Brighton & Hove Albion have rejected Newcastle United’s second bid for Dan Burn as they are reportedly ‘£5m short’ of the defender’s valuation.
Earlier this week, Newcastle had an £8m bid for the centre-back rejected. They returned with another offer soon after.
The second bid was in the region of £10m. Sky Sports have revealed that this has been turned down by Brighton.
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Their report adds that Newcastle are ‘£5m short’ as Brighton are holding out for a fee up to £15m for the defender this month.
“There’s nothing on individual players but we are hopeful we are getting close to completing a transfer,” Howe said.
“Fingers crossed we’re close to getting one over the line.”
Howe added that Newcastle would remain active in the window, seeking further reinforcements in their fight against relegation having already signed Kieran Trippier and Chris Wood this month.
“From my perspective I don’t imagine that would be the end of our interest in bringing new players in,” he said. “Whether that turns into reality, who knows?
“Things change very late in this window as everybody knows, it can be quite unpredictable in the last couple of days.
“We’re open. We’re working hard to improve the squad. Our biggest aim is to give the team the best chance of staying in the league.”
Howe was speaking from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, where Newcastle have travelled on a warm-weather training camp which has included meetings with the club’s chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan and other representatives of the Public Investment Fund.
“I’ve spoken with the chairman, we met him. That was a great experience to hear his thoughts on the club and his vision and how the future looks,” Howe said.
“The players enjoyed that, I enjoyed that and a lot of people around the PIF team have been around here as well so it was a very good experience to bring everybody closer together.”
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