Newcastle have made an £8.75m offer for Valencia midfielder Enzo Perez.
According to Sport, the newly-promoted Premier League club have lodged a bid which is likely to be accepted by the Spanish club.
Perez played 26 times in La Liga last term but has been heavily linked with a move away this summer.
A return to his native Argentina has been mooted with River Plate seemingly very keen on landing the 31-year-old too.
But it has now been suggested that Newcastle have made a serious offer to bring the experienced campaigner to the Premier League.