Newcastle transfers: Chancel Mbemba subject of Federation Internationale de Football Association investigation in bid to

Newcastle United recently concluded the signing of Serbian wonderkid Aleksandar Mitrovic from Anderlecht and despite the arrival of the young star, the Magpies are still said to be courting another striker.

Firstly, photos circulated on social media of him leaving a Newcastle City Centre hotel, with then photos emerging of the central defender at St James Park and Sky Sports releasing footage of the player arriving by private jet at Newcastle Airport.

The Democratic Republic of Congo global would become Newcastle manager Steve McClaren’s third signing of the summer should his medical go well.

However, Mitrovic won’t feature at Bramall Lane.

The other teams chasing Austin are also reluctant meet the asking price.

To further complicate matters, Austin remains reluctant to move to the North-East as personal issues mean he would prefer to remain much closer to London.

QPR head coach Chris Ramsey has admitted the club has had bids for Austin.

“We’ve had offers that we’ve rejected, and we’ve had offers that Charlie himself has not been happy to take on”.

“Certainly from the feedback from back home, we’re working very hard to bring one or two more players in”. I’m having the idea that he will be here into the season.

Federation Internationale de Football Association investigated the situation in 2013, telling CNN: “We are now analysing all the documents at our disposal and investigations against the relevant entities are on-going”.