Newcastle United have rebuffed a loan approach from the Blues for midfielder Lewis Miley.

Town were first linked with the 19-year-old at the end of last week with central midfield reinforcements one of the priorities before the window closes on September 1st.

As per Sky Sports, the Blues have made a formal enquiry but with the Magpies turning it down.

The North-East club reportedly plan to use Miley, who is also interesting a number of other clubs, during the season ahead.

However, if they made further midfield additions, it seems likely the England U17, U19, U20 and U21 international might be allowed to spent the campaign elsewhere.

Miley, who was born in Stanley, County Durham, joined his local club aged seven and has so far made 23 starts and 24 sub appearances, scoring three goals.

Town have brought in Azor Matusiwa on a permanent basis and re-signed Jens Cajuste on loan for a second season from Napoli but still need at least one more central midfield player.

Last month, they agreed a £15 million fee with Middlesbrough for Hayden Hackney but the England U21 international turned down the switch. The 23-year-old, who had hoped for a Premier League move this summer, remains at Boro.

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Blue_Moses added 21:43 - Aug 19 I genuinely thought we would have spent £30m+ by now (on actual transfer fees, no one includes loan fees when they report transfer activity). Hopefully this is still to come as it currently looks like the owners don't want to spend any money and are focusing on loans
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dirtydingusmagee added 21:52 - Aug 19 Im begginning to think we are screwed, And we certainly will be relying on Hurst ,what chance he stays fit, same with Smodics , We have lost a group of players that played for each other and now have to start all over with a group of strangers, and next to no firepower , IMO we will be lucky to finish mid table ,how we are favourites for promotion beggers belief ,seems like Mc Kennas ability to persuade.players to join Town along with Ashtons ,vanished with relegation .All we are getting now is the old chestnut reeled out each week by elected players about how things are looking good, as we did prior to them joining the club. Whistling in the dark. I dont give a monkies if its loan players or not ,lets pull out some stops before its too late .

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blues1 added 22:22 - Aug 19 Tomitfc. What are you on about? Akpom is not injured. He's justxjadza bit of a muscle reaction after stepping up his training, having missed a lot of training due to transfer dealings. Will be fully fit soon. Matusiwa totally suits our style, but is gonna take a few games to really get up to speed of the championship. And u cant count, we have 4 midfielders, not 3. Hardlycanyones fault thst Townsend got injured just before the season, is it. And we habe cover there. Young , Greaves, Kipre can all playcthere. So there's no panic to get anyone in there. Why is it fans like you think its easy for us to sign players in the championship when many teams in the pl are struggling to sign players.

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blues1 added 22:24 - Aug 19 Boysof1981. Please explain how Mark Ashton is to blame for newcastle rejecting this approach for one of their players? Some of our fans simply habe no idea whatsoever, and inky interested in making negative comments.
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darkhorse28 added 23:00 - Aug 19 Talented player, but not the CDM the group are crying out for. Another loan too…, this is how clubs are destroyed…, £80 million sales, replaced exclusively (almost) with loans. We’ve signed ONE player that will be contracted, if we don’t get promoted. Still time.., but the process, the strategy, the planning, the contingency, the jury is in, and it’s massively poor. Not to say we can’t have a great season.., we have good quality, but long term we can’t be successful operating like this…, there’s zero plan and vision after project ‘buy youth and retain them’ collapsed. We seem rudderless in terms of meaningful leadership and planning. Impossible to know why there’s such a vacuum in strategic planning, we are obviously for sake, which will dictate finances. But we seem to flip flop from one extreme to another.

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darkhorse28 added 23:05 - Aug 19 Bluessimce76 - the owners published a statement at the start of the window, actually before, it was published in full. We are for sale, and will sell £100 million worth of players. They couldn’t have made it clearer, what’s to clarify, there would have been clarification, and a statement, if there was any ambiguity. The club have said its investment, but a 52% stake is what it is, FOR SALE. That there’s no follow up says it all.., there’s season tickets and shirts to sell.., it’s hardly a secret. That some of our supporters refuse to believe it, is more to do with their emotions and lack of ability to process anything, when they emotionally invested so heavily in this model and leadership group. It is what it is. Probably a better long term opportunity.., because we need massive improvement in planning, strategy, and execution off the pitch.

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