Newcastle are ready to raid for Vidar Orn Kjartansson

The Magpies checked on the Maccabi Tel Aviv star in Austria earlier this month when he scored the only goal of the match in his team’s Europa League win over Rheindorf Altach.

He also notched in the home leg last Thursday as Maccabi Tel Aviv qualified after drawing 2-2.

The 27-year-old’s goal-scoring exploits are understood to have attracted the interest of other Premier League teams, as well as ones from the Championship as well.

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He was top scorer in Isreal last season with 15 league goals.

Kjartansson had a trial with Celtic four years ago, but moved to Norway instead where he was top scorer in the league with Valerenga, with 25 goals in 29 games.

He joined Maccabi after spells in China with Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty and Swedish side Malmo.