set to remain at Lazio until the summer.A statement released by Newcastle read: “Newcastle United can confirm that Jordan Lukaku will not be joining the club.“The Belgian defender was on Tyneside on Friday after being given permission to travel by his current club, SS Lazio. “It has now been decided that a loan deal will not be pursued and the player will return to Rome. We wish Jordan all the best for the future.”Boss Rafa Benitez refused to talk about the Belgium international before Saturday’s FA Cup fourth-round clash with Watford.“You know I will not talk about transfer windows,” he said. “I will not talk about any players, because we have who we have.“Lee (Marshall), director of communications, has given me a lot of names that are in the media, but I will not talk about anyone.“January is a difficult window. The top sides are normally in the Champions League or Europa League, and it is difficult to find players.”

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