Transfer news: Newcastle have bid for Anthony Elanga rejected by Nottingham Forest

Elsewhere Andrew Omobamidele has completed a permanent transfer to Strasbourg.

Nottingham Forest reject Newcastle's bid for Anthony Elanga. Pic: Mike Egerton/PA Wire.

Newcastle have had a £45m bid for the Sweden right-winger Anthony Elanga rejected by Nottingham Forest but hope to succeed where they failed a year ago by signing the Burnley and England goalkeeper James Trafford.

Eddie Howe has long admired Elanga but, as first reported by the Athletic, Forest are extremely reluctant to sell. They also appear uninterested in a potential part-exchange deal involving the Newcastle left-winger Harvey Barnes.